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Epic M&M: Issue 5 (IC)

"Well, from what I can figure, that sounds right. I didn't actually touch it...obviously it wouldn't have been a very good threat if it killed me before I could see what it did," he says, smiling. "He just wanted me to...do something that I obviously wouldn't normally do without being threatened," he says, shrugging. Even he realizes how stupid that sounded, but didn't think it was important to get into the details of the blood sampling.

"That guy that your boss was talking to...his name is Mole. He actually is a very fast digger. And his friends are pretty tricky. Stealing stuff is what they do, you know? We were sent here to protect that vault, and no matter what precautions you already have in place, we're here to be a final line of defence," he says, trying to sound assertive, despite the urge to say whatever it is she wanted to hear. "Like you said, I've seen that stuff do it's job. I think being proactive and not letting it get out is better than trying to vaccinate anyone that might come in contact with it."
 

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"Mate?!" Raisa looks at Jackal with an expression of utter disgust. "Ewwwww!" She steps toward his, bringing her fist up in a vicious uppercut.
 

Calinon said:
You fly out towards the car as Cosmo says, "Anna just blew the hell out of everything, Vince included. Oh, and goat boy is plumetting to his death bel... nevermind, he's flying towards the c... never mind, he ran into the car."

He is quite right, as a red blur blasts up from below and slams bodily into the driver side door. Even from over 80 yards away, you hear Rameirez scream in panic.

Michelle winces slightly as she watches Vince slam head first into the side of the car and can barely surpress a chuckle as she hears Rameirez scream in panic.

Michelle will move closer to the car, once she is within range she will magnetically lift the car (making sure the doors don't open) and start spinning it in various directions attempting to disorientate the man until the proper authorities get here to arrest him.

powers: Flight half action, energy control: magnetics half action, force field free action
 

"Great," X12 says as he holds the sword up to survey Kevin and Dara. "You two picked a hell of a time to decide to bleed to death," he says, kneeling down beside Dara. He rips a portion off his pant leg and tosses it to Kevin.

"I hate to say this, but try and staunch the bleeding with that -- worse case, we'll tourniqet one of your arms to save you and the other if the bleeding persists, but we only have so much cloth."


Turning back to Dara, X12 starts examining her.
OOC: Medicine check on Dara.
 

"We need to find Raisa. I am too hurt to try to fight Jackal. That's mean you'll have to fight, or you'll have to heal me, but in the later case, you will be the one out of combat."

Kevin takes Dara in his hands. "I'll try to mimic Dara's powers. With some psychic abilities, we might find easier to get down Jackal. And maybe I'll be able to fight from afar while you help Raisa in melee"

OOC: If X12 doesn't object to mimic Dara's powers, Kevin will try to mimic her powers and feats again (except the mental link).
 

Calinon said:
Randall plumets down from the chute, ending up flat on his back on a sheet of ice with a twisted ankle.
"Yeeouch!" Randall cries out as his ankle rolls over. As the pain subsides somewhat, Loki will try to scramble his way off the ice on his hands and knees.
 

Brazilia, SAA
SAP Corporate HQ
Inside

"Digging? Can he dig through bedrock without detection?" Ms. Vaile asks before glancing outside and getting a look of disbelief on her face. Outside, Michelle isn't actually trying to retrieve Rameirez, she's spinning the car and shaking it with her magnetic powers as Vince clings to the car.

"Que o inferno fazem!" she says with some frustration, which Johan understands means "What the hell are they doing!" She sounds an awfully lot like Raisa does when she's mad, but she pulls it off better. She takes a breath and regains her composure perfectly. Turning to Johan standing nearby, she gets up and walks over. "I just need to borrow this for a moment," she says, and that's all the warning he gets before she steps in close to him and carefully removes his communicator from his ear. She fiddles with the communicator for a moment, seems satisfied with what she finds, then puts it back on him; no small feat.

Stepping over to her desk again, she uses the control panel and activates communication. All of you can hear her. It seems she tapped into your frequency. "If, for some odd reason you missed my request," she says calmly, "I want Mr. Rameirez retrieved now, still able to stand, not shaken and stirred. If you can't do it, please let me know and I'll send my security force to collect him." Closing the channel, she turns to those present.

Johan, now that she's not so alluringly close, you remember something you were going to say. The Mole can dig through nearly anything, up to reinforced military metals.

"Mr. Rawlins, can you go down to the garage and make sure the other EPIC members can get back up here?" Rawlins immediately leaves. "In the meantime, perhaps you can describe to me the abilities of the mutants involved so I can better assess the threat they represent?"

Johan: Knowledge (mutants): 23
Results: The mole is well... a mole. Aerin controls air. Flick is a martial artist and Anithos is a sorcerer and has a strange mind control ability based on charisma. The four are mostly non-violent, and have yet to kill anyone.

Anyone else can give information too, from experience and such. Johan (and Loki) will be able to correct any errors or add any facts that you might miss.

Downstairs
A security guard comes in. He's one of the fellows from upstairs. Anna is just placing a device on the ice, melting it away. "Heh, those robots are worth more than I get paid in a year, and you took them apart like that," he says with a shake of his head. "If everyone is alright, follow me back upstairs. I think Ms. Vaile is looking for some advice so we can form a plan of action."

He leads you back to the group upstairs.

Outside
As you play with the helpless CEO in the car some 400-500 feet above the ground, Michelle spinning it and Vince trying to break in the window, your communicators activate. Ms. Vaile's voice comes into your ear. "I want Mr. Rameirez retrieved now, still able to stand, not shaken and stirred. If you can't do it, please let me know and I'll send my security force to collect him."

You also notice that there are no sirens sounding, no police in the area and no vehicles passing within a hundred yards of you.

Lancheng, China
X12, Kevin

Initiatives: X12 15 (2HP, 3S), Shadows 14-1, Kevin 14-2 (5HP, 5L, 1S, -1 Super Strength)

As X12 checks Dara, Kevin tries again to mimic her powers, and again, fails.

Will save (DC 9): 18 success

X, physically, she's weakened badly. Without exaggeration, weak as a newborn kitten is probably very accurate. Her pupils are badly dilated, and you'd guess she has a bad concussion. The wounds on the back of her head are a result of reciving her concussion, and are mostly superficial, providing her skull isn't actuall fractured. As Kevin is trying to mimic her, she starts growling.

Not a wolfie, I'm turning into Jackal growl, but a Dara, you're so dead if I find my frying pan growl. You both also will gain one strength point back before the next deadly situation.

The room suddenly starts filling with shadow, pouring like liquid down the walls. In mere seconds it's filled the passage you came from, and started dousing lights. Only a rapidly narrowing path is being left, from you to a wide passageway.

Raisa
Initiative: Jackal 28 (4VP, 4S), Raisa 18 (2HP, 3S)


You punch Jackal hard and he rocks back on his heels.

Attack roll: 18 hits
Damage save (DC 16): 8 (VP to reroll becomes 15) fails (1S)

Jackal rears back before raking his claws at your stomach. You barely manage to turn to avoid the blow. He's obviously trying to kill you. Had that hit you, you'd have been split in two.

Attack roll: 14 misses

Raisa is up.
 

"Dara, I don't know if you can hear me, but you're badly injured. You might have a skull fracture, and the shadows have drawn off a great deal of your strength -- I need you to stay calm," X12 says.

"I'd ask you to let Kevin mimic your abilities, but I'm guessing that's out, and my regenerative powers aren't functioning after reviving Nova, and with the possibility of a serious head injury, we shouldn't move you," he says, surveying the rising darkness, "but we don't have a lot of time. We have no way of knowing what this stuff might do, but the shadow Jackals were enervating; Dara can't take much more. You'll have to carry her, Kevin -- you're in no condition to fight anything."
 


"Ms. Vaille, the Mole can dig through military grade reinforced metals. Also, one of their group, named Anithos, is a sorcerer. And..." you just went and opened the encyplopaedia. You poor souls. And it doesn't help that Johan is nervous around Ms. Vaille, trying to counter it with seeming as knowledgeable as he can manage.
 

Into the Woods

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