Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

[Mordane76]

Shaking his head as he approaches, Vince gives X a friendly nudge. "Dude that was painful. I have totally got to teach you this game. Awesome to see you out there though. Looked WAY more fun than the replay of our latest news reels we got to watch at the meeting."

"As long as you promise to move at regular speed, I'll take you up on that offer," X12 says. "Otherwise, I'll need to find someone more my speed... like say... I don't know... do we have anybody here that moves like a slug?"

 

[Calinon]

Honing my judgement... Sounds like a psi. I've got one after the accident and all the scandals, and told to my father I was a desesperate cause, that's must be why he paid you to accept me... What? With that schedule and that psi of yours I must meet, I won't have a second to me... Well, think I have no choice anyway. I'll take advantage of my last hours of free time.

And if I have to study that much, can you give me a new desk, the last one had termite in it... I will pay the bill, don't fear on that

"You always have choices, Amigo. If you don't want to be a part of the new EPIC team, don't come to the sessions. I'm not going to force you to. But you make up your mind by Monday morning, so we don't have to go through the effort of arranging for your tutoring if we don't need to. We'll just have you visit a psychiatrist to get you over this depression.

"Just remember, this isn't a free ride. Nobody came here deserving to be on EPIC. We brought all these people here not only so they would have a chance at a normal school life, but so that those with the desire and willingness to better themselves, train and learn to use their powers, could become full time members of EPIC. Nobody is forced to, because the amount of work someone has to do to be properly prepared for the dangers you'll face is extreme. I haven't had 48 hours to myself in six years.

"And you aren't the only one who has made mistakes. Raisa and Carl are heading to the same tutor we want to send you to. Dara too, because we can't help her here." He turns to leave.

"And for the record, everyone with means pays for their sons and daughters to attend this school. Not just your father. Thunder may have made it sound like he paid us to take you in, but he pays us just like Vince's father pays us, only yours pays far less. Don't think you're a special case because your father pays some money to us for your schooling. The desk will be replaced by Monday.

"Make up your mind by Monday morning. Either show up for the training or don't, it's up to you."

Titan closes the door and heads for the soccer field.

Michelle leaves the war room humiliated and infuriated, she storms by Raisa and Carl without giving them a second look, Titan's laughter burning in her ears.

Before she goes out to watch the soccer game Michelle will go to her room and throw out the flowers.

"Hey, whatcha doing?" Tara asks as you stuff the roses into garbage bags, vases and all, standing in your doorway. She surprises you and you wonder how long she's been there.

She shakes her head, thankful this conversation isn't as bad as what her imagination had made it out to be. It could have been worse, and all things considered she was getting off easy.

When she is finally free to go, she will bipass the football game and go back to her dorm room to check on Dara.

When you get into your room, it's humid, like someone just took a shower. And lo and behold, someone did. Dara is standing in your bathroom, wearing one of your home made shirts that comes down to behind her knees and hangs off one of her shoulders. Her hair is still damp and hangs down past her shoulders. She's brushing her teeth. You hope she went and got her own toothbrush.

Can you believe him? Send us away? I'll kick his butt too if he doesn't watch it. He thinks he's so smart. I'll show him! she thinks to you as she brushes her teeth.

She bends over and rinses and you see your toothbrush holder... empty. You also notice you aren't stepping on your clothes everywhere. It's very clean. Everything is picked up and put away.

Dara turns around. "I don't know who made such a mess in here, but I'm going to kick their butts too. Prolly some stupid boy. I'll find out though, as soon as I alter some of my clothes to fit better," she says, tugging at the extremely overlarge shirt. "Ok, I'm ready, lets go! They're playin' football out there and I wanna see!"

Shaking his head as he approaches, Vince gives X a friendly nudge. "Dude that was painful. I have totally got to teach you this game. Awesome to see you out there though. Looked WAY more fun than the replay of our latest news reels we got to watch at the meeting." Looking to Monica he adds, "But you arent half bad. I dont think Ive seen you here before. I'm Vince."

"Yeah, I know, the Goat Boy," she says, small sparks rising from her skin. She's still completely sweat free. "Cosmo's right; you must have blind spot in those things," she says idly, pointing at your eyes. I'm in your math and languages classes." She turns to X12. "I thought I told you not to screw up," she says, poking him in the ribs, stalking off. "Later, Goat Boy," she says as he leaves.

You hear Cosmo laughing behind you. "Haha! Blind spot!"

Carl and Jackson come up after the match. Carl laments his own lack of co-ordination for football. Jackson says, "Hey, could have been worse, X. When I was in school, I had this coach that kept yelling at me, 'Be the ball! Be the ball!' Little did he know," he says, suddenly blowing up into his ball form, "that I am the ball! Night!" he says, bouncing off for the dorm. Anna and Tara head for the dorm after giving X12 congrats, and Carl and Cosmo head off for the common room.

"C'mon Goat Boy; HBO is showing the latest Battletech movie at 11:30," Cosmo says.

"And Underworld's latest installment after that," Carl adds. Cosmo kind of winces at that.

"I think I'll stop at Battletech," Cosmo says.

Running up after the match, X12 tracks after Monica. "You're really good at this... and I'm not. Regardless, thanks for giving me a shot... it meant alot to me," he says. "I'll see if they'll add soccer to my schedule -- I need a lot of work."

The pitch empties out as people head off to the common room or their dorms. Pretty soon, you're the last person on the field. You spot Trailblazer and Monica coming out of the gym and gathering the equipment and jerseys when Trailblazer drops his gear and bursts off towards HQ. Monica gathers up most of the gear, and heads for the gym.

You catch up with her as she's coming back out to get the rest of the gear.

"I'll say you need practice," she says, smiling slightly. "And I thought I told you not to screw up." She pokes you in the chest as she says that, then looks past you and groans. "You came over here and didn't stop to pick up the gear? You twit. I'm so going to kick your butt," she says with a huff, shocking you slightly as she shoves you and heads for the gear.

 

[Mordane76]

"I'm sorry," X12 says, following after her. "Let me give you a hand putting away the equipment -- we'll call it penance for my lack of soccer skill."

 

[Calinon]

"I'm sorry," X12 says, following after her. "Let me give you a hand putting away the equipment -- we'll call it penance for my lack of soccer skill."

"Well, hurry up then," she says, letting you go get the gear. She's already heading back to the gym about 20 feet ahead of you when you start lugging the armful of flags, pads and balls towards the gym. He tugs her jersey off as she goes, her t-shirt sliding up her back a bit as she does so, revealing the fact you can pretty much see through her midsection. The skin is there, and you can see musculature patterns in her back, but electrical charges seem to be coursing through her body. She turns and tosses her jersey at you, then holds the gym door open.

"Just toss the gear in the storage room. I'll get the lights," she says. You're done and halfway to the door when the lights go out, leaving you in utter darkness. The only light comes from the EXIT signs over various doors, and they provide no illumination to see by, other than direction.

You sniff the air. It smells vaguely like it does right after a rain storm. You hear a quiet *pat pat pat* of running feet behind you, and turn to see two little yellow sparkling lights bobbing towards you in the dark.

You could smell the rain from your cell. Your enhanced senses let you enjoy rain like nobody else could. He couldn't take that from you. Despite the pain in your wrists and legs from hanging from the chains in the middle of the 8x8 cell, you took a deep breath and exhaled happily.

BZZZZZZZZZZZT!

The electrical jolt ripped through you painfully, and you bit your tongue as you stopped yourself from screaming.

BZZZZZZZZZZZT!

Another jolt, and you stifled the scream, trying to ignore the pain. Outside, thunder broke out in a huge boom.

"Excellent. He is developing a tolerance for level 6. Increase to level 7."

BZZZZZZZZZZZT!

The shock was twice as strong as before, lancing through your body and up the chains at your wrist. Unable to withstand the pain, you let out a scream.

"Continue the process until he ceases to cry out."

The thunder rang out again as the torture continues.

"I'm gonna kick your butt," year hear a woman's voice say somewhere in the distance.

Initiatives: X12 14, Monica 11
Conditions: X12 (blinded, fatigued, 2HP), Monica (fine and dandy! Har har har!)

 

[Mordane76]

X12 drops to knees, closes his eyes, and lightly turns to sniff the air, trying to catch scent of his assailant.

OOC: Half-action -- assume defensive.
Half-action -- use Scent.

"You didn't think you'd keep me in that cage forever, did you," X12 calls out to the darkness.

 

[Mimic]

"Hey, whatcha doing?" Tara asks as you stuff the roses into garbage bags, vases and all, standing in your doorway. She surprises you and you wonder how long she's been there.

"Yikes..., don't sneak up on people like that. This? Just getting rid of some useless garbage," Michell drops the bag into the garbage can to emphases her point.

Michelle pauses for a moment and stares at the bag as she continues to talk. "He used us Tara, its all one big joke. Titan found the door, the one from the sewer. I must have used too much power on it because it was magnetised, so after the meeting Titan asked me about it. I couldn't deny it, so I told him everything and do you know what he did?" At this point Michelle turns to face her "He laughed... he could barely contain himself, Titan says he does that with everyone, he has done it to Empath several times at least and he always sends flowers after. I guess it's his little laugh after the fact, just to remind you of how stupid you were." Michelle kicks the garbage can over spilling the contents out.

Ignoring the mess she walks over to her bed and sits down pulling her legs up to her chest and resting her head on her knees. "God, I can't believe I fell for it, I'm such a moron. Some leader I turned out to be."

 

[Calinon]

Michelle

Ignoring the mess she walks over to her bed and sits down pulling her legs up to her chest and resting her head on her knees. "God, I can't believe I fell for it, I'm such a moron. Some leader I turned out to be."

"I bet it's eight hundred bucks of roses you are throwing out," Dara says with a giggle, picking up a vase of roses from the bag and setting them on the table. "And he didn't make us let him go, and he helped me control my powers. And look what he did to yours!" she says.

"Anyways, if Empath can't resist him, why should we be able to. And if Empath hasn't been resisting him, that means Thunder and Titan and the others didn't resist him either, 'cause he's not caught. I bet that's why Merlin doesn't like him," she says, remember that Anithos said that.

"He's cute, he's charming , he doesn't hurt anyone, and he sent us roses, and you're going to mope about it?" she ask, pelting you in the head with a rose. "Maybe he sends roses because he likes us."

X12
You sniff the air as your vision fades, leaving you somewhat confused.

"It was a closet, Sparky," Monica says cheerfully. You feel someone grab your shoulders, then you are flying through the air. You slide on the wood floor and skin your arm painfully. "Sorry, I didn't mean to throw you down that hard," Monica says from nearby.

You're only ten feet from the door and outside. You can see the EXIT sign just behind you.

Monica hits (22) with her trip attack. You lose the opposed roll with 16 versus 24 and are prone.

Initiatives: X12 14, Monica 11
Conditions: X12 (blinded, prone, fatigued, 2HP), Monica (perfectly fine)

 

[Mordane76]

"I... I..." X12 stammers, rolling onto his stomach. "I'm at EPIC... I'm not there anymore... they can't hurt me anymore... they can't hurt me anymore..." X12 starts repeating over and over, as he starts crawling towards the exit sign.

 

[Elementor]

"As long as you promise to move at regular speed, I'll take you up on that offer," X12 says. "Otherwise, I'll need to find someone more my speed... like say... I don't know... do we have anybody here that moves like a slug?"

"Yeah man, I can tone it down to a more normal pace, but I was pretty quick even before I got my powers. Just grab me to come practice anytime we arent busy saving the world or writing essays."

The jibes from Monica arent any worse than what Vince has become used to, but he seems glad that she recognizes him.

"Later, Goat Boy," she says as he leaves.

Watching as X12 and Monica's backs start to get distant, Vince mutters to himself, "Maybe I just never had a reason to notice you before"

"C'mon Goat Boy; HBO is showing the latest Battletech movie at 11:30," Cosmo says.

"And Underworld's latest installment after that," Carl adds. Cosmo kind of winces at that.

"I think I'll stop at Battletech," Cosmo says.

"Yeah yeah, I'm coming. Wanna race? Hehe" Vince dashes a short ways ahead of Cosmo and Carl and waits for them to catch up before walking together back to the complex. "You know Underworld isnt that bad if you just accept it as entertainment value and not take it too seriously. I guess the whole thing hits a little too close to home for you though, eh Cos?"

 

[Mimic]

"He's cute, he's charming , he doesn't hurt anyone, and he sent us roses, and you're going to mope about it?" she ask, pelting you in the head with a rose. "Maybe he sends roses because he likes us."

"I guess its possible," Michelle comments as she picks up the rose beside her and smells it. "But if he is such a nice guy, why is he a criminal? I guess it might say in his file but somehow I figure we are going to be studing them all sooner or later and since we are going to be flooded with homework soon, lets go have some fun." Michelle bounces off the bed and shortens the stem and clears away the thorns, so she can entangle the rose in her hair just above her left ear, she then grabs Tara by the arm and physically pulls her out of the room. "Come on, lets go see if they will let us go shopping tomorrow, I got to replace the stuff I lost the first time around. How did X do in the soccer game anyways."