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Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

Sanjay
You go outside over an hour later. You can see the school clock and it's just after 7PM, but oddly enough, you aren't really hungry anymore. As you wander outside, the EPIC jet flies in from the East, touching down on the airstrip and coming to a halt outside the hanger. You see about students exit the hanger to greet the returning team. You see Sanchez head into the hanger with them, and the rest of the team head towards the headquarters by various means of locomotion. You watch idly, noticing a group of students playing soccer.

When the team gets to the HQ, they are met by Mendez. A brief conversation ensues, and you head Kodiak shout "What do you mean, nearly died!?" A scuffle ensues, and Trailblazer is knocked flying by Kodiak. "You should not have left her alone!" his voice rings over the yard. He's held back by Titan and Thunder and soon shakes them off, stalking to one of the vans still outside HQ and speeding off, probably to the hospital.

Sandstorm and Empath help Trailblazer up and head to the dorm area, while Merlin, Titan, Thunder and Mendez head inside HQ. Nova heads off into the dorms, trailing fire in the sky as she goes.

Kevin
It's just after 7PM and there's a knock at your door. Given the warmth coming from the door and the orange glow leaking in under it, you can guess it isn't Thunder. You open the door and Nova zips in, not waiting for an invite. Her energy field gives off enough heat to knock you down.

"Oops, sorry," she says as you get up. She's sitting cross legged and floating at the midpoint between floor and ceiling. "Kinda hard to fly around safely in here. Don't want to burn the joint down. So, you stayin' or thinkin' of running away again?" she asks, glancing over at the desk. "Or just wreckin' things for fun?"

Johan
Rebound plops down with you, looking exhausted. "Man, all of you gotta eat? Jeeze man, you better give each of you digestion time or you're going to get fat like me when you merge," he says jokingly. "Hey cool! This book rocks," he says, looking at what you're reading. "Chapter 11 is pretty cool; hypothetical research on power supplies and reducing battery pack sizes."

Raisa
Dara has been crying enough to give her hiccups. "I couldn't *hiccup* find my *hiccup* room and your *hiccup* door was unlocked *hiccup* and none of my clothes fit *hiccup* and *hiccup* and *hiccup*...

She bursts into tears again. Mama swore at me and told me never to call her again!

John
You shower and dress and head to the mess hall. Your dad is already there, eating some pork chops and applesauce, with all the trimmings. "Hey, good of you to finally join us, boy," he says with a wave of his fork. "Grab some grub; make you feel better."

Randall
You make it to the infirmary. The nurse is there and gives you some anti-itch medication for your neck. "If it gets any worse, you come and see me right away, ok?" On your way out, you notice Jackal laying on a table in a nearby room, an IV in him. Cosmo sits in a chair next to the table, reading a book.

X12 and Vincent
About 6PM you see the others heading for their rooms down the hall outside the cafeteria. A little while later, Carl comes in, grabs some food and starts to eat. Johan comes in as well, a thick and complex looking book under his arm, sitting down as one of his doubles goes to get food. Rebound comes in as well, grabbing his meal and sitting down with Johan and the two enter into a discussion you have no doubt will be nine feet above you.

Just down the table from them, someone has left a completely full plate of food. John walks in a short time later, grabs a plateful of food and sits down next to the other plate. You notice, oddly enough, that the food on the first plate is half gone. That John has quite an appetite.

Anna rolls in, pink bunny still strapped to her chair. She struggles at the buffet table to reach and get her food.

In the background, the TV is replaying the events of the past two days, making celebrities out of all of you.
 

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"First, I am going to have a shower and then a nice long hot bath." Michelle thinks to herself as she enters her dorm room.

"Ohh, flowers. They are so beautiful." Her mental and physical exhastion forgotten for the moment as she examines and smells them. "I wonder if they're from him? Nah, don't be stupid more then likely from the police department."

She picks one of the roses and brings it with her while she baths and cleans up, once that is done she will put on a new pair of clothes and go out to the mess hall for something to eat. (She will leave the rose behind.)
 

Nova said:
"So, you stayin' or thinkin' of running away again?" she asks, glancing over at the desk. "Or just wreckin' things for fun?"[/font]

"And why would I run away, I'm not coming back to leave just after. Isn't suppose to be Thunder who should meet me... anyway, it is maybe better like that, he doesn't like me much, only want my father's money, as usual. I start to be use of it.

No, I will stay here, even if I don't seem to be the most welcome here, it is the safest place I know, and the Red Rose Syndicat is likely to search for us, one way or another. I doubt they have found the mutant they are searching for, and while they havn't found them, all EPIC may be attack again. Well, they know I am not the one they search, but Mia would surely finish what she had started. She is a bit psycho... well, more than a bit.

Oh, and the desk, it is just an accident... I'll replace it."
 

Michelle
It's well after 7PM when you finally get to the mess hall. A hot bath helped you relax, but now you are really exhausted. The buffet is done, and only a few students remain inside the mess hall. Tara buzzes in soon after, probably having done pretty much what you did, a couple of roses in hand. She comes over to you at the counter as you are ordering food.

"My room was full of roses," she whispers excitedly.

Kevin
"And why would I run away, I'm not coming back to leave just after. Isn't suppose to be Thunder who should meet me... anyway, it is maybe better like that, he doesn't like me much, only want my father's money, as usual. I start to be use of it.

No, I will stay here, even if I don't seem to be the most welcome here, it is the safest place I know, and the Red Rose Syndicat is likely to search for us, one way or another. I doubt they have found the mutant they are searching for, and while they havn't found them, all EPIC may be attack again. Well, they know I am not the one they search, but Mia would surely finish what she had started. She is a bit psycho... well, more than a bit.

Oh, and the desk, it is just an accident... I'll replace it."
"Wow, sport, you sure are uptight about stuff. Already tellin' me to get out. I mean, come on, you know I wear absolutely nothing beneath the flames right? And you're telling me you'd rather have old lightning bolt in here chewing you out?

"Well, guess some chick did try to kill you yesterday and all. That could change your tune I guess. Hear you brought that little predicament onto yourself though. Was she at least cute?" she asks, turning upside down so her head is pointing at the floor. Her flaming hair hangs down from her head like an inverted candle. "Hey, I was reading those reports, and it don't look like that Red Rose gang has anything really to do with the blood theft. Seems more Anarchy's cup of tea, and with Ghost teaming up with your wayward double, it kinda rules out any serious involvement by this Red Rose group. I mean other than the whole 'let's kill me a brit' thing.

"You kinda remind me of me, y'know? Before I learned how to work with a team and care about something other than myself. Hard to believe I even survived my teenage years. Prolly wouldn't have either, if Thunder wasn't such a hard ass. Thunder thighs still chaps my ass pretty good time to time. Overly serious guy. I mean, he needs a girlfriend. Seriously. Don't think I haven't offered. But there's this bit about roasting alive and all that."

She cocks her head to the side, a decidely humerous looking pose from an upside down women sitting cross legged in the middle of the air. "So who told you your pops is the only one who is paying for his kid to come here? You should see Vince's dad's bill. That guy has more money than god himself I think. Practically pays for a quarter of the institute's yearly costs!

"Anyway, better me being here than Thunder anyway. Not only am I one seriously hot babe," she grins, I don't do the whole lecture thing. 'You, young man, need to learn discipline and responsibility,' " she says in a good mockery of Thunder's voice and manner of speaking. She giggles. "I think I do him pretty good huh? Seriously though, you wanna prove old lightning britches wrong, or just sulk around campus about stuff and beat up furniture?"
 

Calinon said:
Michelle
It's well after 7PM when you finally get to the mess hall. A hot bath helped you relax, but now you are really exhausted. The buffet is done, and only a few students remain inside the mess hall. Tara buzzes in soon after, probably having done pretty much what you did, a couple of roses in hand. She comes over to you at the counter as you are ordering food.

"My room was full of roses," she whispers excitedly.

"No way!" Michelle states excitedly, she suddenly remembers where she is and looks around to see if anyone overheard her. "Mine too," she adds in a whisper.

Grabbing her food she heads towards a table in the back gesturing to Tara to follow her, once they are both seated Michelle will lean in close so Tara can hear her. "Do you think that he sent them? That would be so romantic wouldn't it?"
 

"Sorry... the desk didn't resist enough time to pass my frustration... thanks to Raisa powers. I shouldn't be so harsh with you...

Anarchist you say? And why the anarchist would want that. If it would have been only Split, MERC are hired by anyone, but Mia herself test my blood, and I insult her so much that she say me some things. Ok, she could have lied, but Kendall Bachman confirmed some, so the chance it is true would be are good. She was testing my blood for good money... But why she would do some business with the Anarchist? She is the dauther of Han Sung Toan, the leader of the Syndicat, she will inherit the control of the Red Rose if something happen to her father.

Well, if you want to track them up, they are flooding the street of New York with cheap drugs. It is a thin lead, but could be follow.

And for Paul Murphy, he will not remain long in prison. He got enough contact to get out of it in the week. When I tried to mimic him, I learn it, and Bachman confirm it.

And you know what they try to find with these blood sample exactly? Must be one particular mutant, but what that mutant would have so special. And why testing EPIC students twice. Split had taken many blood sample, mine first, and they test me again. WHy so?"
 

Velmont said:
"Sorry... the desk didn't resist enough time to pass my frustration... thanks to Raisa powers. I shouldn't be so harsh with you...
"Darn right you shouldn't, sport," she says with a grin, turning slowly back over.

Velmont said:
Anarchist you say? And why the anarchist would want that. If it would have been only Split, MERC are hired by anyone, but Mia herself test my blood, and I insult her so much that she say me some things. Ok, she could have lied, but Kendall Bachman confirmed some, so the chance it is true would be are good. She was testing my blood for good money... But why she would do some business with the Anarchist? She is the dauther of Han Sung Toan, the leader of the Syndicat, she will inherit the control of the Red Rose if something happen to her father.
Nova shrugs. "Danged if I know what Anarchy is up to, but they've hired mercs in the past, so using Split and the Red Rose to get what they want isn't something new. One thing Anarchy does is pay its mercs well. And who would pass that up?"

Velmont said:
Well, if you want to track them up, they are flooding the street of New York with cheap drugs. It is a thin lead, but could be follow.

And for Paul Murphy, he will not remain long in prison. He got enough contact to get out of it in the week. When I tried to mimic him, I learn it, and Bachman confirm it.

And you know what they try to find with these blood sample exactly? Must be one particular mutant, but what that mutant would have so special. And why testing EPIC students twice. Split had taken many blood sample, mine first, and they test me again. WHy so?
"Slow down there, tiger," Nova says in her heavy british accent. "From what everyone told Thunder, your blood samples got all mixed together the first time Split took 'em, so Anarchy must be trying to narrow down the field.

"Now look. Just try to put that Toan witch out of your mind, and forget about the drugs and Murphy and Split mkay? If you want to be on the new team and want to learn to be a team player, and prove to the boss man you can handle it, I know how we can do it. I mean, if you're interested. It'll be pretty tough; if Thunder is right, I mean, about you, you probably can't hack it..." she says playfully, making it obvious she's goading you into agreeing with her.
 

Climbing out of his chair, X12 heads over to the buffet. "Allow me to help you, Anna," he says, managing a smile. "What would you like?"
 

Calinon said:
Randall
you notice Jackal laying on a table in a nearby room, an IV in him. Cosmo sits in a chair next to the table, reading a book.
"He gonna be OK Cosmo?" says Randall, gesturing at the prone form of Jackal, "He doesn't look so good..."
 

Dara has been crying enough to give her hiccups. "I couldn't *hiccup* find my *hiccup* room and your *hiccup* door was unlocked *hiccup* and none of my clothes fit *hiccup* and *hiccup* and *hiccup*...

She bursts into tears again. Mama swore at me and told me never to call her again!

Raisa can't help but pity the poor girl, and stokes her hair soothingly as the girl cries. Totally at a loss for words she feels helpess at being unable to do anything for Dara. Not wanting to say anything to upset her further, Raisa picks her up easily in her arms and sits her on the bed. "Okay, mél, here's the plan. I'm going to have a quick shower. I want you to just relax and try to calm down. Can you do that? When I'm done, we'll wait until Empath gets back, and then the three of us will try to sort this out. Tá bom?(translation:Okay)"

With a reassuring smile, Raisa goes into the bathroom and closes the door. She strips off her uniform and hops into the shower, trying to relax and not freak out over the fact that everything she had to wear is now scattered around the room.
 

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