Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

[Mordane76]

Hearing Michelle, X motions for her to follow as he pulls off one of his gloves. He heads over to the downed Kevin as quickly as he can.

"Are you alright," he asks, quickly ascertaining Kevin's position and surroundings for any signs of bleeding or obvious injuries. "I saw from the window -- did it hit you, or did you manage to jump clear of the car, Kevin?"

 

[Velmont]

Kevin looks behind him, and see X looking at him. "Why?" but Kevin doesn't wait wait for an answer "I hate you!" He stand up and run away"

 

[Mordane76]

Stunned, X12 flinches, but watches Kevin run off. He doesn't chase after him, and motions to Michelle to hold back as well if she shows signs of giving pursuit.

"I... I don't know..."


Sighing, X12 turns to look at Michelle. "Let him go. I'm sure he has a lot to think about -- Thunder wasn't exactly easy on him, nor was yesterday. If he wants our help, he'll come back."

 

[Deva]

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

"Well you know I dance. I had heard they were having amateur night last night and had Carl take me." Raisa tries to keep a straight face, but fails completely. She giggles and shakes her head. "As if! I can't go into a lot of details, but we were there to help someone out and things went bad. Nearly got both of us killed and probably would have if the other's hadn't showed up when they did."

A frown replaces the light smile she was wearing. "The worst part of it all was having that Cabra inside my head, making me do what she wanted while I could do nothing to fight back. Even before I found out I was a mutant I had never felt so weak or helpless as I did lastnight. Telepath's are just more trouble than their worth!"

Suddenly remember that not only was Dara sitting right beside her, but also able to see the lovely images of what she wanted to do to Sho that were running through her head, Raisa is mortified by her own words even though she meant them. "You know I didn't mean you, Dara, right?" She looks over at Sanjay. "Did you know that she saved my life last night? Dara tried to help me when that psycho telepath - Sho Somethingorother - kept trying to get into my head after I somehow managed to get her out. Unfortuantely, not the brightest bulp in the pack that I am, I still went after her and nearly ended up with oatmeal for brains. Dara totally exhausted herself bring me back. I still got a killer headache, but without Dara I'd be a vegetable or worse. She's the only telepath I'll trust inside this melon of mine."

She smiles at Dara and hopes the girl realizes she means ever word of what she just said. After a moment she looks back at Sanjay. "I've told you my side of things, your turn."

 

[Dalamar]

Johan nods. He just learned something new and he'd have to research it with more detail at a later time, but right now his defense is the most important thing.
"What places do you believe we should cover? The groin region is a definite, as is the chest, but which are the other locations that would provide the best, or the most needed, protection?"

 

[Mimic]

Michelle gives no indication that she is going to chase after Kevin, she just shakes her head quitely. "He is never going to learn." She mutters as she watches him leave.

"Thunder shouldn't have been easy on him, don't forget it was because of his actions that Tara and I almost died and it doesn't seem to bother him is what really bugs me. He is so wrapped up in himself that he doesn't see that what he does effects other people." She gives a little sigh as she watches Kevin run from them.

"I wonder if he will ever stop running from his responsibilities? Come on, Thunder is waiting." With that she turns around and starts back towards the van.

 

[Agamon]

She smiles at Dara and hopes the girl realizes she means ever word of what she just said. After a moment she looks back at Sanjay. "I've told you my side of things, your turn."

"The imagery from your original story was much more interesting," Sanjay says nodding, "but glad to see you're okay.

"I can't account for everything that happened yesterday, but most of the tale was told on the pad. When we got the apartments, Michelle, Anna, Jackson, Tara and I flew up to the penthouse to find Mrs. Raynes and Kevin. He found us, or one of his duplicates did, anyway. Once we got inside, we found that Mia Toan witch. She managed to stick her sword through Michelle before we took her down. Tough girl, Michelle. Raynes was there, Michelle accidentally hurt her when she busted in through the window. I found Kevin, he was hurt pretty bad and...X12 was forced to heal everyone by that M-Tac cyborg chick. I guess everything turned out alright, but poor X12 was absorbing everyone else's mortal injuries. That couldn't feel too wonderful, but he was unconscious before he healed Kevin," Sanjay glances around. "At least I think it turned out alright, they must be in the hospital."

"And then there's the part I forgot," he thinks, shaking his head a bit. He grabs a couple grapes off the plate and pops them in his mouth.

 

[Deva]

Raisa shakes her head in amazement. "Meu Deus, I don't even want to imagine what Kevin went through in that penthouse. He's lucky you guys showed up when he did, we both are."

She absently munches on a slice of honeydew melon going over the events of the previous night in her head, thinking of everything that could have gone wrong or worse, suddenly coming to a conclusion. "Will you guys excuse me? There's something I need to take care of."

Pushing her chair away from the table, Raisa gets up and heads out of the dining hall, making her way to Sanchez's workshop.

 

[Mordane76]

"Thunder shouldn't have been easy on him, don't forget it was because of his actions that Tara and I almost died and it doesn't seem to bother him is what really bugs me. He is so wrapped up in himself that he doesn't see that what he does effects other people." She gives a little sigh as she watches Kevin run from them.

"I wonder if he will ever stop running from his responsibilities? Come on, Thunder is waiting." With that she turns around and starts back towards the van.

"I want you to know I'm not defending his actions as right, Michelle," X12 says, turning to follow her, "but I can understand his desires. The rest of you have such incredible, direct abilities; Kevin and I have very odd abilities. It's hard to feel adequate or useful when you don't quite know how you fit in with the rest of the group.

"I mean, look at you -- you can control and manipulate metals. Johan can make an army out of himself. Sanjay is made from metal and can disintegrate things. Dara is a telepath. SJ is a flexible mountain of a man. Vincent possesses ungodly agility and quickness. What are Kevin and I? We fall into support roles. I think he wanted to be the hero, like the rest of you guys, and it turned out very poorly. I feel for him, because he can be so much more with his abilities... and I think he will be, once he comes to terms with himself."

 

[Calinon]

"Exactly what did you want to measure?"

"Inseam," she says innocently, looking up coyly before returning to her drawings.

"No, no. I can't see through objects yet, but I do promise to turn my back when you get changed."

"I promise you will be out that door before any changing takes place," she says dryly.

"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."

"Then you shouldn't have used your full power," she replies matter-of-factly. "When I hit someone with my full strength, I know that if things go as I intend, they will not get up soon, if at all. And if they are shooting people around me, I do not feel ill about that. I hope Thunder didn't give you his theory on the subject."

Telepath's are just more trouble than their worth!

Tara looks really, really hurt by that, and just focusses on her sketching and designs, not saying anything, even after you say you trust her. Not like I don't know how she feels without her saying it, she broadcasts as she scribbles and colors. Not like I can just stop being a telepath or anything.

"What places do you believe we should cover? The groin region is a definite, as is the chest, but which are the other locations that would provide the best, or the most needed, protection?"

"Well, I'd like to just make a suit like Anna's, but I don't think we have the materials. Maybe we can just augment a cloth body suit with some good plating. Sure won't be as easy to get in and out of as Anna's, so you won't be able to just carry it around. You'll either be wearing it or not."

You enter the gigantic workshop. It's busy, with lots of kids working on their robots for the Robot Wars circuit. "You get to work with Anna and Jackie," she says as kids flood towards her with designs and pieces and parts in hand. "I'm going to be tied up for a few minutes." She sounds happy for that and heads off towards the kids.

"I can't account for everything that happened yesterday, but most of the tale was told on the pad. When we got the apartments, Michelle, Anna, Jackson, Tara and I flew up to the penthouse to find Mrs. Raynes and Kevin. He found us, or one of his duplicates did, anyway. Once we got inside, we found that Mia Toan witch. She managed to stick her sword through Michelle before we took her down. Tough girl, Michelle. Raynes was there, Michelle accidentally hurt her when she busted in through the window. I found Kevin, he was hurt pretty bad and...X12 was forced to heal everyone by that M-Tac cyborg chick. I guess everything turned out alright, but poor X12 was absorbing everyone else's mortal injuries. That couldn't feel too wonderful, but he was unconscious before he healed Kevin," Sanjay glances around. "At least I think it turned out alright, they must be in the hospital."

"And then there's the part I forgot," he thinks, shaking his head a bit. He grabs a couple grapes off the plate and pops them in his mouth.

Dara mumbles mentally as Sanjay goes through his story. Must be nice to fly. But no, telepaths can't fly. We just get in people's heads and do bad things, she broadcasts, wiping her nose on her wrist. At least I'm not a cyborg though. That'd be scary. But I could walk around all BZZT! Target Human! Objective Destroy! Clomp clomp clomp! I could kick Carl's butt then. Then nobody would care I was a telepath. Bet I could help Sanjay remember what he forgot. Probably hates telepaths too. Ooo, I think red would be good for a nifty personal logo. Maybe nuclear thingy.