Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)

[Calinon]

EPIC HQ
Johan

As they barge in to Anna's bedroom, Johan clears his throat before speaking.
"You seem to have forgotten to set your alarm clock, so we had to substitute. Monica, could you help her get dressed? The two of you are already late as it is."

"I am not late. I'm not going," she says.

"You are so," Monica shoots back. "Armor or not, you are a member of a team, and you don't ditch your friends just because you are feeling sorry for yourself," Monica says. Anna pouts and crosses her arms, but doesn't say anything.

"Outside, stud," Monica says, turning you around by the shoulders and shooing you outside into the hall with a smack to the behind. "I'll have her there in twenty minutes," she says with a grin and a wink as she closes the door behind you.

You hear a muffled, "I said I'm not going!" followed by a small shriek, then you hear the faint sound of a shower running.

Your other self makes it to the War Room with plenty of time to spare.

Loki
You dash out of your room and head for the War Room. Passing through the mess hall, you grab a muffin and some fruit and make it into the War Room just before nine o'clock.

Vince
You grab a few trays of muffins and butter on your way to the War Room, getting there with plenty of time and no burnt food.

Michelle, Straightjacket
Vince comes in bearing food enough for everyone, if they get here. Johan comes in shortly after, then Vince and Loki. Still no sign of Rebound, Monica, Sanjay or Anna though as everyone else is quickly changing into their outfits.

 

[Dalamar]

War room
"Monica and I are getting Anna, who incorrectly believes that she won't be able to participate without her armor. It will take a while for us to join us, as Anna had not awoken before we entered her room just moments ago.
Monica also informed me that Sanjay and Rebound will be late, though she did not mention a reason for either", says Johan as people are coming in.

Girls's dorm
Johan leans against the well next to the door leading to Anna's room. He stretches and yawns. While it wasn't the first time he had been up trough the night, it was the first time that he was going to lead a team, and he was nervous. And the loss of Anna's feeling of self-worth wasn't helping his nervousness at all.

 

[Deva]

Raisa stands back from Xi when he moves toward Jackal, shaking out her hands in an attempt to get the to stop throbbing. She watches the pair, winces when Xi lifted the staff to strik the beast boy again, and relaxed considerably when he does not.

Jackal's eyes fall on her at Xi's question and she finds herself trying not to shudder. She had never known his name before other than Jackal, but now hearing and seeing Michael behind the vicious visage that was the beast she cannot help but feel pity for the boy. To have to go through so much with his mutant powers... she cannot image what it does to him every time he gives in to the Jackal.

"Raisa," he says quietly. "You drove the Jackal away." His eyes flicker over to the staff in Xi's hands. He looks afraid of it, but the look only lasts a brief instant.

"Thank you."

Remorsefully she shakes her head. "Don't thank me. It is my fault you lost control tonight. And for that I am really, really sorry."

Feeling even more exhausted, she addresses Xi. "I'm going to get to bed, if that's okay with you. But I would like to help anyway I can." She looks to Jackal. "If you would want me to that is."

 

[Mimic]

"Monica and I are getting Anna, who incorrectly believes that she won't be able to participate without her armor. It will take a while for us to join us, as Anna had not awoken before we entered her room just moments ago.
Monica also informed me that Sanjay and Rebound will be late, though she did not mention a reason for either"

Michelle sighs as Johan tells her about the missing students "ARIS please send a messge to Anna, Sanjay and Rebound stating that we are about to start our missions and that it is important that she join us as quickly as possible."

 

[Calinon]

EPIC HQ
War Room
"How should I transmit your message? Voice transmission? E-mail? Currently, none of them are in the same room as my terminals," ARIS responds.

 

[Calinon]

China
Raisa

Remorsefully she shakes her head. "Don't thank me. It is my fault you lost control tonight. And for that I am really, really sorry."

Feeling even more exhausted, she addresses Xi. "I'm going to get to bed, if that's okay with you. But I would like to help anyway I can." She looks to Jackal. "If you would want me to that is."

Xi replaces the staff in its rack. "I am certain Master Wen will allow you to help train him," Xi says. He extinguishes several lanterns, leaving much of the dojo in darkness. Finally, only one lantern near Jackal remains lit. You notice Michael staring at the canister you are still carrying with you.

"Is that... from my brother?" Jackal says, eyes never leaving it.

Xi is standing by the door. "I am going to eat and speak with my Master. Remember the circle," he says as he leaves, sliding the door closed behind him.

X12
"...it. X, stop it. I said, stop it!" you hear, coming around as something large and remarkably strong grabs your arm and pulls you up and off your feet. "Give me that!" a deep voice says and you focus to see Carl dangling you up by your forearm, plucking a bloodied stone from your hand. "Come on, get it together," he says, giving you a shake. "If you start going self destructive on me, I'll slap the taste right out of your mouth."

Finally, he sets you down. His hand is covered in blood from where he grabbed you, and you see your wound finish closing as he lets go, though you obviously have been doing this for some time. It looks like it will actually leave a scar.

"I'm going to go wash up... again," he says. "You better get it together, man," he says, heading back to the bath house he obviously just got out of. He nearly runs right over Li as she comes from the bath house herself. He mutters an apology and heads into the bath house.

"Here is your shirt," she says, dressed again in a simple shift for sleeping. Her hair is wet and hangs down her back. She hands you a towel. "You should wash up before you rest," she says, making no comment on your bloodied arm other than that.

EPIC HQ
Johan
About fifteen minutes later, the door opens, and Monica, dress now rather wet, wheels out Anna, who is pretty much dressed for any other school day.

"I have never gotten ready that fast in my life," she says with a stunned expression. "I'm not even sure I have everything on that I should have on," she says, fidgetting a bit.

"Hey, next time, get up on time," Monica scolds. "Now hold on! You get a fun ride before we are too late. Stand aside, stud," she says to Johan as she suddenly explodes into movement, blitzing down the hall at breakneck speeds. As they quickly vanish around a corner, you hear Anna shout out.

"Weeeeeee!"

You are left in their dust.

War Room
"Forget it, ARIS, it's not important. The important team members are here, so let's just go over what you need to do," Mendez says. Once everyone takes a seat, he quickly reviewes your missions.

"Michelle, you'll take your team to Methesda Ironworks and Johan is taking his to Lockheed. Let's just go over the datafiles again briefly.

Lockheed National, Arizona Divison
The Arizona division of Lockheed National is located 20 miles west of Tucson.

Attachement: CNN News Coverage of Theft

The data files involving Lockheed National start with the uninformative news footage. Since the cameras never even got past the security fence, nothing but speculation is in it.

​

Attachement: EPIC Briefing by FBI Agent Mitchell Simmons

Our investigation is coming up blank in all regards except what was stolen. Three highly specialized cryogenic containers were taken. These containers were being specially developed for safe transport of bio-engineered medical research samples.

The area they were taken from is a highly secure warehouse located thirty feet under ground. From what we can tell, there has been no break in. Even from security tape footage, it appears as if the containers simply vanished.

CEO Morgan is on his way to the facility to supervise the internal investigation and was very willing to have EPIC investigate the situation. Also present will be Scientific Design Engineer Braum Kentworthy, who did extensive work on the container project.
​

Attachment: Thunders' Notes

From the limited information Lockheed was willing to dislcose, it appears the containers were designed to fit into the trucks, or very similar ones, that were stolen on the Freeway last month. I find this a little too convenient. Try to find any evidence of the Mole's involvement.

Also, since Lockheed National is involved in top secret government research and development, a non-disclosure agreement is in place. Nobody outside EPIC's teams are to know any details of research and development you may witness, nor are we permitted to use anything we might see.
​

Methesda Ironworks
Methesda is located on Pier 57 of the New York City docks. It is an metal works and armored vehicle development company. It is also rumored to have a robotics department. Methesda is very secretive about its clientelle. Getting any information from them will be difficult, but do not be afraid of using force if necessary. Just be careful of any security they may have. Even if you do use force, Methesda will not press charges for fear of an FBI investigation.

The owner is Bryan Methesda. Beyond his tax records, we have no file on him. Only this picture. <insert blurry picture of man in wheelchair here> You'll probably end up dealing with his in house lawyer, Ronald Falcon.

Attachment: Blueprints, Methesda Compounds
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The whole review only takes about ten minutes. Rebound comes in about five minutes into the meeting. Anna comes in, pushed by Monica who is running at a rather fast clip and slides to a halt inside, just as the meeting ends.

"Ok, that was fun!" Anna says as Monica is obviously out of breath. Johan runs up a few moments later, obviously having lagged behind.

Sanjay comes in whenever Agamon wants

 

[Agamon]

OOC: heheh, I'm late, it works so well

Sanjay barely registers Monica's attempts to wake him, and only mutters incomprehensible replies. Ten minutes later his eyes blearily open. "Geez, where does she get all that energy...not that I'm complaining...well, not yet anyway," he mumbles to himself, thinking about the day ahead of him. He looks at the clock, blinking. "Aw, crap," he says, staring at it as he tries to will himself to move.

As he gets dressed he says, "ARIS, any emails?" He forgot to check last night to see if Thunder had sent him anything. Why was that aga...oh, right. Regardless of the repsonse, he doesn't have time to reply, being quite late already.

A minute or so after Johan enters, Sanjay wanders into the War Room. He smiles at Monica and just shakes his head in wonder at her bubbly energy. He then makes a beeline for the muffins. "MmmmMuffins..." he says.

 

[Deva]

Xi replaces the staff in its rack. "I am certain Master Wen will allow you to help train him," Xi says. He extinguishes several lanterns, leaving much of the dojo in darkness. Finally, only one lantern near Jackal remains lit. You notice Michael staring at the canister you are still carrying with you.

"Is that... from my brother?" Jackal says, eyes never leaving it.

Xi is standing by the door. "I am going to eat and speak with my Master. Remember the circle," he says as he leaves, sliding the door closed behind him.

Having forgotten she had even been carrying it with her, Raisa glances at the canister of jerky. "Uh yea, Cosmo asked me to give it to you before we left New York." Now alone with the boy, she finds the shadows playing across his face a little frightening, but she doesn't want to upset him. She squints in the dark to make out the circle drawn onto the floor, moving to the edge of it. With the canister in on hand, she loooks at Michael's shackles. " How did we want to do this? I can't come to you, and I'm not sure if I slide it to you you'll be able to open it."

 

[Mordane76]

"I'll do that," X12 mutters as she walks away. He heads into the bath-house not long after Carl, to clean the blood off his arm.

"I think it's all starting to come together, Carl... more than you'll ever know," X12 thinks coldly. "Just have a few more pieces to sort out, and then I'll get back to you about the whole picture."

 

[Calinon]

China
Raisa

" How did we want to do this? I can't come to you, and I'm not sure if I slide it to you you'll be able to open it."

Michael lets out a sigh that sounds very much like a dog. "I can't even make a fist anymore," he says, flexing his clawed hands. "I can't even reach my face. Or lay down." He lets out a long sigh. "They bring me food in the mornings, feed it to me in a bowl like an animal. Master Wen says I am doing well; some times I lose control still. I just want to be normal again," he says, sitting down. "I don't got a solution. Just... light a few more lanterns for me. I don't want to be in the dark," he says quietly, trying to sit comfortably in the small range of movement offered him by his restraints.