Epic M&M: Issue 5 (IC)

[Velmont]

"Ok, forgot you have to breath... that put out that plan. Avoid a fight looks like nearly impossible, except if someone can turn invisible... well, that was a nice power from Split, but his duplication was annoying.

X plan seems good for one exception. Sneaking inside after taking all the guards mean we must take them all down before before they can warn someone else. Not sure it is realistic to hope for that."

 

[Mordane76]

"Do you think you could get them both, Michael," X12 asks. "If you could drop the one, and then make it to the cave for the other, we'd take out a major nuisance in the event they raise an alarm, and limit the risk of detection."

 

[Calinon]

"Raisa I'm sure can get the guy on the ridge," Michael says. "Or Kevin is he learns how to move from me. I think it might be a bit much to hope for that one of them wouldn't notice the other getting pummelled."

"I could go with Raisa or Kevin to disable the man on the ridge, yes? That would help?" Li asks.

 

[Mordane76]

"Okay... so Kevin and Michael coordinate taking down the guards on the ridge and the cave. Li can go with either of them and give us an eagle eye view, so she can feed us tactical," X12 says. "That just leaves Carl, Raisa, Dara, and myself. The four of us can try to sneak in with Dara coercing the guards into accepting us. That way, we don't have to take out all the guards, and we have information from the outside through Li, Michael, and Kevin. We can coordinate entering and exiting that way to limit the number of people we have to interact with so Dara's ruse has a higher chance of working."

 

[Deva]

"But not taking Raisa with you up to the caves would be a major league mistake."

Raisa leans against a tree, casually inspecting her staff. "Apparently I'd be better put to use waiting here instead of on the mountain. I mean, let's forget that I could climb that rock wall without breaking a sweat, or that I could probably drop them without either making a sound, or that other than Michael I'm the only one that can move quickly and silently without having to leech someone elses powers. Oh and let's forget that I could bring down that entire moutain side onto those thugs if need be. No, let's not remember that. I'll just stay here and wait."

She level's her gaze at X. She's not angry, not in the least. Just hurt that he was once again trusting Kevin's ability to control borrowed powers - which he had proven time and again was not reliable - and not trusting her to do what needed to be done. "But its your call, X."

 

[Mordane76]

"I don't want this to be my call -- no one is the leader here," X12 says. "I'm putting out a plan -- if you don't agree, then please tell me. We all haven't been in enough real situations for me to say I know everyone's abilities well enough to lead. You're right, you can do all those things, and Carl brings up a good point. However, we know what's on the outside, and not what's on the inside, and we don't know that Dara can cloak us effectively, so it's a toss-up -- either you and Michael climb and take out the guards, or Michael and Kevin climb and take out the guards.

If you go and they see through Dara's ruse, then you bring down the mountain. If you're in the group and they see through Dara's ruse, then you're right there to help us fight our way in while Michael and Kevin provide cover fire. Honestly... I'd like you with us inside, though - anything Carl doesn't think he can pass through safely you can open by force, and I know you have the skills for close-order combat.

I think it's agreed that Li would make an excellent scout on the ridge, and that Michael is definitely going after one of the snipers. Raisa and Kevin both can make a good second person to take out the other sniper, and the other will make a good person going into the caves to find Xi and Master Wen. Which would you prefer to do, Raisa?"

 

[Agamon]

"Dammit," Neutron says as the wall comes up in front of the truck. "You are not getting away!" he mutters aloud, trying to get into position to stop the vehicle.

If he can move far enough to be able to see around the wall and continue his work on the back of the truck, he will. If not, he's going for the tires with his Transformation, turning to melted processed cheese.

 

[Calinon]

Brazilia, SAA
SAP Research Facility
October 13, 2120
Containment Area
Initiatives: Flick 31 (2VP, 1S), Aerin 30 (1L, 2S, 2VP), Cosmo 25 (3S, 3HP, stunned), Vince 24 (2HP), Monica 22 (3HP, 2S, 1L), Loki 21 (3HP), Mantis 19 (0PL Insect Control), Straightjacket 18 (1HP, 2L, stunned), Unknown 17, Mole 15 (1VP, 1L, 3S), Metal Mistress 13 (1HP, 0PL Magnetic Control), Neutron 12 (2HP, 1L, 2S, fatigued), Johan 7 (1HP, 2S), Anna 6 (2L, 3S, 4HP, dying), Rebound 5 (4HP, fatigued, enlarged), Unknown 4, Mooks 0, Anithos 0 (4VP, dying)

Neutron flies towards the truck and turns to melted cheddar cheese! He's all over the floor! It'll take weeks to scrape him up!

...and now back to the actual combat.

Sanjay tries to get into position so he can finish getting through the door, or at least destroy the tires. Aerin's wall is fairly massive, but Sanjay manages to get high enough into the air to shoot the door behind the solid wall of air. The door is destroyed, the pieces that remain falling to the ground. Three guards peer out from the back, preparing to fire at the high flying Neutron.

Transmutation knocks another 7 points off the door of the truck, destroying the door.

Johan continues to try to stabilize Anna. Her wounds will require somethng more than pressure applied. You recall there is first aid gear in the EPIC Van just a few feet away!

Medicine checks (DC15): 9 and 14

Rebound thumps over and punches hard through the shattered windscreen of the damaged truck, trying to crush Flick like a gnat.

Attack roll: 16 misses

The three mercs insdie the damaged truck blast at Neutron. One blast nails him in the middle of the chest, leaving a painful burn.

Attack rolls: 16, 12, 9
Damage save (DC13): 11 fails (1L)

"Aha! My powers are restored!" exclaims Anithos as he regains his stature. "Now, be amazed as I make us vanish into thin air!" both of him say with a flourish, brandishing their wands in unison.

"I'd really prefer you didn't do that," a ghostlike figure says as it rises from the floor right behind the pair. In its hand is a very hi-tech blaster weapon. In mere seconds, the ghost solidifies. A shot rings out, and both Anithos' jerk forward, blood spraying from the one on the right, his brains and gore splattering across the floor for quite some distance before he collapses, dead. The other Anithos grasps his head in agony, collapsing to the ground as he loses height and girth. He falls to his side, revealing a scrawny teenaged boy with glasses and a geeky look about him. His wand rolls away from him and joins with the second wand, combining into one wand with a strange green glow. The assassin reaches down and captures the wand as he loses consistency again, becoming a wraith once more.

Round 7... fight!

Flick rolls out of the far side of the truck to get away from Rebound. She ends up right behind Vince and jabs the end of her staff into his back. Vince starts feeling very numb and barely staggers away before he's frozen in place!

Attack roll: 30 hit!
Fort save (DC16): 6 (HP 16) success

Aerin leaps from his truck, conjuring one extremely massive air elemental. The creature stands over 16 feet tall, and is a giant manlike creature with four arms. It stands just outside the force field.

Cosmo shakes his head, still unable to shake free of the stun effect from Flick.

Vince, Loki, SJ are all up. Free GM warning... dangerous times have arrived.

 

[Velmont]

Let's forget we want you everywhere, you have nothing to complain Raisa. She wants me to do nothing. Does she have such a short term memory. What bad have I mad against the Prophet?

A good second person... that's the true force of my power, being a good second person...

Kevin felt silent and seems to put himself out of the conversation, waiting for the final decision.

 

[Deva]

"The plan's fine. Better than anything I could come up with. It's just, him I trust to be able to take out the guards-" she says, gesturing to Michael. Her hand motions to Kevin. "-Him I don't. I'll go with Li and Michael. The ledge isn't that far up, and if things get really hairy down here I'll jump."

She looks at the armed goons outside the caves. "I don't like the idea of leaving them out here if we try the sneaky way in. Things go sour inside and they'll be between us and our only known means of escape. I say we take them out before we go in. But if we're going to do this, let's not waste any more daylight."