Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)
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Calinon
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China
Raisa
You turn to see someone who looks a lot like X12, but older. He is in an outfit similar to Master Wen's, with a high collar covering his throat. In his hand is a staff, the end slick with blood.
"He saw her," Xi says. His voice is raspy and it sounds like he is forcing each word out painfully. "He is demanding to see her. He has lost control again."
"You see what breaking rules do? Now someone must spend night wearing out the Jackal until him back in control so training resume," Master Wen says.
Xi thows the staff towards Raisa. "She can do it. I will not fix her mistake."
Master Wen strokes his wispy beard contemplating Xi's words.
Kevin
X12
"You have not been here before," Li answers with a kind smile. "Perhaps if you were to learn the dance, you would remember more. I can teach you," she says, standing and extending her hand to you. "You will suffer no harm," she says reassuringly.
New York
Sanjay
Michelle
Johan
Trailblazer bursts in just as Michelle's request comes across the com-link.
"Hey, Tex... uh... yeah, both of you. Good job with communications." He hits a button to reply to Michelle.
"Thunder isn't here and he won't be back until morning. Johan has paramedic squads dealing with the injured in the dorms and infirmary. Sanchez and Neutron are working on normal communications and I'm going to co-ordinate things from the War Room with Johan's help. How many injured are there in Grandmother's office? How many paramedics should we send your way?"
He turns to Johan. "Ok partners, lets get security back up and running."
Just then, Straightjacket comes in.
"Hey big guy," Trailblazer says. "Might as well start filling me in on what happened at that water park. Oh hey, one sec." He activates the intercom system.
"All students not currently involved in clean up or being tended to by the paramedics, please assemble in the common room so we can get a head count."
"Ok SJ, fire away," he says as ARIS records your report and he listens to you.
Michelle...again
She doesn't calm down much, but stops screaming at least. That's a plus. But then again, it's probably because she's hoarse.
Loki
You arrive to a scene of great carnage and rebuilding. You get the impression the place was attacked! After getting the details, you head to your room and send an e-mail. Almost immediately, you get a response.
Message unable to be delivered. Recipient e-mail account not found.
Raisa
Master Wen looks very stern. "You ramble like old mother hen. And you break Master Wen rules! But at least you not lie about it. You see two different people. That is Xi," Master Wen says, looking behind you.
You turn to see someone who looks a lot like X12, but older. He is in an outfit similar to Master Wen's, with a high collar covering his throat. In his hand is a staff, the end slick with blood.
"He saw her," Xi says. His voice is raspy and it sounds like he is forcing each word out painfully. "He is demanding to see her. He has lost control again."
"You see what breaking rules do? Now someone must spend night wearing out the Jackal until him back in control so training resume," Master Wen says.
Xi thows the staff towards Raisa. "She can do it. I will not fix her mistake."
Master Wen strokes his wispy beard contemplating Xi's words.
Kevin
You fall dead asleep in no time flat.
X12
Li sits on a bench when you approach.
"You have not been here before," Li answers with a kind smile. "Perhaps if you were to learn the dance, you would remember more. I can teach you," she says, standing and extending her hand to you. "You will suffer no harm," she says reassuringly.
New York
Sanjay
Sanchez has you creating metal beams and welding joints together as she uses the Jet in Mech form to lift the tower back in place. It's a long process, and after your earlier excitement, you are getting both really hungry and tired.
Michelle
Your communicator stays silent. Nobody answers. It's as if the person you are trying to talk to isn't here. Finally...
Johan
Trailblazer bursts in just as Michelle's request comes across the com-link.
"Hey, Tex... uh... yeah, both of you. Good job with communications." He hits a button to reply to Michelle.
"Thunder isn't here and he won't be back until morning. Johan has paramedic squads dealing with the injured in the dorms and infirmary. Sanchez and Neutron are working on normal communications and I'm going to co-ordinate things from the War Room with Johan's help. How many injured are there in Grandmother's office? How many paramedics should we send your way?"
He turns to Johan. "Ok partners, lets get security back up and running."
Just then, Straightjacket comes in.
"Hey big guy," Trailblazer says. "Might as well start filling me in on what happened at that water park. Oh hey, one sec." He activates the intercom system.
"All students not currently involved in clean up or being tended to by the paramedics, please assemble in the common room so we can get a head count."
"Ok SJ, fire away," he says as ARIS records your report and he listens to you.
Michelle...again
She doesn't calm down much, but stops screaming at least. That's a plus. But then again, it's probably because she's hoarse.
Loki
You arrive to a scene of great carnage and rebuilding. You get the impression the place was attacked! After getting the details, you head to your room and send an e-mail. Almost immediately, you get a response.
Message unable to be delivered. Recipient e-mail account not found.
Calinon said:
Just me, took a couple of shots, nothing serious but I'm feeling a little light headed. Pooky was hurt but Vince took him to the infirmary. I have an unexpected guest with me, a friend of a duplicating merc that we all know and love. She's scared and refuses to come out from under a desk. The interesting part is Vince says she came out of the computer. I would rather not leave until I know she is safe, is there any way to get something to eat and drink brought down here?
Calinon said:
Are you hungry? I have some food coming, so if you want you can share it with me.
Calinon
First Post
EPIC HQ
Michelle
You hear him come over the loudspeakers asking all students to go to the common room. Meanwhile, the word "neutralize" does nothing to win you any favor with the girl. A few minutes later Cosmo runs up the stairs and into the office.
"Trailblazer sent me up and..." he says, looking under the desk. "You gotta be kidding me. This is the dangerous criminal you're having so much problem with? Behold our fearless leader," he says sarcastically. He simply picks up the desk and tosses it across the room, kicks the electronic devices aside and grabs the girl under her arm and picks her up. A black glow surrounds her and the animated devices fall dormant. She tries to bite him.
"Girl, if you bite me, I will bite back." He bares his teeth and his fangs grow in. "And I'm a vampire." She shrieks and faints.
"And that is that," he says with a smirk as he tosses her over his shoulder and walks out of the room. "By the way, if anyone asks, I'm telling them you threw the desk!" he laughs.
Johan
Trailblazer gets a hold of Cosmo and sends him to help Michelle.
The communication tower is repaired quickly, and Sanchez has you go up and reverse the damage you did to the satellite receiver on the roof of EPIC HQ. The ambulances are quick to cart off the two badly wounded students, and the paramedics finish up with Nurse Ogawa. Sanchez gets you to take the caltrops to the shop as well.
It's well past supper time when you are finally finished, though a lot of clean up and repair work is still needed.
China
X12
"Memories cannot harm you unless you allow them to," she says. "Stand here," she says, stepping behind you once you are in position and guiding you into proper position with delicate touches. She steps back around you and takes up a similar position. "Now, move as I move."
She is very patient, stopping often to help you assume proper positioning. It is a very long and complex dance, and as you near the middle, the sun is starting to lower in the horizon. "Now, let us practice that again," she says. "Follow me through the dance again, please."
She begins the dance again, you following her movements through the dance.
You signal the others to eliminate the guards behind the unnamed businessman you've been sent to kill. Looking down from your vantage point, you can see the dancer, an oriental girl performing an elegant dance for the man and his guests.
You see the others move into position. One strike misses! The guard sounds an alert! The businessman and his guests look around, unsure of what is happening, moving out of your drop zone. You leap down onto the floor from above, your rope harness slowing your fall. You land a step behind the dancer, who whirls, terrified. You draw your knife, grabbing the front of her dress and pulling her towards you as you plunge the knife into her throat. She clutches at your arm, trying to push away. It's already too late. As she falls, her dress rips apart in your grasp.
She was only a child, perhaps twelve, you think to yourself briefly, before turning your attention to the businessman. You throw your blood soaked blade, striking him in his calf. He goes down. You draw your pistol and advance towards him.
A lancing pain drives through you, snapping your attention back to the present. You feel your wind cut off completely, troubling despite the fact you don't have to breath and then your head snaps upward as someone lands a hard blow to your jaw. You stagger back, and find your arms fully extended. A foot drives under each arm, flipping you up and over, until you land with an explosion of pain on the back of your head and neck. Your mind dances at the edge of consciousness for a moment until you regain your senses, and feel your arm in a dangerously painful lock, someone kneeling on your neck and chest with all their weight as blood leaks from the back of your head.
Li is the one kneeling on you, the top of her dress is in tatters, a large red mark on her throat and claw marks on her collarbone and upper chest are leaking blood, as if someone struck her in the throat and violently tore at her clothing. Despite the state of her dress, no part of her skin is touching yours. You can't help but notice her skin has several painful looking ridges or scars on it, all perfectly verticle.
She watches you very carefully for a long moment, reading your eyes. "Please, only look at my face," she says intensely. Finally, after what seems like several minutes, she gets off you, and steps away, crossing her arms before her modestly. "I would have your shirt, please?" she asks, no blame in her voice, nor anger. "Would you tell me of your vision, yes?"
Your regeneration has already healed most of your wounds.
Michelle
"Not a chance," Trailblazer answers. "We've got enough issues without bringing criminals food. Just stay there; I'll find Cosmo and send him to neutralize her."
You hear him come over the loudspeakers asking all students to go to the common room. Meanwhile, the word "neutralize" does nothing to win you any favor with the girl. A few minutes later Cosmo runs up the stairs and into the office.
"Trailblazer sent me up and..." he says, looking under the desk. "You gotta be kidding me. This is the dangerous criminal you're having so much problem with? Behold our fearless leader," he says sarcastically. He simply picks up the desk and tosses it across the room, kicks the electronic devices aside and grabs the girl under her arm and picks her up. A black glow surrounds her and the animated devices fall dormant. She tries to bite him.
"Girl, if you bite me, I will bite back." He bares his teeth and his fangs grow in. "And I'm a vampire." She shrieks and faints.
"And that is that," he says with a smirk as he tosses her over his shoulder and walks out of the room. "By the way, if anyone asks, I'm telling them you threw the desk!" he laughs.
Johan
Trailblazer gets a hold of Cosmo and sends him to help Michelle.
The communication tower is repaired quickly, and Sanchez has you go up and reverse the damage you did to the satellite receiver on the roof of EPIC HQ. The ambulances are quick to cart off the two badly wounded students, and the paramedics finish up with Nurse Ogawa. Sanchez gets you to take the caltrops to the shop as well.
It's well past supper time when you are finally finished, though a lot of clean up and repair work is still needed.
China
X12
"Memories cannot harm you unless you allow them to," she says. "Stand here," she says, stepping behind you once you are in position and guiding you into proper position with delicate touches. She steps back around you and takes up a similar position. "Now, move as I move."
She is very patient, stopping often to help you assume proper positioning. It is a very long and complex dance, and as you near the middle, the sun is starting to lower in the horizon. "Now, let us practice that again," she says. "Follow me through the dance again, please."
She begins the dance again, you following her movements through the dance.
You signal the others to eliminate the guards behind the unnamed businessman you've been sent to kill. Looking down from your vantage point, you can see the dancer, an oriental girl performing an elegant dance for the man and his guests.
You see the others move into position. One strike misses! The guard sounds an alert! The businessman and his guests look around, unsure of what is happening, moving out of your drop zone. You leap down onto the floor from above, your rope harness slowing your fall. You land a step behind the dancer, who whirls, terrified. You draw your knife, grabbing the front of her dress and pulling her towards you as you plunge the knife into her throat. She clutches at your arm, trying to push away. It's already too late. As she falls, her dress rips apart in your grasp.
She was only a child, perhaps twelve, you think to yourself briefly, before turning your attention to the businessman. You throw your blood soaked blade, striking him in his calf. He goes down. You draw your pistol and advance towards him.
A lancing pain drives through you, snapping your attention back to the present. You feel your wind cut off completely, troubling despite the fact you don't have to breath and then your head snaps upward as someone lands a hard blow to your jaw. You stagger back, and find your arms fully extended. A foot drives under each arm, flipping you up and over, until you land with an explosion of pain on the back of your head and neck. Your mind dances at the edge of consciousness for a moment until you regain your senses, and feel your arm in a dangerously painful lock, someone kneeling on your neck and chest with all their weight as blood leaks from the back of your head.
Li is the one kneeling on you, the top of her dress is in tatters, a large red mark on her throat and claw marks on her collarbone and upper chest are leaking blood, as if someone struck her in the throat and violently tore at her clothing. Despite the state of her dress, no part of her skin is touching yours. You can't help but notice her skin has several painful looking ridges or scars on it, all perfectly verticle.
She watches you very carefully for a long moment, reading your eyes. "Please, only look at my face," she says intensely. Finally, after what seems like several minutes, she gets off you, and steps away, crossing her arms before her modestly. "I would have your shirt, please?" she asks, no blame in her voice, nor anger. "Would you tell me of your vision, yes?"
Your regeneration has already healed most of your wounds.
Calinon said:
No, it's not like... Is all she gets out before Trailblazer cuts her off
Calinon said:
The effects of the day, the girl's near constant screaming and suddenly having Cosmo's flippant attitude thrust in her face is almost to much to handle. She catches up with Cosmo and places herself directly in his path.
"You idiot," she says poking the boy in the chest, "I didn't just spent more than a half an hour calming her down after God knows what Vince did to her just so you could waltz in and scare her half to death. Does she look like a dangerous criminal to you? For all we know Split could have been forcing her to work with him. Plus the fact that she is the only real solid lead we have on Split and now getting any information out of her is now going to be three times as hard thanks to you." Michelle glares at Cosmo, anger clearly written on her face.
Give her to me, we both need to be checked out by the nurse.
If Cosmo hands her over she will head directly toward the infirmary.
Calinon
First Post
EPIC HQ
Michelle
"Oh hey, and Monica is looking for you. What was it she wanted," he says, striking a phony pensive pose. "Oh yeah. Something about you blowing up her room. Boss job on that, boss-babe. Heh, boss-babe," he laughs. "Gonna have to tell Sanjay that one."
Michelle
"Shoulda calmed her down faster. Sorry, babe. Trailblazer said holding cell, so she's going to a holding cell. Besides, she looks fine to me, and Grandmother or Empath can weasel info out of the kid. So kick the PMS bit and go get patched up. You're bleeding on the floor.
"Oh hey, and Monica is looking for you. What was it she wanted," he says, striking a phony pensive pose. "Oh yeah. Something about you blowing up her room. Boss job on that, boss-babe. Heh, boss-babe," he laughs. "Gonna have to tell Sanjay that one."
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