Epic M&M: Issue 4 (IC)

[Mordane76]

X12
"And if remembering gives them a way to control you again, would you want that? Or had you even considered that you might return to being an assassin if you remember everything? Maybe you want to..." Xi says.

"I will still help you, though I do not think you have thought this three. And do not include me in any of your plans for vengeance. I do not wish to be discovered by the man in my dreams."

X12 sighs. "If they wanted to, I'm sure they could try to control us again, remembering or not, Xi -- if they had the power over us they did then, I can't believe they couldn't attempt to exercise it over us now if they chose. Maybe, in knowing who I was... I'll find a way to stop them from hurting me again... or a way to hurt them like they hurt me.

"I don't want you to help me find them, after I have my memories. Stay here, live however you want -- I want to know. I will not live in terror of a bogeyman that I can barely remember, even if he does frighten me. I would rather return to whatever life they made for us than live in fear, or live not knowing.

"I don't know who I am. They took that from me. Or they never gave it to me... regardless I want to know. Your Master said that no memory can change who you wish to be -- I don't know what I wish to be, because I don't truly know who I was. All I know is that I don't wish to be a killer -- trying to reconcile myself to that memory isn't possible; I can't be that kind of man -- it was impossible trying to be that kind of man when I thought it was my memory... thinking I slit her throat so methodically and coldly... I can't do now... knowing it's not even my memory."

 

[Dalamar]

"Impressive work. It is a pity that your achievments were stolen."

OoC: Spending a HP for inspiration, since I'm running out of ideas. Lets hope Johan can come up with better ideas than me (somehow I doubt that Johan suddenly grapping Anna and kissing her would seem coherent with how he's been acting )

 

[Calinon]

Arizona - Lockheed
Johan
HP spent, and I actually have some insight for you. Here's what you realize:

• The cryogenic containers were heading to South American Pharmaceuticals (SAP), something ARIS has some information on (see website -- organizations).
• Delivery was scheduled for tomorrow which would indicate that the containers are planned for use now.
• The containers are used to house deadly virus' safely, with nanobot safety seals that would destroy a virus before it could escape containment.
• The containers, planned for use now, that are specially constructed to house deadly virus', have been stolen.
• While they normally wouldn't be trackable... I urge you to re-read carefully Dr. Worthy's little speech, presented here so you don't need to scroll back. It appears some of what she said is more important, given the above information.

"The nanobots are suspended in an pure water semisolid, and mimic the properties of some of the most lethal viral agents known to man, without harmful side effects. It let us test the containment units without risk by scanning for the nanobots. Similar nanobots are used in the failsafe seals, and can eliminate any virus known, and hopefully any unknown. The only problem with the nanobots is that the biological portion of the nanobots are toxic to humans if injected directly into the bloodstream. Not fatally so, but it would make someone quite ill. I'm more than a little upset that a good portion of our prepared samples of simulated pathogen was stolen along with the freezers. And they're not in range of our in house scanners now," she adds.
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Hope that helps

New York - Methesda

Heads up, the Headsman and the Rose Indicate is here, we might need backup.

Michelle activates her intercom and all of your intercoms relay the message, including Straightjackets suit comm.

Michelle and Straightjacket
"Actually, I prefer Mr. Murphy, or just Murphy," Murphy says with a shake of his head.

"Headsman, he was a creation of Tanaka, not me. I'm just a bodyguard. And we're just here to pick up my new body armor and the armor for the rest of the Toan family bodyguards," he says calmly. "We're not getting in a fight. I may not be a big fan of this new powered armor crap, but that armor I was stuffed into when I went up against you kids is just the sort of thing we need to do our jobs better."

 

[Agamon]

"Say hi??" Neutron says. "What the hell kinda distraction is...hey, you guys know that guy?" He smiles and nods as the man passes him. The smile turns to a frown once he and his guards have passed. After they enter the building, he says, "That dude looks like a whole lot of trouble. He brought ninjas with him. Nothing good ever comes from ninjas."

Once they get Michelle's comunication, he nods. "See, I toldya. Let's get ready for trouble..." Re-entering the buidlingm he says, "So Henry won't see us, but she'll see this dude? I smell something, and either my buddy Rebound, here, stepped in some dog crap, or we have a problem."

 

[Velmont]

"I will finish the morning training with Carl. You can supervise Dara and Kevin. And remember, please; this is not full contact. This is training only."

"Bah! I've seen worst, and if you hit me that hard, I'll mimic X's regenetive power next time I see him..."

 

[Deva]

"Ah," Michael grunts. He shifts uncomfortably, glaring at the bucket. "Well then, I guess I will have to suffer a bit more embarassment then. Let's get this over with; I may not like it, but I only get fed once a day. Just," he says with a canine sigh. "Just take the damn lid off and push it to me with a staff or something," he says with great distaste.

She looks down at the bucket with the same distate on her face as was in Michael's voice. "There's got to be something else you can do, something not so, well, degrading." A brief second later her eyes light up as an idea comes to her. "Hang on a sec, I'll be right back."

She runs back to the main house and straight for the kitchen. She grabs the largest wok she can find and runs back to the dojo. Closing the door behind her she sets the bowl-like pan on the lid of the bucket. "I got thinking that you could hold the bowl between your hands, eat it that way instead of putting your head in a bucket like some animal."

Raisa lifts the lid and fills the wok with whatever is inside the bucket. She moves toward the edge of the circle, her toes right on the painted line and holds it out to Michael. "Unless you would prefer the bucket?"

 

[Dalamar]

OoC: See? I knew I should've paid more attention to that speech of hers.

IC: "The SAP will surely lose great amounts of resources due to the delayed delivery of the containers... I surely hope they haven't ordered samples of a virus, counting on having the necessary containment units when the samples arrive.
But you said that it is possible for you to scan for the nanobots? Would it be possible to relay the required information to us? I'm sure EPIC has access to more powerful scanners, and we could locate the containers that way."

 

[buzzard]

Michelle stares at the boy for a few stunned moments.

Are you kidding me here? Did you not read the mission assignment? What part of don't be afraid to use force did you not get? If Thunder wanted to rattle his saber he could have sent over a dozen lawyers and if you had such a big problem with this why wait till now to say something? Afraid that getting your hand's dirty will tarnish your image with all your fans? Those trucks were designed to hold the worst viruses known to man and...

"What part of EPIC being a sanctioned law enforcement agency did you not get? This is the NAA, not some tin pot dictatorship. You don't go trampling the rights of people just because you suspect things. Your attitude has all the charm of the gulag. Maybe before the next outing you should get Dara to incorporate jackboots into your costume. Whether or not my actions have bearing on any public image, what is right and legal are what they are. You want to commit felonies, go ahead, but I won't be a party to them. I don't care if Thunder has delusions of godhood, I won't put myself above the law. There are legal ways of approaching this. If you are not willing to follow them, you're no better than the criminals. "

Turning to Mr. Murphy "Well I'm not sure I believe you, but if the court does, I will go along with it. I hope you'll keep up a good honest practice as a bodyguard."

With that, John is going to return the the van.

 

[Mule]

"I wonder where this comes out," Simmons asks. "May as well find out," he says, heading down the tunnel at a brisk pace.

Not quite sure this is a good idea, Randall will follow Simmons down the tunnel, keeping an eye out for any traps or illusions. "I hope this tunnel isn't very long."

 

[Calinon]

New York - Methesda

"So Henry won't see us, but she'll see this dude? I smell something, and either my buddy Rebound, here, stepped in some dog crap, or we have a problem."

"I did make an appointment. I'm a client. And I really don't like getting repeatedly insulted, especially since I've been cleared of..." starts Murphy before Straightjacket's voice carries through the foyer.

"What part of EPIC being a sanctioned law enforcement agency did you not get? This is the NAA, not some tin pot dictatorship. You don't go trampling the rights of people just because you suspect things. Your attitude has all the charm of the gulag. Maybe before the next outing you should get Dara to incorporate jackboots into your costume. Whether or not my actions have bearing on any public image, what is right and legal are what they are. You want to commit felonies, go ahead, but I won't be a party to them. I don't care if Thunder has delusions of godhood, I won't put myself above the law. There are legal ways of approaching this. If you are not willing to follow them, you're no better than the criminals. "

Turning to Mr. Murphy "Well I'm not sure I believe you, but if the court does, I will go along with it. I hope you'll keep up a good honest practice as a bodyguard."

"Looks like you guys are quite some cohesive team," says Murphy sarcastically. "Yeah, Miss Methesda," he says, turning to Stephanie. "I think I'd rather be safe and sound in the warehouse... before people start attacking each other around here."

Stephanie looks more than a little confused by the entire situation. "Uh, what? Oh! Right, Mr. Murphy, just come with me then," she says, recovering and opening a door for him and leading him off through the building, leaving a fuming Michelle, and somewhat confused Monica, Rebound and Sanjay behind as Straightjacket storms out to the van.

China
Kevin
"Oh yeah?" says Dara, and you find yourself landing hard on your backside. "Oops!" she says with a grin. It starts to happen regularly, making you wonder if you shouldn't have focused more on combat training, if Dara can school you. After a half hour, you are getting very sore, and very slow, and very bruised and very frustrated.

"Slow down, Dara! You aren't playin' with Carl here," Nova warns, helping Kevin up to his feet.

Raisa
Michael growls. "One bucket for another," he says simply. "Just uncover it and give it here," he finishes with some distaste, flexing his semi-useless hands and the huge claws attached to them. "Then you should probably leave; I don't think this is something you would enjoy seeing."

X12
"That's my memory," Xi says calmly.

Master Wen rises. "Then you two train together," he says, putting a hand on Xi's shoulder. Xi glows with a black energy field for a moment, and nods. "You two go to dojo, join others. Master Wen have business in town this morning."

Once he's taken you from the main house, you head for the dojo, joining the others, while he heads down the hill at a slow pace towards town, cane clacking off the cobblestones. Everyone but Raisa is in the dojo.

Arizona - Lockheed
Johan
"Here's one of our hand scanners," Doctor Worthy says. "Doctor Kentworthy made them to scan for escaping nanobots. They're incorporated into the cryogenic freezers as well I think." She hands you a very high tech hand held scanner.

"I was just looking at that on the schematics," Anna says. "Ingenious design," she adds and you think Kentworthy will explode from praise. "Can I see that? I bet I can figure out a way to boost the range to make it more useful to us."

Loki, Vincent
Your hope is not well founded. You walk down the tunnel a long ways and it shows no sign of coming up yet. It's hard to guage distance down here, but you've walked for fifteen minutes and seen nothing. The tunnel, thankfully, seems very solid and secure. Loki sees no illusions, and can't see any obvious traps.