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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1435664" data-attributes="member: 13737">Hospital"Oh, just some scans.  I have a few already from when you were in here before.  I'd like to check out the bone structure and circulation.  That way if anything happens to your wings and I'm not around, someone else can help you out.  We can do that now if you feel up to it," he says.  "I have to call to get a blood sample from Jackal, and would prefer it if you weren't running around at mach speed just yet, at least until your wing muscles finish knitting.  Should kill some time until someone can come get you and X." FreewayAs John tries to clear the cobwebs, a painfully ugly odour you recognize as the smelling salts your dad always uses.  You blink and before you are even recovered you are pulled to your feet by your arm. "Come on, boy," he says.  "Shake it off.  You're tougher than that.  Hell, it wasn't even that big of a bus!" To anyone who can see, which would be Sanjay and Loki, Straightjacket seems to be physically drug to his feet, though nobody is there to do it, then sent stumbling back towards battle, still shaking his head. Your father gives you a free unstun and pulls you to your feet.  You are dazed, but mobile and stagger back towards battle. "Flick, Aerin, get in your trucks.  Anithos, get that other truck back here and do your thing!" the Mole calls out.  He wrenches the truck in his massive paws free of Michelle's grasp, slamming it to the ground.  He takes one long step, and swats Michelle with a clubbing backhand and she cartwheels through the air, right into Straightjacket, who manages to catch her and prevent her suffering further harm. The Mole gets a 33 versus Michelle's 27 on the opposed grapple.  He takes a short step and clubs her (29).  Michelle gets a 21 damage save, getting stunned and cartwheeling through the air.  You can spend a hero point to immediately unstun if you want to act.  You are held aloft by John currently, but have no sustained powers. As Michelle hits John, the third armored car drops towards the ground.  With one hand the Mole catches it and sets it back in line. "Sorry, sweetie.  Gotta fly," Flick says.  She jabs her staff into the ground and a blast rockets her through the sky.  She lands nimbly by the lead truck, hopping into the cab and firing it up.  As she does so, you notice a force field spring up around the truck! Aerin heads for the truck.  As he runs, he leaves a small cloud in his wake.  The cloud pulses... pulses... and explodes!  Small air dragons streak outward toward everyone within the ring, circling your legs so quickly that it's hard to move! Area affect SLOW.  Saves:  Raisa 4, Carl 10, Johan(s) 4 (HP result 14), Rebound 20 (successful), Michelle 14, Anna 10, Straightjacket 6, Kevin 14.  Everyone but Rebound is restricted to a half action.  None of you are within movement distance of the trucks. That done, Aerin steps into the second truck, starting it.  A force field springs up about that one as well! "Now Anithos!" shouts the Mole. Anithos responds by rising in the air above the trucks, his other self rising to float just below him.  Between them, a huge silken sheet appears, and they spin it outwards, the silk growing and growing.  Finally, they release it, and it cascades down to cover all three trucks, the Mole and the lower Anithos. "Ladies and Gentlemen," Anithos calls, wand in hand, turning to capture you all in his gaze.  "May I have your attention!" Thanks to his previous effect, everyone but Kevin is mesmerized by this.  Sanjay: 11, Loki: 14 (WILL Saves - failed). "Watch and be amazed at this feat of mystical mastery, as I make your foes magically disappear!"  There is a brief rumble through the area, like thunder, then with an explosion of light he rips the sheet into the air!  It vanishes and beneath... is nothing but bare and unbroken pavement.  No trace of the trucks, the Mole or your other foes remain.  Only one Anithos, floating down to touch down on the ground where the trucks stood. "You have amazed and astounded me with your powers and control, your fearlessness and heroism," he announces.  You all feel he's looking right at you when he says this.  Even Tara seems conscious again and hears it.  "Had my companions been forced to battle you longer, it leaves no doubt in my mind the results.  I yield to your combined abilities," he says, bowing low.  "But I must bid you all adieu.  I hope we shall meet again." He casts his hand towards the ground and there is a puff of smoke, obscuring him completely.  It blows away quickly, and he has vanished. MichelleYou can't see them, but the amount of metal in those truck is easy to pick up.  It's below you... a good thirty feet below you!  Come to think of it, Anithos would be down there too.  Now how to get down.  Hey... that iron rebar in the asphault shouldn't be so broken up where the trucks were, especially since the ground is so solid... As you trigger your powers, you feel like Anithos is touching your arm again, at least in your mind, and realize your powers have only slightly diminished. Michelle's Magnetic control (and now all related powers) are rank 10. LokiWhen you approached to see the lined up armored cars, you also noticed white lines on the ground, the trucks perfectly within them.  While Anithos captured your attention and was amazing, his 'magic' you quickly recognize as illusion.  And it's not as detailed as yours. His two selves wove a perfect illusion of the silk sheet, then at the moment of the thunder and light explosion, wove an absolutely perfect illusion of an empty roadway.  Even more amazing, the remaining Anithos held it together as his counterpart entered the third truck and fired it up, and as the mole dove into the ground, tunnelling down.  The 'thunder' was the sound of the earth opening up, dropping the trucks beneath the earth.  The smooth pavement is an illusion over a gaping hole with a dirt ramp leading into the sewers! You see that illusionist, invisible and flying down the ramp after the silently fleeing trucks. Nobody else has noticed. EveryoneTara stands up, free of her snare and dazed, looking about in amazement.  "Wow..." is all she says.  "He... kissed me," she says, rubbing her cheek in a daze. Kevin shakes free of his paralysis, and the serpent vanishes. The rest of you shake free of the thrall Anithos held your attention with to perform the magic, looking around, wondering how he did that and wondering if you'll ever see him again.  As you stand there, the air dragons disappate, freeing you from the slow. Sanjay and Loki, you are in the same boat as everyone BUT Kevin, who must make will saves (DC15 or higher, depending on sex) to attack Anithos.  You know he's the bad guy, but ... he's just too cool to be a bad guy, isn't he? Initiatives: Flick 24, Mole 19, Aerin 18, Anithos 16, Tara 16, Raisa 16, Kevin 16, Michelle 16, Anna 16, Rebound 16, Johan 14, Neutron 13, Loki 13, Straighjacket 10, Carl 7Conditions: Flick 1VP, Mole 2VP, Aerin 2VP (1S), Tara 1HP (snared), Raisa 1HP, Straightjacket 1HP (1S), Kevin 2HP, Michelle 1HP (Energy Control 10), Johan 1HP Battle might be over; if it resumes, initiative order is the same.</blockquote>

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