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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1875679" data-attributes="member: 13737">SAP HeadquartersNeutron"Oh," she says.  "Odd; it shouldn't blink.  Let me just..." she says, reaching to unclasp the locket so she can take a look.  "Unnnnnngh," she says as she suddenly stiffens, electricity dancing about her fingers and neck.  The discharge stops and she collapses in the corner. The pulsing on her locket continues to flash, getting noticably faster, nearly double in speed in fact! The locket itself, when you try (and I know you will!) you will be able to tell that the locket is normal precious metals (silver, platinum mixture) but the flashing bit is an extremely (I do mean extremely) hard substance that would take you probably 15 seconds to transmute, despite its tiny size. Metal MistressLeaving the rest of the team in the garage, you launch yourself out after Gavião de Gelo.  The glassteel of the building flashes by as you follow the winged SAEF hero around the building.  Well below, two elevators are making their way upwards, while another pair move downwards.  People are in all of them, but you can see the black uniform of Neutron in the farthest elevator.  Details are not available. "Alison Vaile has collapsed," Gavião de Gelo says to you, eyes glowing as he starts pulling out his massive ice hammer.  He heads well above the elevator and slams his hammer into the glass, shattering a huge section of the window to get at the elevator.  Tara streaks down beneath the falling glass, using her wings to create a vortex to catch the shards falling towards the ground, taking them in a controlled fall earthward. "Quickly, stop the elevator as it passes!" Gavião de Gelo calls to you, holding onto cross beam above the hole he created. JohanSince Vince seems to be an NPC suddenly... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /> You come to, groggily and in some pain, Rebound slapping your face to bring you to.  Well above you, Vince is running at a blistering pace up the side of the building. "Sorry, mate," Rebound says.  "It seemed like a good idea at the time." "I got 'em all cuffed, Rebound," Loki says from somewhere behind you.  "One of 'em is coming around." October 26, 2120Dover, England -- The York Estate"Just hold tight, amigo," Titan replies.  "If Tank has fled, you should be safe enough until we arrive.  Should only take a few minutes.for us to arrive." And true to his word, they arrive shortly after.  Without much being said, loads the van into the jet and you are flown to the local hospital, where Thunder is examined and treated.  The flight is relatively quiet; Lord York and Jeremy seem to be wrapped up in their own thoughts.  After you land and Thunder is taken by Kodiak and Trailblazer into the hospital, Titan and Empath pulls X12 aside. X12"I am curious.  How did Tank know you were there, and why did he attack the York's?" he asks of you.  Lord York is busy in the jet, speaking with his son, Jeremy. "From what I gathered from the damage, the battle seems to have originated in the back of the mansion," Empath says, looking at pictures the jet has taken on their flyover. JeremyYour father is quietly reflective during the flight.  Once people start to leave, however, he pulls you aside with the cases.  Placing his hand on the surface of the case, an unseen scanner activates, taking a palmprint.  He follows this with a voiceprint and finally a key to unlock the manual lock. "The cases are keyed to open for me, you or Kevin, though I think we'll restrict that following today.  I was saving them for your graduation, for when you entered the mutant corps here in England," he says.  He lifts the case to reveal a small arsenal of high tech gadgets and gizmos. "Given recent events, I think it would be an excellent choice to have you join EPIC.  I have no doubt the mutant corps shall have no interest in chasing down those that attacked our home, or bringing that... false son... that creature... to justice.  Both, I think, EPIC will be most interested in.  Plus, the corps are not nearly as strong as EPIC, and if that armored maniac were to come with any sort of force, far more than you would find themselves endangered. "I will use our fortune to secure my own safety, but locking you away behind guards and mercenaries is not something I will enforce upon you.  You may join me in hiding if you like, but I think with these tools I made for you, and the ones I had made for Kevin, and your military training, you will be a welcome addition to EPIC. "Of course, my funding of the school will make it nearly impossible for Thunder to say no.  And it certainly won't hurt business to have York Industries devices used publicly.  Quite an advertisement that will be," he finishes, a comment reminding you that he is very much the businessman.</blockquote>

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