EPIC M&M: Issue 6 (IC)

Master Wen's Academy, China
Raisa
I can't help it, she's not even listening to anything I say, Dara grumbles to you. You're the only one who actually thinks right out of this bunch of twits anyway. I still can't believe Carl stopped us from killing Sho. And Jackal... what a cry baby! If this stupid witch doesn't shut up soon, I'll show her some telepathy. Maybe get her to give the boys a little dance number, she says with a giggle.

X12
You peer into the dojo and see Michael dismantling the restraint system that had been in place to hold him when he was the Jackal. He pulls and tugs, trying to rip the thing apart. When that doesn't work, he slams his shoulder into one of the support columns. It splinters slightly, but refuses to break. The sheen of sweat on his brow indicates he's been at this for some time with limited success.

Brasilia Medical
Vince
You blink away a brief haze and find yourself in the firm and unrelenting grasp of Nurse Mora. Her rather oversized arms are unnaturally strong and for some reason, she seems to feel the need to physically restrain you. She is also standing on your tail, pinning it uncomfortably to the ground.

Standing in front of you, Cosmo stands perfectly rigid, a look of surprise on his face and a pair of fairly significant puncture wounds present, one on his shoulder, the other in his thigh. Both wounds have a yellow puss leaking out of them. The doctor is examining both wounds, taking samples of the yellow puss.

Looking around yourself, you can't help but notice a few drops of the liquid behind your tail and a fair amount of blood on the boney spike at the end of it. You also have a distinctly upset stomach, though you would compare the feeling to someone punching you in the kidneys hard, rather than indigestion.

At the Scene of the Crash
Michelle
"It is an accident. There's nothing further to investigate," the man says, sounding very arrogant. "We have all the information we need, though I don't expect a child from a less sophisticated country to understand the nuances of our investigation techniques," he adds, talking down to you. "Now, I suggest you leave before I am forced to arrest you for interfering in an ISA investigation."

Something seems very... off to you. You recognize that he is a police officer; that you don't doubt. The vehicles belong to the Internal Security Agency, the policing service of SAA; that you don't doubt. But something else is just... off.

Sense Motive: 20
Spot Check: 23

The first thing you recognize is that the officers are not at ease, but appear ready to burst into action, and all eyes are on you. The second thing you realize is that they are all exceedingly well armed; enough to pose serious threat to you. The final thing you notice is there is something odd about the Internal Security Agency logo on the police hovership. While you can't read the writing, you can make out that the SAP logo at the bottom edge of the ISA logo.

Johan
From your position, aside from the oddity of the quick removal of the wreckage, everything below seems to be going normally. Michelle seems to be giving a statement to one of the officers.

"So, what was wrong with speed-talker," Tara says, looking inside the van at Randall and reaching in with one insectoid leg to give him a series of rapid pokes he can't avoid in his lethargic state.

"Hey, you stop that," he slurs, as he tries to swipe at Tara's leg but missing each time.

"Heh, careful or he's likely to yak on you," Rebound quips.

SAP Headquarters
Sanjay
"I... I just..." the woman says, looking very self conscious. "I can activate the security field around this floor!" she says suddenly. "It's on a separate system from most of the security in the building in case of a biological contaminant getting loose. How could I have been so stupid!" she says, rushing towards a panel by the door into the lab, leaving you standing by the vault door.

There is a hollow thump to your right, and then a second, and you turn to see several men in anti-grav harnesses of some sort, blasting at the windows from outside the building. Just as you are worried they may break in, a yellow energy field flashes around the outside of the windows, sealing you in.

"That should buy us a few minutes!" she says, looking quite pleased with herself. "Can you get into the vault?"
 

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What investigation? You just said it was an accident. She says smiling sweetly at the man, giving him the 'I'm just a girl, what would I know look.' Biding her time trying to figure out whats going on here

I guess the fact that it exploded but was using a magnetic propulsion is just a coincidence, or the fact that there was only one person inside when there should have been at least three I wonder why they would leave the scene?How did you know about the accident before we called it in anyways?

Noticing that the "officers" are on edge (as well as being seriously well-armed) Michelle will not make any sudden moves. "Could these guys be SAP and not ISA?" She thinks as she spots the SAP logo.
 
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"I... I just..." the woman says, looking very self conscious. "I can activate the security field around this floor!" she says suddenly. "It's on a separate system from most of the security in the building in case of a biological contaminant getting loose. How could I have been so stupid!" she says, rushing towards a panel by the door into the lab, leaving you standing by the vault door.

There is a hollow thump to your right, and then a second, and you turn to see several men in anti-grav harnesses of some sort, blasting at the windows from outside the building. Just as you are worried they may break in, a yellow energy field flashes around the outside of the windows, sealing you in.

"That should buy us a few minutes!" she says, looking quite pleased with herself. "Can you get into the vault?"

Sanjay continues to concentrate on dissloving the door to the vault (must be pretty tough stuff ;) ).

"Um, good job...except that we're kinda trapped now. Will the Brazilia authorities be of any assistance, or are they likely to be paid servants of SAP, too?" Sanjay asks, trying to determine a way of getting out of this mess.
 
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Standing in front of you, Cosmo stands perfectly rigid, a look of surprise on his face and a pair of fairly significant puncture wounds present, one on his shoulder, the other in his thigh. Both wounds have a yellow puss leaking out of them. The doctor is examining both wounds, taking samples of the yellow puss.

"Now that is the quietest a room has ever been with him in it...."
 

Meu deus! Raisa shakes her head as she soaks in the tub. Since when are you such a bitch? Carl and Michael probably did us a favour. Well they did me one anyway. I may want Sho dead, and chances are I'd still try to kill her if given the opportunity, but murderer is not exactly a title I want. There was a time you felt the same. I don't know what's going on inside that messed up brain of yours, mèl, but maybe you should actually listen to Empath and let her help you.
 

Master Wen's Academy, China
Raisa

My brain isn't messed up! I can't help it if I feel everything you do and I do at the same time! I wanted to stop Sho and you wanted to kill her so bad that I wanted to kill her too so I try to keep it apart and I can't because you're angry all the time and I can't turn that off and then everyone thinks its all me making you mad and they cancel my powers or tell me I'm messed up and nobody even yells at you for sending me off a cliff but I get in trouble for being using telepathy to stop that rock guy and then get in trouble for being mad about being lugged around like a doll by him and I get control of my powers and everything is worse and I hate it! Dara says to your mind, getting obviously more and more upset by the moment.

After a long pause, you hear her in your mind barely. Nobody likes me anymore.

X12
Michael doesn't acknowledge you, slamming his shoulder twice more into the pillar but it still won't break. He steps away and turns to the door. "This seemed better than a target dummy," he says. "It fixes itself every time I do something to it. Magic," he explains. "What do you want?"

Brasilia Medical
Vince

"What kind of poison did you inject?" the doctor says. "Is it lethal or just paralytical?"

Nurse Mora keeps her hold on you as your stomach continues to hurt something fierce. Cosmo, of course, doesn't say a lot, but for a guy frozen in place, you're pretty sure that if he gets loose, he's not going to be a happy camper.

At the Scene of the Crash
Michelle

The officer's eyes narrow as you continue to pester him. "And I suppose you know a lot about flying vehicles. A mechanic by trade, perhaps," he sneers. "I thought not. You know nothing about the conveyance nor its inner workings."

He gives you an intimidating stare for a few moments before saying, "SAP themselves contacted us when the crash occurred. We already have eyewitness accounts of the crash by the survivors. It is a cut and dry accident," he says with finality. "If you want more information you can make a formal request to ISA or contact SAP yourselves. Now leave the area," he says, signalling behind him with his hand. The other officers bring their weapons up and level them at you rapidly. "Or I will be forced to take you into custody for refusing the orders of the ISA."

Rebound's voice comes over the communicator. "Hey fearless leader, what's the holdup?"

Johan
"That stupid drug in the news?" Tara says incredulously. "Man, that was dumb," she scolds Randall, smacking him in the head with one of her insectoid legs. "What is taking Michelle," she says.

"Dunno," Rebound says. "Looks like everything's fine though. Hitting his communicator, he says, "Hey fearless leader, what's the holdup?"

SAP Headquarters
Sanjay

"The ISA is funded by most of the major corporations in Brasilia," the lab assistant says. "But they... they are the police. They have to help... don't they?"

The door is proving difficult. You've never encountered an alloy like this, and it's thick to boot. After nearly twenty seconds of solid effort, the door finally vanishes, a victim of your powers.

Hardness 20, 18 inches thick...

The inside of the vault is spacious, well over fifteen by fifteen meters, and contains dozens of an array of shelves and storage devices. As you step inside, you realize that finding what you are looking for without some sort of clue may be impossible. Then...

From the wall across from the entrance, door slides aside. From within the dark alcove a robot hovers out, a type you are quite familiar with from earlier in the week. It's strange arm cannon starts spinning as it intones, "Identify yourself!"
 

"Just seeing what the commotion was -- hasn't been much since you got rid of Jackal," X12 replies. "I just don't know how to talk to you yet, Michael -- I don't know you, and everything I thought I did know about you was Jackal, not you. This whole incident with Mia... it's just ugly. I said a lot of hurtful things to you, and I'm sorry - I still don't agree she deserves to live, but I can't hold you responsible for anything she might do in the future; you did what was right. You seem like a genuinely gentle soul; why would you want to get mixed up in such a gray and messy business as 'making the world safer?' Your brother, I can see why he does it... he's obviously in it for the chicks," X12 cracks with a weak smile.
 

Sanjay almost blasts the robot to smithereens before a thought comes to mind. "This is Ms. Vaile's vault, must be her robot, too."

Remaining cautious he says, "Sanjay Mohan, Neutron of EPIC. I'm seeking the antedote for Anaconda."
 

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