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<blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 1992943" data-attributes="member: 13737"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>October 26, 2120</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Dover, England</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Dover Medical Facility</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>X12</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You toss the curtain aside and take stock of the general confusion over the sudden non-medical-related action. The entry way door clicks shut and you run over to give chase. About ten feet from the door, Kodiak pulls it open and steps in. He surprises you by lunging forward and grabbing hold of you, tripping you to the ground!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"That is far enough," he growls down at you.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Raisa, Dara and Carl are through the door after him almost immediately.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Vibro, if he moves, shoot him," Kodiak says, looking around the room.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Uhh...." Carl says, not pulling out his gun.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Kodiak, unless someone stripped X and stole his uniform, I think this is the real X," Raisa mutters.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Well, he's real mad anyway. I'm not quite sure Kodiak can bend enough to do that to himself, X," Dara says.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Kodiak sighs. "I was not selected for my detective skills, comrades," he says, heading back for the door as a pair of energy blasts sound from the foyer. Kodiak sighs again. "I need a vacation," he mutters as Raisa pulls you to your feet and the lot of you head out the door.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Jay</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The faint sound of you changing settings gives your target just enough time to avoid the blasts, far more deftly than you'd have expected.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>Initiatives: Imposter 20, Jay 14</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><em>Attack rolls: 17, 19 (both miss -- he made his spot check to avoid surprise)</em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">He glances back and rushes for a side door, seemingly uninterested in combat. You see him pull out a knife as he passes through the door, closing it behind him.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>X12</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">By the time you get outside emergency, your imposter isn't visible, though Jay has his weapon out trained on a door nearby.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Which way'd he go?" Carl asks, looking around.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Why exactly are we after him?" Raisa asks.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Ooo, apples," Dara says, spotting a basket of apples on the reception desk and heading over.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Kodiak growls and speaks into his communicator, "Trailblazer, there's another X12 running around here somewhere if you are not to busy eating hot dogs."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Brazilia Medical Facility</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>October 14, 2120</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Michelle</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Empath doesn't look too amused, but turns from you to look at Tara. Her eyes widen and with a surprising suddenness she steps forward and launches a backhand at the girl. The blow passes right through her, and Tara winks out of existance.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Protect your mind," she says to you, just before a mental blast tears through the near empty cafeteria. The few people inside suddenly topple over, as does Titan. Tara appears about fifteen feet away, already unconscious.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Now that wasn't very nice, Angelique," Anithos says as he appears. Rather than his suave form, he just appears like a geeky kid. However, his powerful charismatic abilities don't seem any lessened. "You're looking lovely today," he adds with an impish grin, pulling out a rose from his sleeve.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"You won't... I can s... what is... for me?" she says, her face going from angry to confused then to rather enamored, and her voice taking similar tones.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Most certainly," he says, walking over confidently and handing her the rose. He gives you just a little wink, obviously not considering you a threat, and not even trying to put his whammy on you. "I think you might have hurt Titan with that little blast," he says to her.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Sanjay</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Our enemies have telepaths," Thunder replies. "I can count the number of EPIC members with protection against them on one hand. Are you one of them, Neutron?</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"And you should have more common sense than this. After the effort to erase you from damn near every database in the world to protect her, you continue to treat this like a game."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"She's a big girl now," Tyra laughs, apparently unconcerned. "It'll come out eventually, and then what will you do," she says, going with you along the hall, leaving Thunder standing there. You are nearly to the corner before you hear the answer.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Go to her funeral."</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">It's not too far until you reach the room however, and the rest of the short walk is pretty much in silence. When you get in the room, Monica is sprawled across the bed sleeping.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"And just what did you do to my daughter?!" Tyra says with exagerated concern and very loudly. Monica starts awake and sits up.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Huh? Where? MOM?!" she says, pulling the blanket quickly up to cover herself.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You hear Thunder sigh with disgust, turn and walk away.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">"Did you get a good look, perv?" Monica shouts after him</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>In the M-TAC Mainframe, New York</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Johan</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">With an explosion of light, you blast out of the overhead lighting, landing on the floor outside the girl's cage. (OOC: Jennifer huh? Saves me looking it up!) The light fixture is pretty much destroyed by your exit, and you begin to wonder if it's a secondary effect, or if you just need practice.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">You are inside another cell in which the energy cell sits. A heavy alloy door is the only exit. A quartet of turret mounts are present, one in each corner, but there are no guns. In fact, the entire room seems stripped of everything mechanical, save for the lighting and energy field. Glancing up at the light, you realize it was shielded heavily in non-conductive plastic before you came through.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Jennifer is startled by your sudden appearance, plus you appear with your back to her. "Mister Split? You came to get me!" she says excitedly.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Red flashing lights go off and an alarm siren sounds. It's probably not one of those good flashing light loud siren combinations...</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calinon, post: 1992943, member: 13737"] [SIZE=2][FONT=Times New Roman][B]October 26, 2120 Dover, England Dover Medical Facility X12[/B] You toss the curtain aside and take stock of the general confusion over the sudden non-medical-related action. The entry way door clicks shut and you run over to give chase. About ten feet from the door, Kodiak pulls it open and steps in. He surprises you by lunging forward and grabbing hold of you, tripping you to the ground! "That is far enough," he growls down at you. Raisa, Dara and Carl are through the door after him almost immediately. "Vibro, if he moves, shoot him," Kodiak says, looking around the room. "Uhh...." Carl says, not pulling out his gun. "Kodiak, unless someone stripped X and stole his uniform, I think this is the real X," Raisa mutters. "Well, he's real mad anyway. I'm not quite sure Kodiak can bend enough to do that to himself, X," Dara says. Kodiak sighs. "I was not selected for my detective skills, comrades," he says, heading back for the door as a pair of energy blasts sound from the foyer. Kodiak sighs again. "I need a vacation," he mutters as Raisa pulls you to your feet and the lot of you head out the door. [B]Jay[/B] The faint sound of you changing settings gives your target just enough time to avoid the blasts, far more deftly than you'd have expected. [I]Initiatives: Imposter 20, Jay 14 Attack rolls: 17, 19 (both miss -- he made his spot check to avoid surprise)[/I] He glances back and rushes for a side door, seemingly uninterested in combat. You see him pull out a knife as he passes through the door, closing it behind him. [B]X12[/B] By the time you get outside emergency, your imposter isn't visible, though Jay has his weapon out trained on a door nearby. "Which way'd he go?" Carl asks, looking around. "Why exactly are we after him?" Raisa asks. "Ooo, apples," Dara says, spotting a basket of apples on the reception desk and heading over. Kodiak growls and speaks into his communicator, "Trailblazer, there's another X12 running around here somewhere if you are not to busy eating hot dogs." [B]Brazilia Medical Facility October 14, 2120 Michelle[/B] Empath doesn't look too amused, but turns from you to look at Tara. Her eyes widen and with a surprising suddenness she steps forward and launches a backhand at the girl. The blow passes right through her, and Tara winks out of existance. "Protect your mind," she says to you, just before a mental blast tears through the near empty cafeteria. The few people inside suddenly topple over, as does Titan. Tara appears about fifteen feet away, already unconscious. "Now that wasn't very nice, Angelique," Anithos says as he appears. Rather than his suave form, he just appears like a geeky kid. However, his powerful charismatic abilities don't seem any lessened. "You're looking lovely today," he adds with an impish grin, pulling out a rose from his sleeve. "You won't... I can s... what is... for me?" she says, her face going from angry to confused then to rather enamored, and her voice taking similar tones. "Most certainly," he says, walking over confidently and handing her the rose. He gives you just a little wink, obviously not considering you a threat, and not even trying to put his whammy on you. "I think you might have hurt Titan with that little blast," he says to her. [B]Sanjay[/B] "Our enemies have telepaths," Thunder replies. "I can count the number of EPIC members with protection against them on one hand. Are you one of them, Neutron? "And you should have more common sense than this. After the effort to erase you from damn near every database in the world to protect her, you continue to treat this like a game." "She's a big girl now," Tyra laughs, apparently unconcerned. "It'll come out eventually, and then what will you do," she says, going with you along the hall, leaving Thunder standing there. You are nearly to the corner before you hear the answer. "Go to her funeral." It's not too far until you reach the room however, and the rest of the short walk is pretty much in silence. When you get in the room, Monica is sprawled across the bed sleeping. "And just what did you do to my daughter?!" Tyra says with exagerated concern and very loudly. Monica starts awake and sits up. "Huh? Where? MOM?!" she says, pulling the blanket quickly up to cover herself. You hear Thunder sigh with disgust, turn and walk away. "Did you get a good look, perv?" Monica shouts after him [B]In the M-TAC Mainframe, New York Johan[/B] With an explosion of light, you blast out of the overhead lighting, landing on the floor outside the girl's cage. (OOC: Jennifer huh? Saves me looking it up!) The light fixture is pretty much destroyed by your exit, and you begin to wonder if it's a secondary effect, or if you just need practice. You are inside another cell in which the energy cell sits. A heavy alloy door is the only exit. A quartet of turret mounts are present, one in each corner, but there are no guns. In fact, the entire room seems stripped of everything mechanical, save for the lighting and energy field. Glancing up at the light, you realize it was shielded heavily in non-conductive plastic before you came through. Jennifer is startled by your sudden appearance, plus you appear with your back to her. "Mister Split? You came to get me!" she says excitedly. Red flashing lights go off and an alarm siren sounds. It's probably not one of those good flashing light loud siren combinations...[/FONT][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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