Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)

[Mordane76]

China
X12
"They are very minor," she assures you, putting your shirt on. It does dwarf her. Once done, you note she has used the shreds of her prior top as a bandage. "You need not trouble yourself with them."

She listens to your recounting of the story. "A frightening tale," she says calmly. "But it seems to me that you are not the same person as you were, yes? Perhaps you will remember more if we continue," she says, gesturing to the patio you had been dancing on. "And if not, perhaps you will learn to dance," she adds with a faint smile.

"I don't know... what if I am the same person, though... it's not like I felt much remorse over that girl... and I'm not sure if I do... even now," X12 thinks to himself, but nods to her statement.

"If you feel comfortable continuing, I can as well. But... if I remember more, we might run out of shirts for me to give you," he says with a slight smile.

 

[Calinon]

China
X12

"If you feel comfortable continuing, I can as well. But... if I remember more, we might run out of shirts for me to give you," he says with a slight smile.

"That will not be an issue. If you grab at my chest again, I shall disable you first, then scold you, rather than disable you after scolding you," she says calmly. "For a moment, I had thought you were making some sort of sexual advance towards me."

She takes up position before you again. "Now, again, follow my movements," she says, beginning the dance lesson again.

 

[buzzard]

China

"Sounds like you did a heck of a job, partner. The press sure is in love with you too, not an easy thing to get going for yourself. Sanchez was saying you guys stopped a lot of damage, and every civilian casualty was the assassins faults, not yours. Darn fine job, tex."

"Umm, thanks. I'll try to keep it up, I mean all of us will. I'm really quite amazed about the press. Guess it's good not to be Vince. "

"Natural born leader, boy! And a mug the camera loves," your dad says, clapping you on the shoulder. "I'm gonna go get some grub."

John then turns to respond to this.
"Come on Dad, I'm no leader, heck I was never even captain of the wrestling team, but yeah grub's a good deal. All that fighting's got me famished."
Facing back to Trailblazer "We'd like to go get some food. Do you need me for anything else right now?"

buzzard

 

[Calinon]

EPIC HQ
Straightjacket

"Umm, thanks. I'll try to keep it up, I mean all of us will. I'm really quite amazed about the press. Guess it's good not to be Vince. "

John then turns to respond to this.
"Come on Dad, I'm no leader, heck I was never even captain of the wrestling team, but yeah grub's a good deal. All that fighting's got me famished."
Facing back to Trailblazer "We'd like to go get some food. Do you need me for anything else right now?"

"Not for now, partner, but we'll have to get some reports done later. Get some grub. We'll get the reports done before you hit the hay."

 

[Agamon]

Sanjay is dissappointed that Monica isn't present, but he's famished. He grabs a plate and loads it up, sitting down near the TV to catch the news as he wolfs down his supper, planning to try and find Monica when he's done.

 

[Elementor]

With everyone heading their seperate directions, Vince just shrugs and heads to the cafeteria to eat.

 

[Dalamar]

Once done with the satellite again (and most of his duplicates during the repairs), Johan goes to help everybody in repairs and clean up. Once everything is done, or Johan is too tired to go on, he collects himselves to the front yard and thanks each with a handshake before dismissing it. He then heads to grap something to eat.

 

[Calinon]

EPIC HQ
Michelle
You make it to the infirmary, where a fuming Nurse Ogawa stitches you up. She's irate about something Vincent did that nearly got her killed. Looking around as she applies bandages, you see Pooky in one room, asleep and swaddled in bandage, and Hoppy in another, in the same condition. Ogawa doesn't give you a chance to look closer, practically throwing you out.

You're just heading to the mess hall when your communicator beeps.

"Michelle, get on to the War Room pronto. I need your report on today's incident and there are some things to discuss," Trailblazer says before the communicator breeps again.

Vincent
You enter the mess hall and start filling a plate when Sanchez whistles to get your attention. "Get your butt to the war room, kiddo. Trailblazer wants your report on what happened today and Thunder probably wants to yell at you on the radio."

The Mess Hall
It looks like nearly all the students, save Michelle, Anna, Monica, Cosmo and Rebound are here. Most are watching a CNN report by your favorite EPIC reporter, Theresa Soulsmith.

-----CNN NEWS REPORT-----​

In mid-afternoon, chaos swept through the popular Wave World Amusement Park as an assassination attempt was made on billionaire philanthropist Martha Raynes as she accompanied underpriviledged youth on an afternoon at the pool. As seen in this footage, the quick reaction of EPIC junior team leader, Straightjacket, saved Mrs. Raynes from an untimely demise at the hands of several gunmen.

The picture shows Straightjacket taking several shots as he grows and covers Mrs. Raynes.

Merlin's apprentice, Loki, conjured a giant condor to assail one gunman, as Cosmo was shot as he charged towards another. Despite suffering injuries, he managed to stop the third gunman long enough for Rebound to put him down for good.

For security cameras, the images are very good. A little too good perhaps. Even Cosmo winces when he gets shot on film.

As it appeared Mrs. Raynes was safe, a girl ran up. Words were exchanged, and this happened. A word of warning to our viewers, the following scenes may be disturbing.

The cameras show Monica running up, and Neutron flying in, attempting to wrap ropes around her. It shows, in graphic detail, the killing of the bodyguard, and the clever capture of the shapeshifter.

How the shapeshifter got close without rousing suspicion became obvious shortly after.

The scene shifts to show Monica, in hybrid form, slamming the hidden gunman through a wall into the open. The cameraman gets some close up shots of Monica, drawing some appreciative comments from the guys and some of the girls, and some negative ones from a few guys and most of the girls.

We later learned from Neutron that this girl's name is Kitten, a new member of the team, a name confirmed by team-leader, Straightjacket.

"Kitten? Uh... yeah, sure. I guess that's as good a name as any."

Mrs. Raynes, who is scheduled to testify against members of the infamous Red Rose Syndicate, had this to say:

"If it weren't for the quick actions of these brave young men and women, I'd be dead twice now. Thanks to them, I'll be there to testify and help put those gangsters behind bars for good!"

Thanks to their quick actions, casualties were light, the only fatality coming in the form of Mrs. Raynes personal bodyguard. Several people were hurt when the assassins overheated the water in the hot pools, giving several people burns and heatstroke. One mechanic suffered a slight concussion. But without EPIC being on the scene, things would have been far, far worse.

On the day EPIC announced the addition of these and other new members to their roster, EPIC once more saves the day. For CNN, I'm Theresa Soulsmith.

-----CNN NEWS REPORT-----​

The next report is on the plane crash that Thunder, Titan and Trailblazer were helping with search and recovery on.

Straightjacket, Johan
Sanchez comes over after the news. "Ok you two," she says to Straightjacket and Johan. "I'm going to need your help putting the new panes in the windows on the girl's dorm. Shouldn't take more than an hour," she adds, looking very tired herself.

"Have fun, guys!" Cosmo says with a wave.

"Cosmo! I didn't see you there," Sanchez says. "Come on, smart ass. You can help too."

Sanjay
You go out looking for Monica. You'd think that finding a five foot, ten inch girl who has fur and a tail wouldn't be hard, but it looks like you're wrong. You check her room, but the only person in there is Cosmo. He's finishing attaching a window that Straightjacket is outside holding up.

"She's not here," Cosmo says. "It's not much fun here, anyway. She's only got a single bed," he laughs. "May as well forget it, man. She's probably off getting an itch scratched with someone else by now. Never known her to wait more than an hour when she's got her fur on."

Loki
You finally make it back to your room. If you ever see another vacuum, it'll be too soon, though you have a few open invitations to visit from a few girls...

Shoving that thought aside, you resend your email, but get the same result as before. It's as if the account has been deleted.

 

[Deva]

Master Wen seems to make up his mind upon your outburst. "This make good lesson for nosey girl. Not know what Raisa worried about. Jackal all chained up." He takes his tea from the stove as the water in the kettle boils. "You go with Xi now. He show you what do. You want look in dojo, now you get look in dojo." He checks the rice, dishing some into a bowl for himself as Xi turns and walks out, heading towards the dojo that Jackal is in.

"I have thread ready to reattach arm later," he says as he sits down to eat.

Raisa reluctantly follows Xi, mumbling to herself. "This is what I get for wanting to help people. I help the people in the mall, they blame me. I help Carl, I get in trouble for not telling someone. I try to help who I thought was X, I get in trouble for telling someone. Why did I come here again?"

She picks up the pace to catch up to Xi. "Have you ever thought that beating on the poor guy while he's chained up is the reason he lost control, not seeing me? Seems like getting smacked around with a big stick would get me all ticked off."

 

[Calinon]

China
Raisa

She picks up the pace to catch up to Xi. "Have you ever thought that beating on the poor guy while he's chained up is the reason he lost control, not seeing me? Seems like getting smacked around with a big stick would get me all ticked off."

"That is the point," Xi answers, hissing the words out as if talking was painful. "You broke his concentration during his training session to control his temper. The Jackal is loose now, and must be defeated before he can regain his control."

He pulls the dojo door open and leads you inside. Jackal immediately lets out a roar and lunges towards both of you, but the chains snap taught nearly immediately and though he strains against them and the beams he is attached to creak, he does not break free. A circle is painted on the floor, about a foot from Jackal's farthest reaching ability. You finally get a good look at him.

He stands just over fifteen feet in height. His claws are easily half a foot in length on his hands, though shorter on his feet. His black and brown fur bristles and his eyes glow red as he glares at you. Saliva drips from his mouth and his tongue lolls out over his immense fangs. His face is contorted into a snarl and he pulls and pushes at his chains, trying to reach you. With a start, you hear the door slide closed behind you.

"You must exhaust him. Wear the beast down until he can control it. It regenerates swiftly. Do not step beyond the circle."

Xi settles on a mat, opening a book, leaving you to accomplish the wearing out of Jackal.