Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)

[Mordane76]

"One of the Directives could control fire, and I think... whatever they did to us after the mission involving the girl... might have transferred some of that power to the others; there was a fire in my room back at EPIC headquarters after a flashback that I can't quite recall. I know of the man you speak of, the man in shadows; I've heard his voice as well in my reveries.

"If my memories are his, and not my own... then I need to know the truth. I don't want to be a number... but I don't want to be hollow, either -- I need my past to understand my present and figure out my future. I don't want to worry that something they did to us back there, or something they made us do back then will come back to haunt me now, or take away from me what I've become. If they can imprint your memories on others, and black our memories like I think they have... what else might they have done to us? And what about before them -- who was I before that? Did we have a family? Did we have a life before they broke us?"

 

[Dalamar]

Johan shakes his head once more.
"Regardless, I noticed that there is a larger hole behind the one in the wall. But before we go opening it any wider, we might want to ask for some proper equipment this time around."

 

[Calinon]

China
Raisa

"He's not some carnival side show freak to be stared at for your amusement," Raisa says evenly, unimpressed. "But I will ask him since you kinda saw him anyway."

Know what I think? Dara says to you mentally. I think someone's getting sweet on the big furry guy! she teases.

She wrinkles her nose as she walks over to the bucket. "I'm sure this is all nutritious and good for him, but the presentation is lacking. Maybe if you stopped treating him like an animal he'd stop acting like one and wouldn't frighten you so much. Its obvious that you haven't taken the time to get to know Michael, else you'd realize there's more to him than just the Jackal. But if you're too shallow and narrow minded to see beyond the fur and claw, well then that's your trauma."

"We have tried, Raisa," Li says, looking down. "But now that he has become this creature, he cannot feed himself normally. I spent most of the first days he was here with him, even after he changed with the moon. I tried to teach him to hold utensils, so he could feed himself. I offered to feed him when he could not master that," her voice is very quiet when she says the last of that. Her hands too are trembling a bit. After taking a moment to compose herself, floding her hands inside her sleeves, she continues.

"The circle has been painted on the floor for a reason. Even he knows it is necessary, both when he is Michael and when he is the Jackal. And I never treated him poorly."

"The room service around here sucks. How have you put up with it these weeks? You really should complain to management."

Michael's head whips around towards the door and he squints against the sunlight entering the dojo. When he recognizes his voice, he rises up. "I was wondering what was taking so long with," he starts, pausing when you roll the bucket in. "The bucket," he says, letting out a long sigh. "I don't think 'Thank You' would quite convey my feelings at being fed from that," he says dryly.

He looks over past you and you groan inwardly as you see yourself from another position mentally, as Dara waves at Jackal.

"Oh great, feeding time is going to be a spectator sport now?" he says with a growl. "I like seeing people, but not when I have to eat out of that thing," he says.

X12
"We are exactly what they made us to be, at least on the outside," Xi responds. "Thirteen of us, male and female, virtually identical, couldn't be natural. Perhaps we are genetically engineered? Perhaps whoever made us didn't expect for us to posess free will?

"But I have none of his memories, at least none I've experienced. And I don't think I have any of yours. I am not sure that I want any more of mine. I only wish to live, and that is something I did not wish to do in my visions.

"Master Wen has convinced me to try to help you trigger your own memories, if you wish. Many things have triggered visions in the past. I can lead you through the same events that triggered my memories, and see if they trigger yours. I am... not comfortable doing this. When I had my first vision, it was when a drunkard was threatening people with a sword. When my mind cleared, he was dead by my hands. I do not wish to have anything like that happen again because of me."

"You show him power, Xi," Master Wen says.

Xi sighs, but does as he is told. He picks up the simple glass cup before him. Without any outward sign of his powers, the cup turns to white powder and falls to the table. "I did that to the man with the sword," he says.

New York - Methesda

Lets just make sure that the distraction doesn't end up on the 6:00 o'clock news. OK?

"Does that mean no naked jaunts by all the security cameras?" she says with a devilish grin. "C'mon Sport. Get movin' Thumper," she says, pushing the two boys out the door.

"Hey, where are they going?" Stephanie asks, unsure of what is happening.

"So, what sort of diversion should we create, gents?" she says, slipping an arm into each of the boys arms once they are outside.

Arizona - Lockheed

"Regardless, I noticed that there is a larger hole behind the one in the wall. But before we go opening it any wider, we might want to ask for some proper equipment this time around."

"Looks pretty stable," Cosmo says. "Maybe if we just send goat boy down? He's been all up about the fact that if he presses himself, he can do that Carl vibrate through walls thing. Should be safe enough. Hey! Goat boy! Get over here!" he shouts. "He's so going to try to hit me for that," he grins at Loki, Johan and Anna.

 

[Mordane76]

"I would very much like to see what you have seen, and find out if there are other memories we share, or things I remember differently. I need to know -- want to know who I was before all this. If they made us, then your powers have obvious applications in battle, but mine make little sense; why have an empathic healer, if they could engineer us to exhibit different powers? And the others... if there are 13 of us, then what happened to the other 10 -- I've seen you, and Directive 7 in person... did the others escape, or were they recaptured?

"I've done... terrible things to people during memories. I shot the Jackal down in the swimming area at EPIC during a memory. I beat a fellow student severely during a training exercise during the course of a memory. I attacked Li during the course of a dance lesson that trigger the assassination memory, and left some marks on her that I did not recognize -- lacerations of some sort that I didn't think I was capable of inflicting without healing them by touch. I fear that I am a danger to others... but I have to know -- in knowing... I think I can accept what I was, and learn to recognize and control the flow of these memories."

 

[buzzard]

"So what exactly do you expect me to say to her? 'So, now that you've know me to ten minutes, could you please point out where in the building your sensitive files are so I can peruse them when I get a chance?' I'm kinda of the opinion that maybe we should go get a warrant. EPIC does have law enforcement status, and if they aren't cooperating we see a judge. "

buzzard

 

[Dalamar]

"I would rather you leave the insults to such a time that we are not on a mission, Cosmo. While it could make him push harder just to show you how much better he is, it also creates unnecessary tension."

 

[Mimic]

New York - Methesda
"Does that mean no naked jaunts by all the security cameras?" she says with a devilish grin.

I'd rather you didn't but if you want your naked body attached to every actresses head on the internet, hey who am I to say no. She tells her returning the devilish grin

"Hey, where are they going?" Stephanie asks, unsure of what is happening.

My friend was starting to fall asleep, they went outside to get some air.

 

[Mimic]

"So what exactly do you expect me to say to her? 'So, now that you've know me to ten minutes, could you please point out where in the building your sensitive files are so I can peruse them when I get a chance?' I'm kinda of the opinion that maybe we should go get a warrant. EPIC does have law enforcement status, and if they aren't cooperating we see a judge."

We don't have the time to wait for a search warrent. Remember this company is under federal investigation, it supplies weapons to ALF and the Rose indicate.

Come on it's obvious she's into you, I'm surprised that she hasn't lept over the counter and ripped your clothes off. Just charm the information out of her.

 

[Agamon]

"Huh? Wuh? Distraction?" Neutron slurs, having gotten just enough rest for it not to make a difference, other than make him really tired. He half-listens to the conversation before being pushed out the door by Monica.

Walking outside, he thinks a moment about the distraction. "Hmmm, bouncy-dude, tiger-girl, and me...distraction...Loki should have been in our group. Let's blame Michelle for that." He thinks a moment more. "Well, we need to do something that doesn't attract attention to us, 'cause that'll automatically make the news. I'm stumped. What do you think, Rebound?"

 

[Deva]

He looks over past you and you groan inwardly as you see yourself from another position mentally, as Dara waves at Jackal.

"Oh great, feeding time is going to be a spectator sport now?" he says with a growl. "I like seeing people, but not when I have to eat out of that thing," he says.

Raisa steps fully into the dojo, bucket with her, and looks back at Dara. "No, it won't be." She slides the door shut, mentally asking Dara to give her the chance to talk to him first. "And I won't stay any longer than you want me to either. But you will have to help me out since I'm new at this."

"And about Dara? You should know, she's already sorta seen you. There was this little incident that I'm sure you heard about. The one with the psycho hose beast from hell and me ending up with brain mush and Dara going all Vulcan mind meld to save my stupid ass? Well, Dara's stuck in my head now and sees pretty much everything I see." She looks up at Michael and smiles sheepishly.