EPIC M&M: Issue 7 (IC)

[Velmont]

"Is there a guard at the gate generally?" He doesn't wait for teh answer and start to walk to the gate. "I'll go checking"

OOC: I suppose I don't have all my gear, only my gun. If I have all my gear, I activate the ForceField and hand the helmet to Mitchell so she can use my communicator.

 

[Calinon]

EPIC Headquarters
Mega-city of New York
October 27, 2120

X12
"Well, you're gonna have a pretty hard time avoiding him I think. Dara thinks," she says, closing her eyes for a second. "... Jay is it? He doesn't blame you. At least that's what Dara thinks." She pokes you in the chest. "You," she says slowly, "have a gift. You can heal people with a touch. But that gift doesn't mean you can save everybody. That's too much to expect from yourself. And if you think anyone else expects that from you," she starts. "Don't you dare!" she exclaims with a laugh out of the blue, her eyes losing focus.

"I can't believe he said yes," she says before her eyes regain focus. "What was I saying?" she asks rhetorically. "Don't be mopey, I'll talk to Thunder, gift, don't blame yourself, don't show Sanjay and Loki Raisa naked," she counts off on one hand. "That leaves just one thing," she adds, that old predatory gleam in her eye.

You get the distinct impression she's asking permission in her own little Monica way.

Neutron
"Ok!" Dara says, grabbing one of yours and Loki's hands.

Don't you dare! comes a voice in your head that is not Dara's and you easily recognize as Monica's. She can show them herself, the voice laughs before Dara lets go of your hands.

"Aw man," Loki whines. "I wanted to see her naked."

"Who?" comes Raisa's voice as she comes around the corner to Loki's comment.

"Hi, Raisa!" Dara says with a wave. "You coming for breakfast?"

"I was considering it," she says, looking more than a little suspicious.

"She's going to get us killed," Loki whispers out of the side of his mouth to you.

Michelle and Jay

"Yes, that would be him. He always has been the leader of his small group. He was quite manipulative before his accident, but after everyone has learn about his powers, his little secret, he became a bit bitter."

"Yeah, he seemed bitter, not to mention whiny and depressed," Tara says. "Ummm sorry, but he did. I overheard Thunder talking to Sanchez on the radio that he wandered off after Mia Toan alone again."

"So, that's ARIS? Let's see what it got. ARIS. Can you do a search...create a forth folder where you'll put any information common to the three folders."

ARIS doesn't respond to Jay at all. Tara taps the screen.

"Hellooo ARIS," she says.

"Greetings, Mantis. What can I do for you?" ARIS responds.

"Ummm... why didn't you answer Jay?"

"He is not authorized to access my terminals, Mantis," ARIS responds.

Jay has all his gear in the crates, along with spare parts and design schematics, power sources, ammo, and so forth. His gun is over his back, his helmet hung from his belt.

"No, we don't normally need guards. ARIS monitors the grounds pretty well. Maybe someone was let in, or Vince forgot to close the gate or something when he brough Jun Po back?" Tara says questioningly.

Being outside, there are no terminals to access. The closest one would be in the EPIC HQ, or the school, or the motor pool, all about the same distance away. Just as you are considering going to one, Jay hands you his helmet, explaining its powerful communication ability.

He quickly grabs a few pieces of high tech gear from one of his cases and slips something onto his arm, then clips a metallic belt around his waist. Leaving his cases on the ground, he heads off towards the gate.

"Hey, wait up," Tara says, and with one leap closes the distance to him as the two move away from Michelle.

Please, please spell her name right Velmont... it confuses me so when you spell it Mitchell instead of Michelle!

Michelle
The helmet isn't exactly the most stylish, more a military item than anything, and it's a bit of a loose fit, but the communicator runs circles around your own. It would definitely stand up a lot better to the wear and tear of combat. It takes you a minute to figure out how to work the darn thing. By that point, a visor has descended, and there is a subtle shift of colors through the visor. Things appear brighter, probably allowing you to see in complete darkness. As the visor descends, the communication devices kick in. ARIS responds almost immediately.

"All gates onto the grounds are secure, Metal Mistress." There is a very brief pause. "I have confirmed the gate is sealed visually. The last person to pass through the main gate was Speed Demon. May I be of further assistance?"

As you glance back towards the gate, you see Jay and Tara are within a short distance, several hundred feet away from you. For a moment, nothing seems amiss. Then you think you notice movement from one of the monuments near the Headquarters. You turn to look more closely and you think you see a hint of movement far to your right, just barely in your periferal vision. You whirl towards it, but you don't see anything.

Then you hear three words in Jay's helmet.

"Observe radio silence."

Michael
You and Cosmo make a few loose 'plans' but nothing concrete. Mostly a general plan to reassert your combined authority over the other students. As you banter, and as Johan and his odd companions are heading towards the school, Anna confronts the energy ... thing, and after a very short argument and what looks like a fair portion of threatening, recovers the giant stuffed rabbit you had bought her in the mall.

She zips off towards the workshop, bunny in hand and another Johan in tow.

"Oh hey, we have multiple super brains now. That one," Cosmo says pointing towards the Johan going towards the school, "has the brains, and the gadgets, and the sidekicks. That one is about as bright as a sack of hammers and can duplicate. Oh yeah, in case you missed it, our little wheelchair bound geek isn't so wheelchair bound any more. Can't wear her armor either, but she runs fast," he says with a laugh. "Maybe they'll get rid of the demon now."

"I find that highly unlikely, Cosmo," comes a somewhat stern voice behind the two of you. Kodiak stands behind her with his arms crossed, trying to maintain a stern look but pulling off something closer to 'Happy Bear' face.

"Good to see you up and about," Cosmo says smoothly.

"You may go with Kodiak now," she says dismissively to Cosmo, her eyes staying on you.

"I can? Why?" Cosmo says.

"Because he wishes to speak with you."

"I do?" Kodiak says, then grunts as he is elbowed in the stomach. "I do."

"Now just hold on here. He just got back and urk!" he says as Kodiak comes over and clamps a hand onto his shoulder, forcing Cosmo to walk away with him. "Ow... new pain... right, talk... love to... ow," he says as they walk off.

"I understand you are feeling better... Michael? It is Michael now, isn't it?" she asks you in a casual fashion.

Johan
"Mmmm.... breakfast!" says Jennifer, her stomach giving a rumble at the thought.

"Wraa!" says Mr. Bunny.

The three of you take about five steps before you are halted by a displeased looking Anna.

"My bunny," she says, grabbing hold of the stuffed rabbit Mr. Bunny has a hold of.

"Wraa..." Mr. Bunny growls back.

"I can turn you off," she says threateningly to the energy troll. He growls at her. "No more bunny-girls," she says. He growls again. "No more little girls to follow around," she says.

"Wraa!" Mr. Bunny exclaims, shoving the stuffed rabbit at Anna, who smirks and zips off without so much as a thank you or good bye.

The three of you head off to get something to eat. You choose a less travelled route to avoid any possible encounters on the way. "She sure isn't very nice," Jennifer says about Anna as you make your way down a hall. "I wanna go home," she says with a pout as you enter the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is rather packed, and you manage to get noticed rather quickly. You see Carl at the buffet table.

Many unfriendly expressions greet you and your little group. Jennifer fails to notice as she races to the buffet, plowing into Dara who is racing towards the apples on said buffet. Mr. Bunny collides into Jennifer, propelling the three into Carl. There is a fruit and waffle and Carl explosion.

"Hi, I'm Dara!" Dara says.

"Hi, I'm Jennifer!" Jennifer says.

"Wraa!" Mr. Bunny says.

"I miss China," Carl says, waffle on his head.

Vince
"Nope, I have work to do on something," she says vaguely. "And I need to recover my stuffed rabbit." With that, she zips over to block Johan (the smart one) and his entourage from leaving, appears to threaten Mr. Bunny successfully, recovers her rabbit, and zip off towards the workshop. Johan (the not so smart one) runs after her.

You zip towards the cafeteria and see a group of students training in one of the excersise fields, practicing their powers. As you pause to watch a moment, you see most have not developed their powers to full effectiveness and it makes for a rather explosive show at times. There is also a new instructor observing them, moving about the outside of the field. He is wearing black armor of some sort, and you don't recognize the form. After a minute of watching, you are about to head for food when the instructor moves overly cautionsly towards the girls dormatory, disappearing through one of the doors.

 

[Agamon]

"D'oh!" Sanjay exclaims, his face scrunched up. "Yeah, like she's going to show...hi, Raisa!" he interupts himself, beaming an exagerated smile.

"Yeah, I don't think squished tin can is a very good look for me..." he quietly responds to Randall.

He looks back at Dara. "How did she know?" he says, doing his best to be non-specific. "Are you two linked up? Or whatever you call that?" he asks her, pointing at his head. He grabs a couple peices of fruit to compliment what breakfast he already had. Peeling a banana, he says, "She told me you two are hanging out tonight. So, what's on the agenda?"

 

[Velmont]

OOC: Sorry, I'm running an adventure with a character named Mitchell...

Jay approach cautionnly the gate and start to look for any infration that could be seen. Once he has done his search, he turns to Mantis.

"Tara, you're more familiar with the gate. Anything looks strange to you."

 

[Dalamar]

Johan, 5/5 HP, no armor

"Well, if all goes as hoped, you should be back to Mr. Split by today evening," Johan consoles Jennifer as they walk down the hallways.

Johan notes that he preferred it when he was just considered the geek and ignored to the hostile attention that he is garnering at the moment. Still, despite how he at times acts, he considers the momentary amusent presented by Jennifer's antics as exceeding the constant trouble she is generating
"Ah, seems you ran into Jennifer already, Dara. I was considering introducing you two earlier, but you seemed absorbed in discussion. You see, Jennifer here hasn't managed to befriend that many people, and I thought that a person like you who is always cheery would probably get along with her quite well," the young brainiac says as he starts collecting a healthy breakfast on a plate.

 

[Gideon]

A quizical look slams itself on to Mike's face. The eyebrow is slightly arched as he looks at the small Asian woman.

"Yeah, I'm Michael. I guess I am feeling better."

So she moved Cosmo for a reason. Lets hope all asain woman aren't as crazy as Dara. She is pretty, though.

 

[Mimic]

Michelle HP 5/5 status: unhurt

Michelle tenses slightly for a moment before forcing herself to loosen up, "they know you are here and they are watching, play it cool," she thinks to herself. "Guys, wait up." She calls out to Jay and Tara as she starts to lightly jog to catch up to them.

As she catches up to them she trys to figure out how to make a secure line between herself and Thunder.*

"Security breach on the grounds of Epic headquarters, unknown amount of intruders, armaments unknown but likely, agenda unknown, backup needed ASAP." she says quickly and quietly to whoever is recieving the communication.**

Once she catches up with the others she will remove the helmet and gives it back to Jay as well as leaning in and giving him a hug as if in thanks. In a whisper he hears:

"Intruders, we are being watched."

OOC:
* If not Thunder then any other senior Epic member then any Epic Beta member and lastly ARIS
** If she can't get a secure line then she will use an unsecure one.

Bluff +7, electronics +12

 

[Calinon]

EPIC Headquarters
Mega-city of New York
October 27, 2120

Michael
"Good," she says. "And do you remember what you did to garner being sent to Master Wen for help, to Vincent and to myself?" she asks bluntly. Oddly enough, she doesn't seem overly mad about anything, just curious.

Neutron
Raisa looks from Dara to you to Loki with a bit of a frown, and follows you into the cafeteria for breakfast.

"Are you two linked up? Or whatever you call that?"

"Yup," Dara cheerfully. "Quickest way to learn about everything that went on with each other," she says, affixing you with a cheshire grin.

"Don't tell me you did it again," Raisa says with a roll of her eyes. "We just got back and..."

"Nooo," Dara responds. "I can control that now. We did it because we could, not by accident."

"She told me you two are hanging out tonight. So, what's on the agenda?"

"Oh you know," Dara says, getting a bit of a funny grin on her face. "Make clothes, try on clothes, talk about boys and then make out until dawn!"

Loki blows milk out his nose, banging his hand on the table. Raisa laughs. Dara laughs. Nearby boys look for pillows.

"Well, that should start rumors," Raisa smirks, patting Loki on the back, finally giving him a thunderous clap that sends a strawberry zipping across the room. It smacks into the forehead of a student with an obviously freshly broken nose, sending him crashing backwards to the floor.

"Owww... by dose!" you hear, as much laughter is had about the room, along with, you can tell, a lot of whispered gossip.

Dara glances over to the buffet table, as if suddenly remembering why you came here, and tears off with her typical exuberance just as Johan comes in and Jennifer and Mr. Bunny do the same. The trio collide and then plow into Carl, resulting in a fruit and waffle and Carl explosion.

"Poor Carl," Raisa says semi-seriously, heading over to the buffet table as well, and avoiding the heap of people.

Loki finally recovers enough to speak. "Dude! You. Are. My. Hero. That's so hot!"

Johan

You see, Jennifer here hasn't managed to befriend that many people, and I thought that a person like you who is always cheery would probably get along with her quite well," the young brainiac says as he starts collecting a healthy breakfast on a plate.

"My apple!" Dara cuts you off as her apple rolls across the floor. She gives chase, despite the fact a whole basket sits atop the buffet table. Jennifer gets up and tries to reach the apples, but she's too short.

Mr. Bunny goes over to Carl and with a massive slurp, engulfs the top of Carl's head with his entire mouth, eating the waffle and sucking on Carl's scalp.

"What the <censored>!" Carl exclaims, rising up with a giant pink troll attached to his skull by way of its mouth. The next sound from Carl is the powering up of his gun as he draws it out of its holster. He gives a shove, knocking Mr. Bunny back a step and before the pink energy troll regains its balance there is the barrel of a gun against the middle of it's head.

Carl looks a bit peeved. There is some form of energy drool dripping down his cheek.

There is general silence in the room, then someone yells out "Blast 'im Carl!"

"Say your prayers, rabbit," Carl grins. There is a general cheer.

"Leave Mr. Bunny alone!" Jennifer exclaims, kicking Carl ineffectively in the shins.

"Yeah, leave Mr. Bunny alone," Raisa says with a snort, still gathering her breakfast.

The rest must wait for Vince.

 

[Elementor]

Pausing in his pursuit of food, the odd activity on the practice field has Vince's curiosity manage to overcome his hunger. "ARIS, who is the individual that is in the black armour heading into the girls dorms? Is he an instuctor and what are his powers please."

While awaiting ARIS' answers, Vince scans the area around himself and towards the girls dorm where the man disappeared.

Unless ARIS comes back with an answer that the sneaking man has instant demon disintegration powers or something, Vince will Superspeed his way to the dorm to find out if he is up to no good.

OOC: This is where I get rolled

 

[Mordane76]

"Not today, Monica; I just got back, and I'm not ready for anything so intimate," X12 says. "There's so much I need to set in order here now that I've returned."