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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1828999" data-attributes="member: 13737">SAP HeadquartersMetal Mistress, StraightjacketStraightjacket reaches up and easily pulls himself up through the hole in the roof, his elastic body stretching up.  His father smacks Michelle on the rear hard enough to resound through the room and earn him another hard blast.  His form flashes bright green as he absorbs the damage and he flies up after his son with a laugh.  Cosmo leaps up another of the openings, right to the roof.  Tara follows suit, clinging to the side of the hole and scuttling up like an insect. Quickly making his way to the side of the building, Straightjacket tries not to glance down from the dizzying height, then grows to full height and starts sliding his way rapidly down the side of the building at dangerous speed.  He uses his elasticity to grant him a better grip, moving rapidly downward. Hero point to temporarily gain clinging feat.  Go kong boy go! Climb check (DC25) with a +20 (climb plus clinging) to the roll.  Result is 39, allowing you to basically move at run speed down the side of the building.  Yes, I made all that up <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Cosmo manages the feat with far more grace, but basically the same speed, running flat out down the side of the building as if he were on the ground.  Straightjacket's dad keeps pace easily, as does Tara, flying outside the building but not darting ahead. Michelle disappears back downstairs to give Rebound instructions, then reappears up top to find herself lagging behind the others who are zipping down towards the level 40 parking garage, and quickly catches up. As the lot of you approach the garage, energy blasts can be seen ripping out from the building, and the sound of battle is evident.  A smoking ISA Armored Hovership appears near the edge of the garage bay, moving towards an inevitable plumet earthward.  You see a single armored individual standing near the ledge as well, his gleaming silver armor looking exactly like the armored guards at the research facility. Initiatives:  Unknown_2 28, Straightjacket 22, Metal Mistress 20, Unknown_1 19, Cosmo 18, Tara 17, Armor Suits 15, SJ's Dad 14, ISA SWAT 12 Straightjacket and Metal Mistress are up! Neutron"Anyone!" she exclaims with a shaking voice.  "Just... just go away!" "Hey, Sanjay?" comes Rebound's voice from some distance.  "Where are you, mate!?"  His voice gets louder as he opens the lab door and starts to come into the hall. The lab assistant lets out another squeal of fear and turns back quickly to the door.  "Alison Vaile!" she says hastily.  The door slides open immediately and she pretty much falls in.  She hits a panel on the other side, and the door slides rapidly shut, leaving you with a stunned expression in the hall. The last thing you see of her is a terrified look as Rebound comes towards you, her skin turned a rich blue-green and tears running down her face. "Hey, mate!  There you are," Rebound says as he reaches you.  "Who was that?" he asks, then continues with, "Never mind that, actually!  Vince and Johan are on the ground with Ms. Vaile!  Some assassin is trying to off her!  We gotta get down there!" Johan, Speed DemonInitiative: Marun 24 (2VP, power-stunned), Vince 23 (2HP, 1L), Johan 6 (3HP, 2L)  Vince leaps up with a beat of his wings, and plumets downward at his attacker, leading with his tail. Concealment roll (low miss): 11 hitsAttack roll: 18 hitsWill save (DC15): 12 fails (VP 15 succeeds) Vince hits hard, jabbing his slender tip of his tail into Marun.  He instinctively causes a release of poison, but just as it reaches the tip, Marun yanks the tail out, his image blurring again as the poison splatters the ground. Johan blasts at Marun again as well, narrowly missing Vince, but the stunning electricity hits right where Vince's tail did.   Concealment roll (low miss):  14 hitsAttack roll:  17 hitsWill save (DC15):  10 fails (no VP available) -- stunned Marun staggers backward, electricity outlining his form clearly as he reels from the hit and tries to recover.  As his form snaps back into focus, you see him in his ISA officer uniform, but out of place are a pair of large metal bracers he has attached to his wrists. Will save (DC15):  14 fails (VP 24 succeeds) ... but he's not blurry as he doesn't get an action this round! The officer with the energy net weapon is busy waiting for the thing to recharge, and doesn't get a shot off. Vince and Johan are up again. October 26, 2120Dover, England -- The York EstateBattle will continue once X12 posts.</blockquote>

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