The Meeting -- 9:05 PM
In Attendance: Anna, Carl, Cosmo, Johan, John, Merlin, Raisa, Randall, Raul Mendez, Rebound, Sanjay, Tara, Titan, Vince
"Welcome to the War Room, my erstwhile junior teammates," Merlin says to break the tension, gesturing for you to enter with a low bow. "Please feel free to sit as we take a trip through the past two days. If you look to the right, you can see the remnants of Thunder's dignity, right next to the scenic Molten Nova Valleys. The inflight movies today will be "Danger in the Crystal Palace" and "Attack of the 40 Foot Mole People."
"In Widescreen no doubt," Titan says, smirking as the table holoviewer comes up and they commence the briefing.
As promised by Trailblazer, the briefing is boring, though thankfully quick. They simply run through the good and bad points of the episode at the Mall and Crystal Palace, and today's events on the Freeway. Mendez congratulates you all on jobs well done, especially given the circomunstances, which surprises some of you. he does, however, tell you to remember the mistakes you made as well as the successes you had, and not to repeat those mistakes. He looks pointedly at Carl and Raisa when saying this, but does not elaborate. They also go into the battle in the pool and the condition of Jun Po, as well as the miraculous recovery of Vincent, though thankfully, they don't show video.
Titan opens up information files on Mia Toan, Sho Tanaka, The Shadow, Murphy, The Mole, Aerin, Flick and Anithos.
OOC: All of these will be updated on the website over the next week.
"We've activated the computer terminals in your rooms, so you can access our database, send and receive e-mail and surf the web from your own couch," Mendez says. "Our new computer system we've installed will monitor your activity, but we won't be spying on you unless the computer starts warning us that you're surfing porn or something. I'd prefer you use your terminals for EPIC business only, and use the common room and library computers for personal stuff. Oh, and your terminals are voice and ocular controlled. No mouse or keyboard needed.
"Our database is one of the most comprehensive in the world for what we do. While not every piece of info is at our fingertips, if you make a request, the system will try to get you as much info as possible. It's tied in to a lot of police systems and has an extensive mutant database to study.
OOC: You now have access to knowledge: criminals, Knolwedge: mutants, and the assessment feat, if you spend points. You can make untrained knowledge checks on criminals and mutants, but probably won't be successful often.
I would like to add," Titan says, "that you will start undergoing extensive training in the next month and we'll be increasing your workload with extra courses. It will be difficult and leave little room for free time in the next while. But after the last few days, it will be good for each of you to hone your abilities before we throw you in harms way again."
You look over your new schedules as he hands them out. Each day starts at 6AM and ends at 8PM, with training sessions and new courses (investigation, law, etiquette and public speaking) at night. Even to the most scholastic of you, it looks brutal.
"This won't be easy, so we'll be having Johan's running study groups, since there are so many of him," Titan says with a grin at Johan.
Seeing many of you yawning, Merlin speaks up. "I think we've lost their attention. Time to call the meeting. There's a soccer match I want to see the rest of. I believe X12 is enjoying his respite from his healing powers and is playing backfield, and given his repeated efforts on all of your behalves, it would be a good show of support to go and cheer him on, even if he did dodge the boring meeting."
"Hey, sounds good to me," Mendez says. "Meeting adjourned! If you have any questions, ask them to me once we get to the pitch, or see me tomorrow."
"Michelle," Titan calls as you are leaving. "Please stay a few moments. Carl, Raisa, could you just have seat outside please, I need to talk to you as well."
The Soccer Match
The second half seems to fly and X12 is getting exhausted, but playing well. Amazingly, with time winding down, Monica leads the way down field and with a brilliant strike, scores in injuty time to tie the game. It leads to a shout-out and team captains pick the five to be on their squads.
"Ok, sparky,"Monica says. "You can be our fourth. See if you can be a hero on the pitch. Just don't screw up!"
The crowd cheers as the first four shooters score. The third of each team is stopped by the keepers. On the opposing side, the fourth shooter scores, leaving it up to X12 to tie it up. Nerves set in. Considering this is your first time ever playing football, and you really want to score, you begin to sweat profusely.
People cheer you on. Others make you nervous. You line up. The goalie is ready. You run at the ball. You kick it! It heads right at the keeper!
SHPOCK!
The crowd lets out an "ooooo" as the keeper takes it in the face. He falls pretty much straight over. The ball falls straight down, coming to a rest an inch from the goal line.
"NO GOAL!" shouts Trailblazer.
The crowd cheers.
Lucky for you, the other team misses, and Monica ties it up against a new goalie. The game ends in a tie.
Anyone from the meeting who wants to be here, is here.
Kevin
There is a knock at the door. No heat this time, so it's not Nova. Opening the door, you are confronted with Titan, not Thunder.
"Hey there, Amigo," he says in a friendly fashion. "I hear you had a rough couple of days, eh? But Nova says you still want to try to make the team. Good on you. So, what'd you do to get her all hot under the collar to be on your side, hmm? She's gung ho to make sure you get a last chance to prove you deserve to be on the team."
Obviously, this happens after he talks to Michelle, Raisa and Carl. You were NOT at the meeting, just to be clear, nor will your computer be activated.
