Epic M&M: Issue 5 (IC)

[Agamon]

"I dunno," Monica says. "Maybe he's growing tentacles and stuff! RAWR!" she says, waving her arms around. "Not that he can get much more scary."

Sanjay nods with a grin. "Tentacles would do it. And maybe some lobster claws for hands and thin, razor-shapr teeth. Seriously, I hope he's okay. Not much to look at, but he's a good guy."

He sighs. "So what now? Maybe some Portugese lessons? I can't believe we're going on a mission to Brazil and Raisa's in China. Should be cool, though. You ever been to the SAF?"

 

[Calinon]

Lancheng, China
Raisa, X12, Kevin
The man regards raisa with a fiery glare. "I suppose I shouldn't expect much else than bluster and threats from the likes of you. Now I see why you got sent to Wen," he says lightly. Twin bolts of flame lance out from his eyes, striking Raisa and surrounding her in a flaming nimbus briefly, momentarily blinding you all.

Will Save: 19(21) fail. Your powers have been drained completely (are at 0 ranks), and your strength and constitution are now 10.

When it clears, Raisa is still standing there, unharmed, except she's about 5'7", and lithe instead of voluptous. Her clothing has shrunk with her to fit her perfectly still. Raisa, you feel sick to your stomach from the sudden loss of strength and fitness, but otherwise are unharmed.

"What did you do to her?!" Dara shouts. "Stop it, just... stop... or..."

"Or what, child," the man says calmly.

"Y-you're the one ... who was in ... my head?" she squeaks out.

"Yes," he says ominously, drawing out the word slowly. Dara starts backing away shaking her head until she hits the wall, where she slumps down to sit, knees clutched against her chest, shaking.

"Now, Kevin, before we were so rudely interrupted, you asked me why I wanted Jackal? The answer is simple. I'm going to set him free."

Mega-City of New York
Bush Memorial Hospital
Vince
"I'm nurse Mayers," she says. "And it's Mrs, actually," she adds, showing her ring finger. "Now, see if you can calm yourself down and get those on you," she says offhandedly. "There are some scissors there if you need to make a hole for your tail. I'll be at the nurses station just outside. And don't worry about the pants. The hospital won't miss them."

Straightjacket, Loki
The nurse swings by with the scan reports before heading back to get Vince some pants.

EPIC Institue
Johan
"The more the merrier," Anna says. "Besides, does Jackson look like he'd want to miss out on pizza?" she grins. "Ug, but look who's with him," she says, indicating Cosmo. You also see Michelle slowly trudging across the nearby field, head down, not looking all that happy. (Though Michelle can still have her conversation with SJ)

Sanjay
"Just once, when I was on the national under 19 soccer team for the Worlds. It's really pretty, but the rich really live well, and the poor live in slums. It's a horrible class division they have, really. Hey, isn't Vince from there too?"

She looks over at the clock. "Ten minutes are nearly up, sport," she grins. "You have some quality time with Cosmo to get to, don'tcha? I think I'll go get some uniforms and stuff for us tomorrow and actually *gasp* read up on what the heck we're supposed to do tomorrow."

 

[Agamon]

Sanjay sighs and rolls his eyes. "Oh, yeah, that should be lots of fun. I can listen to Cosmo be an ass, Jackson whine, and Michelle do her Thunder impression. I'll see you later," he says, getting up. He gives Monica a peck on the cheek and takes his time heading to the hanger.

 

[Mordane76]

X12 chuckles dismally from his position on the floor. "It all makes perfect sense now... you needed Raisa and the link to bring the Jackal here," he says, pulling himself up off the floor. Slowly, he limps towards the net, looking it over with interest.

"Free him? You mean loose him on an unsuspecting public," X12 says. "Evil for evil's sake, or do you think you can actually control the Jackal? If you haven't seen him in action, Father, then you're making a grave underestimation. You lost control of the Directives... and you created us to do your bidding. While Michael maybe Raisa's friend... the Jackal is beyond coercion, beyond reason, beyond direction -- free him and he'll destroy you and everything else he can."

 

[Deva]

Raisa leans over and closes her eyes, placing her hands on her knees wanting the feeling of nausea passes. This is too much! She wants nothing more than to crawl over next to Dara and wait for the cavalry, but she doubts that would be happening anytime soon.

She forces herself to stand straight again and looks at the creep with an "as-if" look that only a teenage girl can pull off. "Really, must you be so melodramatic?" Every word that passes her lips is oozing with mocking sarcasm. "All this seriously over the top fire and shadow motif, the tired 'I am such a mysterious super villan' act... All you left out was the maniacle laughter and the white Persian cat and you would be exactly like every bad villian in every bad spy movie that has ever been made. Puh-lease! Like I am suppose to be afraid of you? So you come in here and strip my powers. Big woopty-doo! Any other day and I would have been shaking your hand, but like I said, I have had a bad day."

Okay, she is officially, certifiably insane. Mocking the man that just sucked her stength from her, has Michael immobilized, and will most likely kill her in the next thirty seconds. Still, she had to do something!

She starts stalking toward him, picking out the dried goop from in her hair. "Do you see this? Do you have any idea how hard it is going to be to get pick slop, mud, and other unmeantionable things out of my hair?!" She flicks it away. "Conditioner is not cheap! And look at these stains! Ruined! There is no way these clothes can be salvaged!"

If she's not already unconscious, dead, or both by this time, Raisa stops halfway across the room, the expression on her face totally serious. "And let me tell you another thing, Dickhead, if you think anything short of killing me is going to stop me from trying to help my friends you are sorely mistaken!" And - just like the animal that's too stupid to know its dead and keeps fighting - she'll rush at Tall Dark and Really Dark, prepared to go all girl fight on his ass.

 

[Velmont]

Kevin looks at Raisa

"Just too bad, she has some good power to be mimicked. I would have liked to mimicked them before you drain her. I am tired to be without good power. Nova's powers was interesting, but her aura make hard to gain another power without killing the target."

He walks near Jackal.

"And you, you have interesting powers, but I have a feeling that it isn't you but you powers you can't control, and in tht case, I risk to uncontrol myself. That's not a good idea."

He walks back near the dark man.

"Release him. That's funny. But it isn't like he can't be handle. He will do some trouble for a while, but if an EPIC team is send, they will have no prblem to stop him. It isn't like they havn't done it successfully. His brother is pretty"

OOC: Extra effort, gaining the extra: expended power

 

[buzzard]

(into the communicator to Michelle)"Well he got bigger, and well uglier. He just about caused a panic in the emergency room. You'll probably have to see it to believe it really. I'll look you up when we get back"

buzzard

 

[Calinon]

Lancheng, China
Raisa, X12, Kevin
"I don't want to control him, Directive 12. I'm not Thunder," he says to X12 as he casually flicks a hand at the oncoming Raisa. Shadows leech up from the floor around her, forming into man-like creatures that clutch and grab at her arms, neck and waist, holding her fast. Their touch is like ice, further sapping her strength, and their skin is rough like sandpaper causing painful abrasions and small cuts as you struggle.

"You know, I am going to accomplish in a matter of moments what Wen has been trying to do in his little academy," the man says to Raisa, floating up a bit and placing a hand on the silent Michael's forehead. "All he could hope for was to drive Jackal down, and hope to control him. He could never free the boy of the Jackal. I can. And I will. It won't even kill him. You should be grateful," he says, cocking his head to the side slightly. "Isn't that what you want, Miss da Cruz."

The four shadow creatures holding Raisa echo him with sibilant voices. "Isn't that what you want, Miss da Cruz," and give quiet laughs.

He looks at the wolf-boy in front of him. "Isn't that what you want?"

There's a long pause by Michael before he whispers, "Yes."

"You see, Kevin. I'm doing what he wants. I'm going to free him from his alter ego. EPIC just seeks to control him. Now step back, both of you," he says. A burst of shadow dislodges from the wall behind X12, striking him in the back and yanking him back some twenty feet to land on his back, though he's not held. Kevin is surrounded by shadow briefly and lifted up, placed on his feet beside Raisa and the four shadow men, nearly thirty feet away.

He then turns Michael so you all have a side view of he and the entrapped boy. "I would free you for this, but it will be very painful," he says with no concern whatsoever. His arm starts elongating into a dual edged sword.

 

[Mordane76]

"When he takes the Jackal from you, Michael, who will protect Cosmo? What are you going to do when he unleashes your power in someone who's less selective about its use, Michael," X12 calls from across the hall. "I'd rather see you controlling the Jackal than anyone he'll select, Michael -- you'll learn to control it one day... he'll use it indiscriminately as a weapon.

Nothing good is ever easy, Michael, but think how far you've come so far. The conditions are horrific, the training is grueling, but when it's done, you'll have accomplished something great, Michael. EPIC doesn't seek to control you -- they're trying to help you learn to master yourself."

OOC: Not sure if our HP reset, but we gained 1 at PL9... I'm gonna spend an HP on inspiration... because frankly I'm stumped...

 

[Velmont]

"You know you are pretty impressive. Drain powers, control shadows, shift your arms into swords. How many tricks are you able to do like that?" Say Kevin, coming closer to take a look at his swords hand. His hand come close the the edge, but he doesn't touch it, in fear to cut himself.

OOC: Bluff attempt to get the man's attention on the hand near the edge. Extra Effort to boost his mimic to 10. I DON'T spend a HP now. I'll be fatigued next turn, but better that than becoming unconcious on a failed backlash. Try to touch him with the other hand and try to mimic his drain power and his feats (mainly stunt related to his drain power). I use a HP on any backlash roll under 15.

If I have the time to, and the power too, I try to drain the man from his powers.