Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

[buzzard]

John
You gather the weapons of the still unconscious thugs, then using your size and stretching abilities, wrap them all up in a bundle.

"Wow, you're amazing!" says the younger girl. "I can't believe how easily you handled them all!"

"I recognize you now," the older woman says. "You're the one that took on that giant monster on TV yesterday! You're that EPIC fellow, Straightjacket!"

"Yes maam, that's me. Now let's get back to to civilization before any other trouble finds us"

"The path is just over there, and it's a quarter mile to the main car park. I'll call the police on my cell," the younger girl says, dialing the police as you lead them through the forest in the direction they indicate.

"Good job, boy," your father says approvingly. "Seems that training at school is payin' off in spades."

John is beaming with pride at the compliment from his father. "Yeah, calling the cops is a good idea. That we we can just meet them and hand off these goons."

After about fifteen minutes of hiking, you come across the car park. Two police cruisers are there, as are a pair of news vans and an ambulance. When you come out, the news crews are on you in seconds.

"You're Straightjacket, right?" one asks as microphones are lifted up to you.

"What happened here? Did you save these women from those thugs?"

"Umm, well I was..." John is visibly relieved as the cops rescue him from the reporters.

"Back up, back up," one of the officers says, forcing the news crews back and leading you to the cruiser.

"Hey, I recognize these punks. They're the same ones responsible for those muggings in Central Park. Wondered where they went off to," another cop says.

"Straightjacket, right? Yeah, good work there yesterday. You saved a lot of our crew out there. So what's the story here?"

You see the women giving statements to the police, sitting in the back of an ambulance, getting checked out by EMS.
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"Yessir officer, I'm Straightjacket. I was glad to help there at the highway, though I think all I did was get swatted. Anyway, for what happened just now- well I was just doing a bit of hiking in the forest here, and I heard a scream, so I decided I better see what was up. I came into a clearing and there were a bunch of thugs attacking these women. I warned them off, but they jumped me immediately. We managed to take them all out, so the lady called yinz on the phone, and I brought them out for you to take care of. I hope I didn't break any laws or anything."

buzzard

 

[Calinon]

Kevin

"The fire dragons are pretty impressive. I wonder if I could do as good as her with her power?" say Kevin aloud to himself.

"I bet you'd light up like a roman candle just touching her," Carl says.

X12
"When you stop thinking like a logic machine and start thinking like a teenaged boy, I'll worry about you getting in over your head, X," Empath says with a chuckle. "And I'll arrange for you to attend Master Wen's academy with the others."

"Four hours is wasting, Angela," you hear in the background. "I mean if you'd rather talk to X instead of..."

"Oh, you're in for it now," Empath says with a grin over her shoulder. "See you at the barbeque, X12," she says, turning from the monitor quickly and turning it off before you can respond.

John

"Yessir officer, I'm Straightjacket. I was glad to help there at the highway, though I think all I did was get swatted. Anyway, for what happened just now- well I was just doing a bit of hiking in the forest here, and I heard a scream, so I decided I better see what was up. I came into a clearing and there were a bunch of thugs attacking these women. I warned them off, but they jumped me immediately. We managed to take them all out, so the lady called yinz on the phone, and I brought them out for you to take care of. I hope I didn't break any laws or anything."

"Break laws? Son, you saved those ladies there. I think both of us have a pretty good idea of what would have happened if you hadn't showed up. That should do it for what we need though. I'll get in contact with you at EPIC HQ if we need you for anything else and leave you to handle the press."

The press are quick to converge.

"What happened?"
"Can you tell us what it's like to be in EPIC?"
"What can you tell us about your teammates?"
"Are you the leader of the new junior EPIC team?"
"How did you manage to take out all six of those thugs alone?"

Camera's are rolling and microphones are getting thrust at you in a frenzy of media attention.

OOC: And my god have mercy on you... because the media won't!

 

[Agamon]

"No thanks, Amigo. No betting with students. It sets a bad example when I take their money," Titan says with a grin.

"I, however, have no problem taking your money, Vince. You're on," Sanjay says.

"The Russia, South Africa game is on too!" Tara says, checking the listings. "Home team going to kick Russia's butt!"

"Dream on, comrade," Anna says with a grin.

"...on the other hand, if there's a chance it'll induce a catfight, I'm all for watching South Africa v Russia..." he adds, with a grin.

 

[Calinon]

"...on the other hand, if there's a chance it'll induce a catfight, I'm all for watching South Africa v Russia..." he adds, with a grin.

"Sorry, wheels," Anna says. "But you can borrow one of my skirts and represent Russia on my behalf. At least then, when Tara kicks your butt, South Africa will have won something."

"Yeah, when I kick your but... hey!"

A message comes over the intercom. "Sanjay, this is ARIS. There is a delivery for you at the front gate. A prepaid parcel."

 

[Elementor]

"I, however, have no problem taking your money, Vince. You're on," Sanjay says.

"Not like it matters. We all know Brazil will win it all as usual. Is this a World Cup year? I forget."

A message comes over the intercom. "Sanjay, this is ARIS. There is a delivery for you at the front gate. A prepaid parcel."

"C'mon dude, I'll walk with you. Let the ladies watch the South Africa - Russia match for a bit."

 

[Calinon]

"I, for one don't want to see it, and I am sure if you did you would find it lacking in every sense of the word." Michelle says as she quickly walks up to Monica, once she is next to her she will lean in a whisper. "We are here to shop, not to cause a big scene and draw attention to ourselves."

"But," she adds in a sweet voice as she looks at the boys assembled before her, "we could use a guide and someone with some muscles to help us with our bags. You," she says as she points to the boy who recognised her, "Benjamin, right? You'll help us, won't you?" Michelle asks him as she walks over to where he is standing, she will gently but firmly grasp his arm and lead him back to where Dara is standing.

"Come on, Monica. Times wasting and shopping waits for no one." With that she will enter the mall and try to bring Dara and Benjamin with her.

"It'll wait for me," Monica says with a low and throaty growl. "I'll catch up."

As you enter the mall, you hear a loud scream and turn to see Monica walking casually towards you, the group of boys clutching at themselves and rolling around on the ground as small electrical sparks dance about them. "Wow, I didn't see anything in the news about lightning today," she says with a feline grin.

Benjamin was following you along dumbly and looks back with a dropped jaw at the gang of boys. "Wow... wish I could do stuff like that," he says in awe. "So I was right huh? You're that girl I saw on TV!"

 

[Agamon]

"Sorry, wheels," Anna says. "But you can borrow one of my skirts and represent Russia on my behalf. At least then, when Tara kicks your butt, South Africa will have won something."

"Yeah, when I kick your but... hey!"

"Hey, if Tara wants to wrestle, no need to wait for me to put on a skirt," Sanjay says with a sly grin.

"Not like it matters. We all know Brazil will win it all as usual. Is this a World Cup year? I forget."

"Dude, you call yourself a football fan? July, 2122, Italy. I'm so there. Football, pasta and hot Italian chicks. Viva Italia!"

A message comes over the intercom. "Sanjay, this is ARIS. There is a delivery for you at the front gate. A prepaid parcel."

Sanjay's heart skips a beat at the message, but he makes like it's no big deal. "A package? For me? How'd I get to be so lucky? On my way, ARIS."

"C'mon dude, I'll walk with you. Let the ladies watch the South Africa - Russia match for a bit."

"Uh, yeah, sure," Sanjay says, nodding to Vincent. He gets up to leave. "Now you girls behave for Titan. He's probably getting cranky in his old age. Let's go, Speedy."

 

[Mule]

Loki
"Hey, hero!" she says as you come in. Most people turn to look at you, and you hear whispered conversation about you being in EPIC.

"Hey, how's it goin?" Randall replies when he sees her. Upon hearing some of the whispering as he walks over to where Monica is sitting, Randall kind of slinks into the chair next to Monica, his head down. "Woh, I didn't think I'd be so recognized." He looks around a little sheepishly.

"But anyways, these are for you," says Randall as he pulls out a bouquet of illusionary flowers from inside his jacket. As he hands them over to her, the flowers jump out of Loki's hand and onto the table in front of them. The flowers then begin angrilly shaking a leaf at Loki, as if shaking their fist, then turn and jump down onto the floor and out of view (where they will dissapear). "Sorry about that, guess the little guys were a little miffed at being kept under my jacket like that for so long, heh" he shrugs, grinning. "So what's good to drink here?"

 

[Mordane76]

"Oh, you're in for it now," Empath says with a grin over her shoulder. "See you at the barbeque, X12," she says, turning from the monitor quickly and turning it off before you can respond.

"Well... that was perhaps the most underhanded, despicable display of braven behavoir since... last night," X12 quips to himself with a smile.

"ARIS, poll the available internet and intranet library resources on human social interaction, and display the most pertinent articles available on male-female pre-courtship interactions. Narrow this field to articles primarily focusing on what young women expect from young men they find attractive, and articles on how women decide whether a young man finds them... 'date-able' or not; if you have a better phrase than 'date-able, ARIS, please substitute it in your search.

"Also, search available relationship psychology studies for any articles detailing human or primate coupling and perception, and display these as well as the other library resources."

OOC: I expect I'll be reading Cosmo 21XX and dry reports for the rest of the evening, but who knows... maybe I'll get lucky... especially since I don't need to eat...

 

[Calinon]

Sanjay and Vincent
You head to the front gate where UPS delivers a prepaid package. It's small, about 12 inches by 12 inches, and about six inches deep. It's packed carefully, and has a "This End Up" sticker on it.

Randall
Monica is suitable impressed by the flowers, giggling at the antics. "We should get over to the club, the show is going to start soon!" she exclaims, and drags you across to the Yuk Yuks club. "Some of my friends are there too," she says.

You get in with the tickets Monica has and make your way through the crowded club to a corner table. Four other girls are there, all kind of mousish like Monica, but dressed nicely and about your age.

"You guys bring the stuff for the LAN party later?" Monica asks.

"You bet!" one girl says, dropping a bag on the table. You can see inside and it looks like the same P12 chip that she stuck on your neck the other day. "Got enough for everyone. Should make a good profit off the boys," she grins.

"And theirs are gonna be slower than ours," another girl says with a giggle. "They won't know what hit them."

"Rock on! We're so going to kick those boys butts later," Monica says grinning. "No offense, Randall. Oh hey, this is Steff and Lindy, Jerry and Lisa. Girls, this is Randall. He's our own real life super-hero escort!"

Ah yes... the fawning of impressionable girls. You knew there was a reason you came here.