Epic M&M: Issue 5 (IC)

[Mordane76]

"Kevin, check the apartment, and see if you can find Michael some clothes. Take a peek out a window and see if you can tell where we are," X12 says, a little authority in his voice.


Turning to Raisa, his countenance darkens. "I hate to do this now, but otherwise I don't think it will have the effect it should if I wait until later. We're all alive, and apparently physically healthy... but what part of 'stay together as a group' did you not comprehend? Kevin nearly had his arms ripped off, Dara was savaged by three of those shadow Jackals, and you decided it was a good idea to run pell-mell through darkened halls and try to fight a rampaging monster in single combat? Not to mention we had no means to treat injuries -- I expended every ounce of my abilities reviving Nova. Numbers are a force-multiplier; we could have fought those shadows far more effectively with three of us using concentrated attacks -- as it went, we're all very lucky to be alive.

"You might be strong -- hell, you're possibily the strongest person I've ever met -- but you have a lot to learn about coordinated group efforts. Until you learn that, you'll be nothing more than muscle; strong, visually impressive, but otherwise useless and potentially dangerous... and you can definitely do a lot better than that. You have bravery and tenacity, and loyalty to your friends -- you rushed to save Michael and Dara without even thinking about what might happen to you. You faced down the Jackal single-handedly, and came out the better. You helped the villagers after the attack. You're a good person, Raisa... you just get ahead of yourself."

 

[Mimic]

With the confirmation confirmed Michelle will hand over one of the hand scanners to Miss Vaile.

If you want we can contact ARIS and download what we she knows about Mole and the others, although I am sure that Johan knows as much as you can get from our network. She tells the attractive woman.

While you are determining whether Neutron can destroy the virus I would like to take the team and head out to the facility. Once we get there we can start scanning, since they now know we can track them, speed is our only advantage now. We will need to know where the facility is and given access.

 

[Calinon]

Brazilia, SAA
SAP Corporate HQ
"I have no idea how someone got a sample of the virus unless they engineered it from a sample of its base virus. But to do that would require access to restricted data. I'll have to investigate if any of that data has been accessed and by whom," she says.

"You will have to be taken to the facility for certain, and you will have the access needed to protect Anaconda, but what if you cannot stop the theft? Do you have a plan on keeping it from leaving the country if you do fail to stop them?" she asks of Michelle.

 

[Deva]

Raisa turns away from Michael and pushes herself up into a sitting position, her back against the wall, as she tries to focus her breathing. Her eyes are closed as X starts his lecture and when he finishes she looks at him with a stare as cold as ice. She gets to her feet, her eyes never moving from him. "Back off, Directive 12."

She moves over to Dara, kneeling next to her and tentatively brushing her hair out of her face. "Dara?" She whisperes quietly to the girl, "Mèl? Can you move?"

 

[Mordane76]

"You know what... the next time you want to die, go do it yourself, and leave the rest of us out of it... you already have the going off by yourself part down. And at least I know what I'm doing in a combat situation, little girl, instead of running around in the dark leaving your team-mates to bear the brunt of your rashness," X12 snips back. "At least as a Directive I learned the value of a team... what's your excuse?"

 

[Velmont]

"X, calm down. We will talk about what happen today later, when we will have time to think about what happen, and after we have tended to our wounds. I'll go find some slothing."

Kevin search for the bedroom, and try to find some clothes. After that, he will look by the window to know where he is. Finally, he will take the phone, if there is one. He will call at EPIC.

OOC: Kevin status should be Kevin (3HP, 6S), don't forget, he has 6 HP, but if you want to give me one more, I won't complain.

 

[Mordane76]

"We talk about it later, and it will give her a chance to figure out how it's all someone else's fault," he says coldy. "And I'll calm down when Raisa accepts what she did was stupid and almost got all of us killed. I would have been fine if she had taken what I said with the learning impact intended -- hence the compliments of her finer qualities included with the critique of her mistakes -- but now, I think she should accept the fact that the whole ordeal fell apart when she ran out ahead, leaving us without any support from her. Why didn't you stop the Jackals from beating Dara's head into the chair, Raisa? You must have passed her on your way to find Michael -- but they were still torturing her when we got to her. If you'd waited for us, Kevin and I wouldn't have nearly died stopping them from cracking her head open like a walnut. Maybe we all could have stopped them from turning Dara into their rag-doll without them tearing us to pieces in the process, and then maybe the Jackal wouldn't have had a chance to tear Michael's entrails out."

 

[Calinon]

Lancheng, China
There are no clothes that would remotely fit, though there is a blanket on the bed Michael could wrap around himself. There is no telephone, but there is a television. You look out the window and see Lancheng. You are in the apartment. The one you came up to when this whole thing started.

Dara looks ill. "Shut up. Shut up all of you!" she says, rolling to her feet. She litterally runs out the door, where she leans over the wooden railing and gets very ill.

Michael also finally speaks as he pulls the blanket around himself. "Is it over? Are you alright, Raisa?" he says weakly.

 

[Deva]

Her body is shaking as she gets to her feet after Dara had run out of the room, and turns slowly to face X. She speaks low, even, but every word is filled with regret. "You do not think I know all of that?! You think you can possibly make me feel any worse than I already do? Or have you forgotten that I'm linked with Dara? I felt everything she felt. Her pain, her fear, her mind numbing terror when I was forced to make a choice. So you do not need to stand there and tell me how this is all my fault that I nearly got you all killed, because I already know."

Raisa follows Dara out the door, but keeps going and walks down the stairs.

 

[Mordane76]

"#*&," X12 curses under his breath as Raisa leaves.

"It's over for now, Michael, but no, she's not alright," X12 says in a low voice. "And me being that hard on her didn't help. The way they hurt Dara, and everything the Jackal and his minions did to us... trying to save you, it was a harrowing experience. I'll give her some time... and me some time..." X12 trails off, heading towards the door.