Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

[Calinon]

"Actually it's pretty neat." Michelle tells her as she stands up and gently takes the grasshopper off her shoulder and cradles it in her hand. "Do you communicate with them? Can you get them to do stuff? Can you get them to go bug Kevin?"

"At least a bunch of icky bugs aren't trying to get you to mate with them," she says, flicking the grasshopper away. "Go away!" she shouts. The chirping stops and insects slowly start to hop away, though a few seem reluctant, and keep coming back.

"I hate bugs."

You see Thunder pull up with an EPIC van at the front door of the hospital. He climbs out and waves over at you.

Boots are unnecessary, too, unless you think they're integral to the outfit.

"Dunno. It'd suck if you ended up walking through snow in bare feet, metal or not," Dara says smiling.

"Hmmm, that looks pretty tight though. Might have to go commando, hey?"

"That'll make measuring interesting," she says, glancing at her sketches. Gawd, Raisa, how could you NOT want to be here? she asks privately.

"That is an interesting piece of information, for I did not know that that was the case. Yesterday, when I picked up a blaster from a fallen guard at the bar, my duplicates appeared with a working blaster and were able to open fire on the remaining guards. But, as would be expected, the duplicates I had formed earlier did not suddenly receive blasters."

"Pretty strange, kiddo," she says as the two of you come up into the yard and head for the workshop. "I've dealt with a few duplicators like you, and none duplicate stuff they don't usually associate with. You're armor should be fine, but who knows; might be your powers work differently. But lets worry about you first, and the other you's second."

 

[Deva]

Between Dara's projected thoughts, and Sanjay encouraging her, Raisa finds it almost impossible to keep from laughing. It's bad enough she can't keep a straight face but when Thunder walks by and commented on the briefs, she nearly looses it. She compensates by getting up and getting a plate with more fruit since, allowing herself a moment to giggle at Dara's continued comments. Have you no shame?!! She tries thinking it, wondering if it would actually work or not. It still weirds her out, but the way Dara keeps mind-talking to her she's starting to wondering its permanent. She'll have to ask Empath about it when next she gets the chance.

She sits back down, placing the heaping plate of fruit in the middle of the table for everyone to pick off of. "I gotta say though, guys, those threads you were all wearing last night were sweet! No where near the calliber you could design Dara, but you looked like a team." With a gesture to the data pad she had been reading she continues. "Some messed up stuff must have happened they didn't put in the reports. What'd I miss?"

 

[Elementor]

"I am sorry, Vincent," she says. "I always lock the door when I'm here alone. I enjoy the feel of the steam on my skin, especially after battle. Did you wish to join me, or were you just here for a swim," she says, tucking the corner of her towel in casually so it stays in place on its own.​

Stammering a little as he looks down at the diminutive teacher, Vince tries to act calm despite her current lack of attire. "Yeah, ummm...sure I can sit with you for a little bit. Kodiak won't like try to kill me or anything for being here with you will he?"

Stepping into the sauna, Vince lets his wings stretch out and then contracts them again. "Mmmm, this is quite nice. I actually like the extra heat. It takes a lot to make me feel warm since my body is immune the heat caused by friction at the high speeds I travel at. I might have to visit the sauna more often." Vince steals the occasional glace over at Jun Po while he tries to act casual. A bit of sweat trickles down Vince's demonic forehead and it doesnt seem to be due to the heat.

 

[Calinon]

"Yeah, ummm...sure I can sit with you for a little bit. Kodiak won't like try to kill me or anything for being here with you will he?"

"And why should he do that, hmm?" she asks, pouring water on the stones in the middle of the sauna. Steam billows up and she sits back onto the bench, tucking her legs under her and closing her eyes. You can't help but notice that her uniform is piled on the floor right near your feet and she has several scratches, cuts and bruises on her arms, neck and legs.

"Unless you can see through things, in which case I would have to kill you myself." Her tone is unreadable, making you more than a little nervous, but you see her left eye open slightly, looking at you, reading your expression. You really hope that is a faint smile on her mouth.

She closes her eye again, relaxing back against the wall. "I understand you were troubled by events you experienced today?"

 

[Mimic]

"At least a bunch of icky bugs aren't trying to get you to mate with them," she says, flicking the grasshopper away. "Go away!" she shouts. The chirping stops and insects slowly start to hop away, though a few seem reluctant, and keep coming back.

"I hate bugs."

Ok, you win. Ya know, you could talk to Anna or even Mrs. Sanchez, I'm sure they could whip up some gizmo that would keep the insects away from you, a low ultra sonic vibration would probably work.

[You see Thunder pull up with an EPIC van at the front door of the hospital. He climbs out and waves over at you.

Come on, it looks like our rides here. I wonder if he will let us fly home, it would be nice to feel the wind on my face. She tells Tara as she grabs her arm and starts to pull her along to the van. Once they reach where Thunder is standing, Michelle puts on her "I'm-so-innocent" face and looks up at the man. Thunder, would it be ok if we flew back to the school, we've been cooped up all night and it's not like its very far away and your brother did really good work so it's not like we would be straining anything plus we still have our pagers with and we both promise to go straight there. So can we?

(ooc: diplomacy +8)

 

[Calinon]

Thunder, would it be ok if we flew back to the school, we've been cooped up all night and it's not like its very far away and your brother did really good work so it's not like we would be straining anything plus we still have our pagers with and we both promise to go straight there. So can we?

"The innocent look works better if you haven't been crying," he says, licking his thumb and wiping a tear streak off your cheek in an embarassingly father-like manner. He hands you a pair of flat, pocket-communicators. "But hell, if flying back to base will cheer you up, I'm all for it. Uh... what's with the circle of creepy crawlies?" he says, looking behind you.

Sure enough, the ring of hopping insects is back, sitting on the grass and starting to chirp.

"Ohhh, why can't you just leave me alone," Tara complains. She's getting very frustrated and you wonder if she's going to burst into tears.

"Oh no you don't," says Thunder. "No more waterworks, fromeither of you. Good lord, I'm not Empath, I can't handle that after being awake for 32 hours. Michelle, can you go find X12 before you and Tara go. He should have been here by now; probably off chasing Kevin down and convincing him to stay. And we," he says, turning Tara towards the insects, "will solve this right quick."

"First off, telling them what to do in English or any language they can't understand isn't going to help," Thunder starts, as he tries to help Tara get the bugs to leave.

 

[Velmont]

Kevin is lying on the ground, his tear have stopped to flow. Speaking aloud to himself. "All have start so well..."

"Hey that's cool," Randall exclaims when he sees the worms in his plate. "I guess it's my turn now."

"Randall was cool... And grandmother. She is mysterious, but still..."

Grandmother chuckles as Stealer creates the image. "Very well done, Kevin, but I think you forgot that our Jackal has a bloody nose right now. As for seeing in the dark, that's for you to determine, not me, deary."

"It was the first time I was using my power for other things than passing an exam. Nothing extraordinary, but I was feeling I could do something good with them. And at the mall, it was worth it just to see Split face..."

Stealer grins and looks pointedly right behind the sword wielding Split. "You should probably look behind you." Split turns, slashing out with his sword, and realizes too late that he's been duped. Stealer puts his hands on both sides of Split's face. The sword wielder and female split shimmer slightly and the other one doubles over briefly in pain, but the duplicates and what is obvious the original recover quickly. Stealer suddenly vanishes.

"If at least, it hasn't turn like that..."

"You walk out of here, you leave behind the support of your peers. I'm sure some of them are very upset, and they have some right to be -- we didn't know where you were, and we risked our lives to save you. But that's the thing -- we risked our lives to save you, Kevin, because you're a part of the team. If we didn't care about you, then we would have left you to rot.

I care about you, Kevin -- don't leave.

You can do so much more than me -- you can turn a mutant's power against him, or you can take up powers from one of our guys and double the effectiveness of a useful ability. As for depending on you and trusting you, I will -- I'll make that leap. I trust you, and I've got your back.

Just remember -- we're all in this together. This is a team; we're all here to help one another, and hopefully make things better for other people."

"How can he believe in me when I just can't do it myself? Thunder doesn't want to see me again, and I've hurt Michelle. I just can't go back there. I won't be welcome. But what will happen, back to England?"

He felt silent for a moment, and than he ask to himself "Why can't you hate me as the other X, it would have made things so simple!"

 

[Elementor]

"And why should he do that, hmm? Unless you can see through things, in which case I would have to kill you myself." Her tone is unreadable, making you more than a little nervous, but you see her left eye open slightly, looking at you, reading your expression. You really hope that is a faint smile on her mouth.

"No, no. I can't see through objects yet, but I do promise to turn my back when you get changed." Vince chuckles nervously as the sweat continues to bead on his brow.

She closes her eye again, relaxing back against the wall. "I understand you were troubled by events you experienced today?"

The sillyness leaves Vince entirely as his expression becomes quite dour. "Yeah, A bunch of gang members were shooting up the mall and in trying to stop them I inadvertantly hurt some of them pretty bad. Two of them died."

 

[Mimic]

"Michelle, can you go find X12 before you and Tara go. He should have been here by now; probably off chasing Kevin down and convincing him to stay."

Michelle rolls her eyes slightly as Thunder wipes her cheek with his thumb. I'm on it... dad she emphasise the last word just to tease Thunder and hopefully cheer Tara up a bit as she walks back toward the hospital. When she enters the main lobby, she walks up to the information booth and questions the lady.
"Hi. I'm looking for a boy that might have just come by, he is pretty easy to remember, he is about six feet tall, blonde hair, he has a tattoo of a X and the number 12 on the back of his neck. Oh, and his eyes are completely black and, oh wait never mind there he is. Thanks though."
Seeing X walk out from the stairwell Michelle will chase after him calling his name.

 

[Agamon]

"Dunno. It'd suck if you ended up walking through snow in bare feet, metal or not," Dara says smiling.

"A good point. I'll let you work out the details," Sanjay says with a nod.

"That'll make measuring interesting," she says, glancing at her sketches.

Sanjay smirks at that and raises an eyebrow. "Exactly what did you want to measure?" He can't hold the laughter back this time, letting loose a bit of a snicker.

She sits back down, placing the heaping plate of fruit in the middle of the table for everyone to pick off of. "I gotta say though, guys, those threads you were all wearing last night were sweet! No where near the calliber you could design Dara, but you looked like a team." With a gesture to the data pad she had been reading she continues. "Some messed up stuff must have happened they didn't put in the reports. What'd I miss?"

"Only if you tell us what you and Carl were doing in a strip joint..." Sanjay replies with a sly grin.