October 27, 2120
Mega-City of New York
EPIC Headquarters, The War Room
As the conversation goes on, Dara is humming away as she fools about on one of the terminals.
"Yeah, for some reason I need a new gun. I wonder why I need a new gun," Carl grumbles.
"I got a question," Tara says, interrupting. "Why the heck would he agree to go to a field, or a stadium, or anyplace that screams 'I'm a trap! Come here!'?"
"Because we're hoping he wants the girl back as much as she wants to go back," Cosmo sighs. "The real question is what do we tell him we want for this exchange, or are we going to try to convince him we're doing this out of the goodness of our hearts? Because if we can't at least convince him there is a reason for this, he's going to come wherever we say with that chick with the same powers, his two buddies from the train and a hovership full of robots to nuke the crap out of Johan and whoever is standing in the open with the girl."
"I like this pl.. ow!" exclaims the other Johan as he is once more smacked upside the head.
"We can count on that anyway, mate," Rebound says. "It's not like he's ever contacted us about her, asking to trade her back or anything. No matter what we say, he's gonna know its a trap. Not that we have any idea where to send the bloke."
Morgentaller District
X12
The pale woman closes her eyes a moment, then opens them and shakes her head to your statement. However, she gestures for you to come in and the welcoming smell of freshly baked bread comes to your nose. To you it is nearly overpowering.
As you enter, she closes the door quietly behind you and you look around the interior. It's tastefully decorated with a waiting room to your left and an antique desk, probably for the woman behind you.
With a start you feel a tug on the neck of your uniform light touch at the base of your neck.
Lynne Jenkins
As X12 goes inside, you settle down and draw memories out of the gate. In a rush, you get a rather large range of images, including a number of star figures. As the images flit by, one of them grabs your attention. It is X12, entering the house in the company of a woman. As the door closes, you see one of the women's eyes glowing red and you snap back to reality.
It seems that X12 has been here before. However, from his greetings at the door, you wonder if he knows it.
You didn't get the greatest of results on the gate, and it will take a hero point to better your results should you want to investigate further.