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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 2146954" data-attributes="member: 13737">EPIC HeadquartersMega-city of New YorkOctober 27, 2120X12"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"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."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!MichelleThe 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."MichaelYou 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.</blockquote>

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