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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Calinon" data-source="post: 2207782" data-attributes="member: 13737">EPIC HeadquartersMega-city of New YorkOctober 27, 2120Johan"Indeed," Jun Po says.  "It seems Carl is quite upset and understandably so," she continues once you are well away from your room and Carl has vanished with his unconscious burden.  "I believe there was a strong familial tie to his weapon."As you get to her quarters, she stops and looks to Jennifer.  "You, young lady, must pay close attention to what I now say."  Jennifer does just that, quite amazingly.  "If you desire my protection, you must promise to not take another item that does not belong to you and you must not transmit yourself into an electronic state.  If you cannot agree to this I will bid you all...""Ok!" Jennifer says immediately."Wraa!" says Mr. Bunny.And with that, Jun Po opens the door and the two, girl and troll, scamper in.Jun Po simply regards you as you hear a squeal of "COOL!" and "WRAA!""You may enter as well, Johan.  I will update Thunder on our situation.  Undoubtedly, he will want to speak with you all too quickly."Inside the room is a rather remarkable sight.  First, there are about ten steps leading down before you actually get to the quarters.  Once down, you bear witness to a large apartment, decorated in ancient Japanese and Chinese artifacts and styles.  Several ancient and gleaming suits of Samurai armor, along with her own armor, stand carefully displayed.  Several equally ancient and polished swords hang from racks and walls.  Furniture is limited, mostly low pads and benches.  The only break in the theme of the room is through a door across the main living room.  Through that door, you see Jennifer and Mr. Bunny plopped down on the floor well back of a giant monitor.  Between them is a high tech gaming system, and on the screen a space fighter game.  The room appears to be a home-theatre and gaming room rolled into one.Neutron and Vince"Would it," she states to your first comment, giving a long pause.  "I suppose it would."  It seems to you that the thought never actually occurred to her before, or maybe she's just playing with your mind.  You just can't tell.  "I cannot meet your request.  I cannot deactivate the scanning systems built into my eye.  Unless we are touring your school, I won't be seeing anyone or anything that I haven't already seen before.""I have nothing to hide from any member of EPIC," she states.  "I already know a member of EPIC broke the mutant out of our holding facility.  Our secruity cameras spotted one of yoru chest symbols.  Once I discovered that, I asked Thunder if she was here.  He lied.  That left me little choice but to order your base searched.  Any other questions," she says."I do," Anna says almost immediately.  "How did you lose your eye and where'd you get that one?"For the first time that you've ever seen, a comment illicits a reaction from Captain Majors.  She pauses and after a moment, you realize her good eye is closed and her breathing is a bit ragged.  It lasts just a moment before she regains control of herself."An accident.  Let us go and speak with Thunder."MichelleYou find a fairly detailed report by Thunder regarding the events in China.  While day to day activities are not listed, all of their major encounters are, including those involving Prophet and a locked file.  Amazingly, the locked file opens for your code.Inside is a more than troubling letter that has been sent to pretty much every hero teams, regardless of how they and EPIC get along.  It is an analysis of the "Directives" which were created by Prophet for an unknown purpose, including three others that are known of.  Xi, who is at Master Wen's academy in China, the mystery directive with abilities like X12 in Great Britain and what is belived to be the first of them, "X1", who Kodiak, Trailblazer and Empath recently captured with the help of the Russian military.Thunder recommends in the document that the directives be sought out and captured so that Prophet's plans for them can be investigated and halted.  As you try to digest all this information, you spot X12 on one of the monitors, slipping over the main gate.  No alarm sounds and ARIS doesn't alert anyone, probably because X12 is a member of EPIC.  Thunder isn't near the security monitors, and doesn't notice.Michael"I'm just a teenager, Michael," Raisa says.  "I'm not old enough to teach anyone anything.  And I've only been a 'superhero' since we got here.  That's not much of a resume," she finishes, just as she finishes her food.  Pushing her tray away from her, she gets up.  "But at least they have a pool," she says as Loki bursts into the room.  Suddenly the lights go out, then come back on as Cosmo bursts into the room.  All three other exits swing closed."Which way'd the little rat go?" Cosmo says with a grin."Well, on that note, I'm going for a swim," Raisa says with a shake of her head."Swim?" Cosmo says.  "Hey, now that sounds like a good idea."You have little doubt as to why Cosmo thinks that is a good idea."I'll have ARIS let you know when I'm done," Raisa says unpleasantly as she heads out towards the pool.X12You are all of a minute shy of making the Mag-Lev, but it will only be about 15-20 minutes at most for the next train.  You also are not alone on the platform.  Many people are making their way towards the nearby park, and a few others are waiting to board.  As you stand waiting, you can't help but feel that everyone is watching you.  You start to get nervous when you realize... they are!And you suddenly realize why.You're still in your EPIC uniform.Luckily for you, the train has nearly arrived.Downtown New YorkLynn JenkinsYou have more than enough authority to halt your would be savior in his tracks, averting a call to security or the police.  The pickpocket takes the money you hand him, then runs for it without looking back."I don't get it," the man from the soveneir shop says.  "Why'd you do that?"The rest of the shops continue to open up for business now that the excitement is passed.</blockquote>

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