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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1683411" data-attributes="member: 13737">Mai Pei, ChinaOctober 25, 2120"Very well," Li replies, though she still sounds uncomfortable at the thought.  As you touch her, and mimic her powers, you understand why.  You feel ridges open in your skin as super-strong fins burst from your forearms, shins and calves painfully.  Slits open up on your back, and involuntarily you draw breath through them.  You realize they are gills, and breathing becomes quite painful through them, though you feel it is mitigated by your clothing.  You could probably breath while completely submerged in whater.  A membrane forms over your eyes, completely transparent, giving you visual acuity you've never had.  Momentarily, you feel as if you are able to see miles, and you glance down the cave, seeing perfectly clearly in the darkness of it, though only in black and white.  You hearing is very sensitive, as is your sense of smell.  Your hands are somewhat sticky as well, which is probably due to whatever it is she exudes from her hands. Powers:  Aquatic +7 [Energy blast (flaw: require sufficient water source), Water Breathing, Swimming, Super-senses] (stunt:  immunity (pressure) (cost 5PP); Natural Weapons +7 (extra: retractable) (cost 3PP), Snare +7 (flaw: touch) (cost 1PP) "I can lead you through the caves if you like," Quey says.  "But it's pretty straightforward.  I'd like to get my brother to the doctor in town though," she adds, looking off towards Mai Pei. Brazilia, SAASAP Research FacilityOctober 13, 2120Containment AreaInitiatives: Cosmo 25 (6HP, 1L, disabled), Loco 24 (1HP), Monica 22 (4HP, 2S, 2L), Loki 21 (4HP), Mantis 19 (2HP, 4L, 7PL Insect Control, disabled), Alan Cashman 19 (1HP, 1L), Straightjacket 18 (5HP, 4L, 1S, disabled), Vince 15 (5HP, 1L, 2S), Metal Mistress 13 (1HP, 1L), Neutron 12 (5HP, 2L, 3S, fatigued, Anaconda infected), Johan 7 (2HP, 2S), Anna 6 (3L, 2S, 5HP, disabled, KO), Rebound 5 (5HP, 1S , fatigued, KO), Mason 4 (5VP, 12S, 1L, nullified, broken bracers, grappled, unconscious), Anithos 0 (6VP, disabled) "I taught you everything I know, boy, and there's no melted steel for me to get tossed in this time!" the man shouts back at Straightjacket.  Mason is tugging at the man's arm, but can't break the hold. Vince tries to punch Mason, but misses wildly, his jerking in SJ's dad's hold making him hard to hit. Attack roll:  7 misses Straightjacket moves forward, limping heavily, and while he makes it within reach, the pain in his stomach and leg is too much to allow him to attack. HP for a half action (movement).  Any more actions will drop you to dying. With everyone holding their attacks for a clear shot, Johan and Loki helping Anna and Mantis, Mason tenses up, veins bulging on his arms and neck.  He grabs hold of SJ's dad's arm and slowly pulls it off his throat, just enough to slam the back of his head into the older man's face.  SJ's dad staggers backwards, stunned, though he quickly shakes off the effect.  Lunging after the assault, Mason plows into the nearby guards with a primal scream. His effect on them is nothing short of graphically catastrophic. He snaps the nearest guards neck so quickly that it turns a full 180 degrees and stays there.  Quickly, ten of the guards have already been slain, with several severed limbs, ripped from their bodies, being tossed from the fray.  As the guards fall back, Mason is left exposed, holding a guard by the back of the neck.  Just as Neutron and Metal Mistress launch energy blasts at the assassin, he rips the man's spine out just before both blasts take him in the back.  Unbelievably, while Mason is badly staggered, he doesn't go down! Attack rolls:  MM 18 hits, Neutron 20 hitsDamage saves (DC 23/22):  15 fails (1S, stunned), 17 fails (1L) Luckily, all the damage done to Mason have left him completely vulnerable.  Staggered and bleeding from dozens of wounds, he cannot defend himself against the whirling Loco.  Fists and feet flash from the tornado of Loco, slamming Mason repeatedly.  As Mason drops finally to his knees, three more rapid spinning kicks by Loco put drop Mason to his side, unconscious... for now.</blockquote>

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