Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)

[Elementor]

"Not a chance in hell he's getting anywhere near my tail, Sparky," she says, slugging you in the arm as well. "Besides, my tail is cute. His is like some freaky tendril thing," she says with a shiver.

"You are just jealous because I can control my tail and yours just kinda wags and stuff." Vince smirks back, "I know what hentai is and what were you doing dreaming about me and my tail anyways? Isn't X supposed to be your boyfriend?"

"And as for you chuckles, "Vince's tail wraps around one of the legs on Sanjays chair and yanks the chair out from under him, "lets not go making any assumptions about how often women fall at my feet. Granted I am not as nice to look at as I used to be but check out Kevin. He looks like some kind of teen idol or something and I can barely stand to be around the guy. Imagine how the chicks feel."

Reaching a hand down to help Sanjay back to his feet, Vince apologizes, "Sorry about that. I have a bad habit of reacting too fast and not always thinking first."

Getting to his feet, Vince starts to head back to his room. "I have something to do before the others take off for Master Wen's. I'll be back in a bit."

 

[Dalamar]

Johan feels somewhat disappointed that nobody admired his new outfit, but then recalls that it isn't really anything special at the EPIC headquarters. So he just shrugs and sits down on a free seat and starts going at his breakfast.

 

[buzzard]

John will finally arrive in the cafeteria after spending some time seeing if any of the e-mails are from people he actually knows. Those from stangers are simply deleted.

"Hey folks, what's up with Raisa? She looks scared of something. Heck, she's only invulnerable, what's to be scared of?" while waiting for a reply he will stack up on food. Minding the fact that his dad is watching he will stick to fruits and cereals. Though he does look wistfully at the heaps of bacon and sausage.

buzzard

 

[Calinon]

"If anyone needs me," she says in a very soft, and even voice. "I will be hiding under my bed. Where it's safe."

Turning she takes a few steps toward the exit. She stops, turns around and grabs a few more pieces of friuit, then walks calmly out of the cafeteria.

"Just don't be late for take-off!" Sanchez says cheerfully, only having caught a short snipet of conversation as she came in.

"I know what hentai is and what were you doing dreaming about me and my tail anyways?

"And just what have you been doing surfing Hentai, hmm? Been using ARIS for a little personal interests have we?" Trailblazer asks as he drinks his coffee, looking over the rim of the cup at Vince.

"I know what hentai is and what were you doing dreaming about me and my tail anyways? Isn't X supposed to be your boyfriend?"

"Who was dreamin' about it?" Moncia shoots back. "I was just explaining to X you freak me out a bit, and it couldn't get much worse unless you suddenly sprouted tentacles, and well... you did!"

Getting to his feet, Vince starts to head back to his room. "I have something to do before the others take off for Master Wen's. I'll be back in a bit."

"Off to watch more Hentai no doubt," Trailblazer says dryly to the table. Monica laughs and throws a box of Kleenex at Vince.

Johan feels somewhat disappointed that nobody admired his new outfit, but then recalls that it isn't really anything special at the EPIC headquarters. So he just shrugs and sits down on a free seat and starts going at his breakfast.

"Whoa! Cripes man, don't sneak up on me like that!" Cosmo exclaims. "Usually there are like four of you, you're easy to spot. Hey, new armor, cool. Wondered when you'd get that done. Kind of a goofy hat though."

"Yeah, not real stylish. What's it supposed to do? Aerodynamics?" asks Dara.

"Hey folks, what's up with Raisa? She looks scared of something. Heck, she's only invulnerable, what's to be scared of?" while waiting for a reply he will stack up on food. Minding the fact that his dad is watching he will stick to fruits and cereals. Though he does look wistfully at the heaps of bacon and sausage.

"Cosmo and X were just razzing her about crash landings and," he pauses, sniffing the air. "Right on! Chef brought out the meats." He zips up, grabs a plateful of bacon, eggs, ham and sausages and sits back down. "Damn, these are good eatin'," he says between mouthfulls.

Tara comes walking in, a big grin on her face as a gigantic four foot long grasshopper comes hopping in after her. The grasshopper flutters up and lands on a chair next to Dara, who promptly lets out a mental shriek that has all of you, Raisa and Vince included, clutching their heads. Well, everyone but Johan who hears it at a much lower level.

Dara falls backwards out of her chair, letting loose a mental blast. Hoppy casually leaps out of the way, and she nails Cosmo, sending him flying. She tries again, and Straightjacket ducks, so she appears to miss completely, though somehow, the poor buffet stand gets smashed. Straightjacket sees his dad go flying, landing in a heap amid the buffet. A third time she lets loose as Tara shouts, "No no no! He's not bad!" and the mental blast slams into Trailblazer, sending him sprawling back to the floor. Everyone else has managed to find cover. Monica grabs Dara around the waist and picks her up, turning her around away from the table.

"It's ok, Dara," she says calmingly, whispering something else into Dara's ear before Dara finally calms down.

Hoppy lands on the table and proceeds to eat Trailblazer's breakfast.

"B-b-b-big b-b-b-bug," Dara stutters.

"His name is Hoppy!" Tara exclaims happily, ignoring the absolute carnage around her.

Hoppy chirps happily.

"How about a <censored> warning?" Cosmo groans, picking himself back up.

"Just once," Trailblazer says, rolling to his feet with a groan, "I'd like to have a nice, quiet breakfast."

 

[Mordane76]

"Well... you could always eat the bug," X12 replies to Trailblazer's rhetorical. "'Cause Hoppy sure does seem to be enjoying your breakfast."

 

[buzzard]

"DAD! Are you OK?" exclaims John as he rushes over to his father fallen by the buffet.
"Goddamn it Dara, either keep a lid on your powers, or keep yourself locked in a room. You're just dangerous!"

buzzard

 

[Mimic]

Michelle walks out of the war room clutching her head, she looks around at the destruction and sees the giant grasshopper eating a plate of food.

"Ah, everyone has met Hoppy, great..." she says with just a touch of sarcasm. "Tara, why don't you let Hoppy outside, he seems to make some of us nervous."

"DAD! Are you OK?" exclaims John as he rushes over to his father fallen by the buffet.
"Goddamn it Dara, either keep a lid on your powers, or keep yourself locked in a room. You're just dangerous!"

"John, rude much?"

 

[Calinon]

"Goddamn it Dara, either keep a lid on your powers, or keep yourself locked in a room. You're just dangerous!"

"John, rude much?"

"Yeah, rude much?" pipes in Dara. "Besides, I didn't even hit you, just the buffet table... oh, I'm sorry, I mean your imaginary friend. I mean, I can try again if you wanna see dangerous," she says with a grin. "I've been training quite a bit to get some oomph behind my blasts. Or I could find another frying pan."

"I'd suggest the mental blast, John,'" Carl says, calmly eating his breakfast as if nothing happened.

"Tara, why don't you let Hoppy outside, he seems to make some of us nervous."

"Because he needs to eat too, and he's kinda outgrown everything natural to eat. And it looks like he likes sausages, bacon and waffles," Tara replies, watching Hoppy eat Trailblazer's breakfast. "Off the table, Hoppy!" she says, to which Hoppy chirps and jumps down off the table, plate balanced on a front leg.

 

[Dalamar]

"Whoa! Cripes man, don't sneak up on me like that!" Cosmo exclaims. "Usually there are like four of you, you're easy to spot. Hey, new armor, cool. Wondered when you'd get that done. Kind of a goofy hat though."

"Yeah, not real stylish. What's it supposed to do? Aerodynamics?" asks Dara.

"I am sorry, Cosmo, it was not my intention to scare you. And no, the headpiece is not for aerodynamics, it is for mental protection. Unfortunately, I have not had the chance to test it yet, so I-"
Johan is cut short by Dara's mental scream, which startles him. As he notices that everybody else is clutching their heads, he adds with a small chuckle: "Seems to be working just fine."

 

[Mordane76]

"Off the table, Hoppy!" she says, to which Hoppy chirps and jumps down off the table, plate balanced on a front leg.

"I can honestly now say that I have seen everything this life has to offer," X12 mumbles as he heads for the doors. "I need to collect my things and make some notes before leaving. I'll be at the plane shortly."