Epic M&M: Issue 3 (IC)

[Mule]

You end up walking with the girls through a residential suburb as they insist you show off your abilities to scare dogs and other pranks

The usual tricks, and the deck of cards appears for a few goodies as well.

"Money first, buster," Monica insists.

"Hey, no problem," Chuck says, handing Monica a sizeable bag and taking the chips from her.

After they leave Chuck's house Randall will ask Monica "Say, what kind of racket do you have going on with that guy? How much money do you get for those chips? Could I get some of them?"

 

[Mimic]

Michelle
"Need? Naw, but it was fun!"

Michelle says nothing to this just quietly shakes her head.

"I'll be quiet," he agrees readily. "It's better than being zapped and besides, I get to say I hung out with super-heroes. It'll make getting beat up tomorrow bearable."[/font]

"Great and we aren't super-heroes, we're just people who are trying to do the right thing. Why do you hang around with them if they are just going to beat you up?"

 

[Calinon]

"Say, what kind of racket do you have going on with that guy? How much money do you get for those chips? Could I get some of them?"

"P12 doesn't grow on trees you know," Jerry says.

"Not that we sold them P12," grins Steff.

"They're gonna get such a rash, it'll itch for a week!" laughs Lindy.

"It's a bit hard to make the chips," Monica says as the girls joke about adding something to the adhesive strips on the chips they sold Chuck. "So, people pay us to make them. We can whip up about a hundred a week between the five of us. Keeps us in show tickets and good clothes," she grins. "Chucks such a loser too. He uses them to pass his courses 'cause he's dumb as a brick, and he stiffed Steff on his last batch by two hundred bucks! He'll be payin' for that this time. We added a little itchy stuff to the adhesive, and if he puts lotion on it to stop it from itching, he's gonna get a huge rash!" she giggles.

"Here you go," she says, pulling a small handful of chips from her pocket and giving them to you. "These ones should last us the entire LAN party."

"Oh sure, that's what you said last time," Lisa says, giving Monica a punch in the arm.

"Not my fault it was like a stinky sweat shop in there. The adhesive wore off!"

She leans over and whispers to you, "You can keep the extra's and beat the heck out of your buddies at school while gaming." She hands you easily 20 of the chips in a plastic bag. "Keep them dry though. Water ruins them fast."

Michelle

"Great and we aren't super-heroes, we're just people who are trying to do the right thing.

"Oh sure, I hear Thunder say that all the time on TV," Ben grins. "Can't fool me with that one."

Why do you hang around with them if they are just going to beat you up?"

Ben shrugs. "Don't got nobody to hang out with otherwise. Probably wouldn't get beat up if I wasn't smaller than all of them. Walking off with you three probably isn't going to do me any big favors on the pummelling department. Them getting zapped doesn't really improve my chances either. Definitely worth it to see that though," he says. "They so had that coming."

"See?" Monica says, draping an arm over Benjamin's shoulder. "Benny approves, don'tcha Ben?" she purrs at him.

Ben is kinda frozen in place, not quite sure what to make of Monica when Dara exclaims mentally, Fabric store! 50% off! Weeee! and makes a beeline for the shop. I need silver and black stretchy stuff for Sanjay's outfit, and Raisa and I will look good in red and black, and maybe a nice goat hair for Vincent. Ooo, silky! And something like Merlin's uniform for Rand.... ooooo, pink! That's definitely a good color for Michelle! she exclaims trying to reach something well above her head.

Monica drags you and Ben along to follow Dara. She lets go of Ben and walks up beside Dara. "Here, I'll get it," she says.

"Ok!" Dara says as she bounds off in a seemingly random direction towards some lacey fabrics. Oooo, pretty!

Monica reaches way up very slowly and deliberately, her top riding up and her skirt following the same path. She pushes up onto her toes and can't quite reach. Outside, a pair of men walk into a bench and go right over it, attention obviously diverted by the show. You also hear a "George!" followed by a male "Ow," as a couple walk by. Ben escapes your grasp and pretty much runs over to Dara and relative safety.

"Ben, I might need a boost," she says over her shoulder, a predatory look in her eye until she notices Ben is gone form where she left him. "Maybe I'll just get a ladder," she says, dropping back down and adjusting her clothes. "Oops, didn't notice those were riding up," Monica says insincerely. She looks at your glare (I assume there'll be a fairly significant glare) and looks actually surprised. "What? What'd I do?" She sounds like she has no clue why you'd be upset.

Hold this, she says mentally, shoving an entire bolt of fabrick into his arms, and pulling other bolts out left and right with great rapidity and precision, loading Ben up quickly until he nearly topples over.

 

[buzzard]

John
OOC: Top to bottom questions can be left to right. Start answerin'! Just to remind you...

"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?"

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(OOC:I'll respond to the questions in order as if they've been asked at intervals)
"OK, well I was just going for a hike when I heard a scream. I came upon some women who looked like they needed some help. A number of men were attacking them so I decided to give them women a hand. I asked the men to leave them alone, but they jumped me. I then subdued them and brought them back for the police"

"Umm, well I dunno, being in Epic is most like being in school with occaisional burst of action. Day to day it's pretty humdrum really. You know, study a bunch, exercise a bunch, and hang out with the other students."

"My teamates? Well they're a good bunch. I've only known them for a month or so, so I'm just getting to know them all."

"Me a leader? Oh no, that's somebody else's job. I don't really know if there is an offician leader right yet. "

"The thugs? Well I'm a pretty good wrestler, and with some of my abilities, it wasn't so hard. My dad gave me a hand as well. He was around here somewhere."

"Ok well, I have to be getting back to the compound. I imagine if you folks have anymore questions you ask contact the press office- they have one right? Bye. "

At that John will ignore any further questions and start back for the compound. If possible, he'll see if he can score a ride from the cops.

buzzard

 

[Dalamar]

"I think I'll take that as a compliment, and be done with it."

 

[Mordane76]

"Working." There is a good two minute pause. "There are links to two hundred ninety six thousand, one hundred and fourteen news articles involving M-Tac. Would you like to refine your search, or shall I display the articles in some sort of order."

OOC: You will find no useful information unless I know what you are looking for.

"Refine search to include only articles containing references to Captain Carmilla Majors."

 

[Mimic]

"Ben, I might need a boost," she says over her shoulder, a predatory look in her eye until she notices Ben is gone form where she left him. "Maybe I'll just get a ladder," she says, dropping back down and adjusting her clothes. "Oops, didn't notice those were riding up," Monica says insincerely. She looks at your glare (I assume there'll be a fairly significant glare) and looks actually surprised. "What? What'd I do?" She sounds like she has no clue why you'd be upset.

(ooc: You assume correctly on the glare)
Your little show nearly gave Ben a heart attack, not to mention at least half the men in the mall. I don't suppose you can reign in the hormones for the rest of the day? She tells the girl quietly, so other people can't over hear.

Hold this, she says mentally, shoving an entire bolt of fabrick into his arms, and pulling other bolts out left and right with great rapidity and precision, loading Ben up quickly until he nearly topples over.

Michelle will walk over to where Dara and Ben are. "Here, let me help." Michelle tells him as she takes some of the bolts of fabric, "Dara gets overly enthusiastic when it comes to this sort of thing."

 

[Calinon]

John

At that John will ignore any further questions and start back for the compound. If possible, he'll see if he can score a ride from the cops.

The press continue to take footage and snap pictures.

"Sorry, Straightjacket. We're kind of at our limit," the officer says.

The cop cars are full. Two cops each and three thugs in the back seats each. Maybe you could cling to the roof of one...

"I could drive you," someone says from behind you. It's the younger woman from the woods. She grabs your arm and pulls you over to her car. "C'mon, get it. Before those reporters get at you again," she adds with a giddy grin. "Mom is going to get checked out in hospital, so it's just you and me."

"That's my boy!" your dad says encouragingly. Suddenly that giddy grin looks a bit... foreboding. Camera crews or in a car with your dad and an attractive young woman... choices choices...

Johan

"I think I'll take that as a compliment, and be done with it."

"As intended! Now lets make some headway since you're going to be too busy next week to put much work into this and we've got a barbeque to get to in a few hours."

Michelle
"Gawd, sorry. I was just having a little fun," she says. "Is everyone afraid of a little teasing these days or what? I was just giving him a little show. Probably got his heart racing," she adds with a grin. "Besides, he's kinda cute for a geeky kid."

I do not get... "Ok, maybe a little excited, but look at these prices! Can you beleive..." OOooo, purple silk! Gimme!

She tosses another bolt at Ben who topples under the wait with a muffled yelp.

X12
Several moments go by.

"I have found five news stories involving Captain Majors in the last three years. Prior to that date, no mention is made of Captain Majors. I will present them in date order.

To Serve And Protect, Associated Press, May 13, 2118.
M-Tac: Protection or Persecution? New York Times, January 11, 2119.
M-Tac Captain Awarded Medal of Valor, LA Times, November 21, 2119.
Mutants Killed Outside Q'Apelle Valley, Toronto Star, February 15, 2120.
EPIC Raids Crystal Palace, New York Times, September 15, 2120.
​

The first is a lengthy report on the history of M-Tac, and Majors is listed as a recent graduate of their secretive recruitment process. The second is an attacking expose on the actions M-Tac uses to subdue and control mutants. The third is a piece solely on Captain Majors, who stopped a suspected Anarchy assassination attempt on the president. The fourth one stops you cold.

February 15, 2120
Quebec police are lauding the actions of M-Tac Captain Carmilla Majors today, as the off duty member of the NAA Special Ops Mutant Control and Tactical Squadron rescued a kidnap victim from a trio of mutants near Q'Apelle Valley, a small town in rural Quebec. The mutants proved violent and were all slain by Captain Majors in the rescue. She was unavailable for comment.

The unidentified male teenaged victim, who had been branded with a tatoo on the back of his neck, was taken to local hospital where he panicked and attacked an orderly with a scalpal. The orderly was injured, then promptly healed by the teenager who displayed remarkable healing powers.

Local police have temporarily taken the boy into custody both for his protection and that of others. They are awaiting the arival of NAA officials who will transfer him to a NAA medical research facility until his identity can be ascertained.

Cindy Marshall
Toronto Star

You blink in a complete stupor, as memories of the day you were found rush into your head. You remember the car, then an explosion and a fire...

"Ah, enough memory has come to you finaly," a voice says. You stand on one side of a hearth, fire blazing within it. Across from you is a man, cloaked in shadows, sitting in a high backed chair. His hands are steepled in front of his face. "I wondered when your amnesia would fade enough for your programming to start to kick in. It is only a matter of time before you return to me, Directive 12. Once you remember everything, you will return to how you were, and your only desire will be to serve me."

"Who are you?" you find yourself asking, your hands reaching across the hearth to try to pull the hood from over his head.

"You know who I am," he replies without emotion.

The flames shoot up, sending searing jolts of pain through your hands and arms. You fall back...

You are sitting on the floor. The entire wall before you billows smoke. The ARIS monitor is cracked and melted and flames lick about the sides of it. The fire alarm sounds and the fire supression system kicks in, dousing your room in water and a light foam. It sizzles as it hits your badly burned hands. A word comes unbidden to your mind.

"Father."

You pass out on the floor, oblivious to the spreading fire.

Throughout the Institute (2:00 PM)
Sanjay and Vincent are getting a deliver. Johan is doing a design. Raisa is dancing. Kevin and Carl are watching Nova and Thunder practice.

(John is in a car somewhere, Loki is heading to a LAN party, Michelle is shopping)

The fire alarm goes off in the Boys Dorm.

Smoke billows up from X12's second floor room window and the fire supression system seems to be having a hard time coping. Titan, Thunder, Sanchez and Nova all drop what they are doing and head for the disturbance.

 

[Mimic]

Michelle lets out a laugh as Ben topples over, she kneels down to help him up. "Are you ok? Monica, can you get Dara a cart before she kills Ben?"

Once she knows that Ben is ok, she will start to pick up the bolts of fabric.

 

[Elementor]

Sanjay and Vince
OOC: Vince is gullible and buys it hook, line and sinker (Bluff 18 versus sense motive of 12). Of course, he probably wants to share unless they are some vile and inedible native food

"Oh SWEET!! Lets try some!!"

OOC: Vile and inedible or not they are still cookies!!