Generation Legacy Issue #12

[KentArnold]

Jun Min shrugs, “I don’t know, Ryan was just worried. But this is a safe place Tim, so just relax okay? I wish I could be more of a comfort to you, but maybe you can tell me about Jean and your phone call?”

She smiles knowingly tapping her forehead.

He sat down, getting comfortable, still wondering what Ryan was up to. He had no reason to be concerned about him, which meant that there was something he wasnt being told. He let it slide, figuring that this was normal and par for the course.

"We talked, I was just telling her what it's like here at the Institute, and about some of the things that have happened recently. Not all of it of course. The two Elites who attacked the Institute itself I neglected to mention. Didnt want to scare her and all that."

He paused, gathering his thoughts, trying not to get too personal, "She's a good friend, several years older of course. Was there when my powers bloomed. So of course we share a ... bond of sorts. Why the interest anyway? It's not like I'm a government agent who might be leaking sensitive information or anything like that."

 

[Hammerhead]

Ryan glances at Gilden, then shouts "Okay!" as happily as possible. I love getting atomized. He rushes forward into the air, then kicks off a wall to present a more difficult target. "Tina, if we can't drop Fido quick, just run past him and keep looking for Kelly or anyone else in need of help in this madhouse."

At ten feet away, Ryan raises his arm and fires a concentrated burst of cosmic power into the robotic dog, seeking to break it into its component molecules simply for the sake of poetic justice.

Initiative +13. Move Action to approach within ten feet, then use Corrosion +10. Ryan attacks at +10, then the robot dog has to make a Fortitude Save DC 20 to avoid Toughness Drain, then a Toughness Save at DC 25. Ryan's Boost is still at full effect.

 

[Samnell]

Mark unleashes a whirlwind of speed and smashes three out of the five standing STAR units fall in apart in pieces under the fury of his impact gloves and his extreme speed!

Two to go. Think I'm starting to get how this works. Mark smiled grimly. And Kelly's dying and Cassie's gone and Tommy's dead and this is a stupid time to get impressed with myself.

Charlotte’s distinct mass descends on another STAR and it collapses as the mass of spiders chew into the vital circuitry underneath.

Wow...uh...I need to shower now. That's creepy. Mark fought back a memory of spiders crawling all over his skin where he lay on the floor in a pair of dirty underwear. Someone was screaming about them and cutting something. Blood was everywhere, but not Mark's.

Ten more STAR units appear and begin blasting indiscriminately at the teen elites! Luckily their aim is untrue and the blasts barely miss the young elites as they evade harm, even Anika! Many of the blasts ricocheting off the watery force field surrounding the portal!

"Wedon'thavetimeforthis. Any location on Kelly, Gadget?" Mark clenched his fists and spat out to the uncaring robots, "You're not Star!"

If the ten new Stars are in range (50 feet), then Rapid Attack. +6 to hit, +10 damage. If they're not, Mark closes with them and does a move-by attack on the closest. Same stats as Rapid Attack. He stays within 50 feet of the Stars if he moves by, so he could rapid attack next round.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

"I agree, we really don't have time for this!" Charlotte said via proxy, through her appendage, before sending it out to attack again. This time it explodes infront of the Star(s) only to jump onto it in search of vital circuitry.


If Mark ends up bashing all the 10 Stars, Charlotte will just attack the other Star close to her appendage/Karen, if there's 4 or more standing next to each other anywhere, she'll instead send it to attack and spend Extra Effort to grab Takedown Attack. Either way she'll use All-out Attack 5, Power Attack 5 and take 10 for a roll of 19 with +14 damage

 

[Mimic]

Gilden nods in response and waits a moment after Ryan charges before flying upwards and letting loose a mystic blast of his own.

ooc: Initiative +8. Move action to fly upwards (assuming there is enough room) +9 to hit (using the accurate pf.) If it hits then I believe its a 24 toughness save, the blast does have penetrating.

 

[Tokiwong]

"You are...completely insane, I think you should get counseling or something...well you'd just try and mind control the therapist I guess so it wouldn't really work...If you really love me...you wouldn't be killing everyone...everyone that I care about. I love Mommy and daddy and you doing that makes me wanna hate you." Kelly says, her eyes closed against the brightness from her lightning cloud as it continues to crackle and eat away at the room and everything in it.

"Why can't you just give my mommy back? It'd make me belive you more, and trust you. You already have tons of other bodies you said... let me have her...please?" Kelly begs, trying to convince him to leave her mom alone. (Diplomacy 27)

“Why?” Legion chuckles, “Because it amuses me… but perhaps for you I shall give her back… if only for a moment…”

Kelly’s mother blinks, “Oh my god… Kelly… Kelly… oh my god,” she bursts into tears, “I am so sorry… I can’t con-”

“She has no control,” Legion replies regaining control laughing through her tears. He turns to look at the metallic sheen of the wall as the area crackles with ozone, “Your mother is a beautiful woman. She has beautiful genes. Truly a classic beauty with a petulant daughter, too good to settle down with her true love…”

“What do I get if I give her back to you,” Legion replies pulling a pistol, “how far will you go to save the life of your mother?”

Cassie

Red Witch laughs loudly, her shrill laughter echoing in the large room. She stands and an ebony staff forms in her hand, a large fist sized crimson jewel glowing, giving the room a sinister red hue. She shakes her head, “Mortals… you watch them for countless millennia, and yet they learn nothing. You look at me and believe that I am trying to convince you to see as I do… as if I need you. No, I do not need you. But if you wish to survive the fate ahead of you, you will need me.”

“Your precious human history is a cycle, a cycle of violence punctuated by brief seasons of peace. That is what I see… but you want to know why you exist, you want to see how you came to this time… this place. I could show you… but all knowledge comes with a price. A price you would have to pay, but I promise you knowledge… you will know why you have come to be,” she says enticingly.

Battling the STARs

Initiative: Mark 52, Anika 25, Cyber-Ape X 18, Kiyana 17, Charlotte 16, STAR Units 13, Karen 4

Mark unleashes another whirlwind of blurring strikes, his fury growing as he takes down seven more of the newcomer STARs, truly his speed is just too much for the sophisticated STAR units to handle!

Three STAR units make their Toughness saves with a roll of 26, 27, and 25. The rest are out of the fight!

Anika shields her eyes as large beast like figure flashes into view. It looks like a massive ape of silver metal. It stands at ten feet easily on its legs beating its metallic chest with a fury! When it rests for a moments its long arms are decidedly ape like and it settles its vision on the blurring form of Mark!

It leaps in the air and slams the ground with terrible force leaping clear over the blonde elite and crashing into the ground with devastating force! All of the STAR units fall to the ground knocked down by the tremendous area attack! All of the Legacy teens are knocked to the ground except Karen, and the portal closes as Anika loses her concentration!

Groundtrike attack by the Cyber-Ape X! Mark rolls a Reflex save to halve the effect he gets a 34 and fails, he rolls a 23 Dexterity check is knocked prone! Karen rolls a 45, her sturdy body is still standing! Charlotte rolls a 23 and 22 reflex save and fails and then rolls a 20 and 21 dexterity check versus trip and is knocked prone as well, both her and her unattached limb. Anika rolls 16 Reflex save to halve the Trip effect and fails. She rolls a 12 Dexterity check and is also tripped. She rolls a 13 Concentration check and fails… the portal closes! Kiyana is knocked down with a Strength check of 16 total!

Kiyana stands, and focuses changing her body into a watery form, “Anika, you alright?” The large metallic ape stands about 15 feet from Mark, but well within range for any teen to get to him quickly if they need to.

Charlotte’s turn… I sense changes may be coming in light of the recent events!

Ryan and Gilden

Initiative: Ryan 21, Tina 17, Gilden 16, Sparky-1000 11, Star 11

Ryan slams home with his corrosion power as he rushes forward. The robotic beast is struck but the blow literally bounces off the automaton! Leaving only a slight crack in the metallic sheen of its sculpted structure!

Ryan rolls a 22 strike, Sparky-1000 rolls a 26 save and then roll a 24 Toughness save, it is only Bruised + Injured. Tina rolls a 25 attack using Power Attack +5/-5 and All-Out Attack +5/-5, but the robotic dog rolls a 28 damage save!

Tina rushes forward and rears back for a powerful punch as well, trying to knock the beats off its feat! But the blow barely seems to register even the sound rings loudly through the hall.

Gilden unleashes a magical blast and narrowly misses as the arcane energy slams into the wall behind the artificial canine! Sparky-1000 rears back and unleashes a terrifyingly powerful howl! The blast rips through the teens scrambling their hearing and nerves… Ryan can still move but he can’t hear a thing! Both Gilden and Tina suffer far worse!

Auditory Dazzle and Paralyze effect from the howl in a cone shaped area blast! Ryan rolls a 21 versus the Dazzle, he is Deaf now, but rolls a 31 versus the paralyze effect and is fine! Tina rolls a 30 and evades the Dazzle effect but her Will save is a 12 and she is paralyzed from the terrifying sound! Gilden rolls a 19 and is Deaf! His Will save is a 9 and he is also Paralyzed! Star seems immune to the effect.

Star shouts, “This isn’t good, Ryan we need a plan!” Of course Ryan and Gilden can’t hear this… Star unleashes a blast from her arm cannon! But the blast glances off the metallic beast with nary a scratch!

Star rolls a 25 and Sparky-1000 rolls a 32 and is unharmed!

 

[Tokiwong]

"We talked, I was just telling her what it's like here at the Institute, and about some of the things that have happened recently. Not all of it of course. The two Elites who attacked the Institute itself I neglected to mention. Didnt want to scare her and all that."

Well no need to alarm her,” Jun Min sighs, “I try not to even think about that. But life around here can be very interesting.”

He paused, gathering his thoughts, trying not to get too personal, "She's a good friend, several years older of course. Was there when my powers bloomed. So of course we share a ... bond of sorts. Why the interest anyway? It's not like I'm a government agent who might be leaking sensitive information or anything like that."

“I am interested, I rather like hearing about the lives of my students, more so then which elite terrorist or otherworldly entity is trying to kill us today. The mundane is very exciting to me, I love it, besides a woman enjoys a good bit of gossip. Especially when a boy tries to stumble around talking about a girl he really likes,” she taps her forehead again.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

What's up with this robotic animal? I hate technology Charlotte thinks, annoyed at the loss of her perch. She sends her second limb out at the ape, taking her rage along with it. It squirms on the ground til it reaches the beast before attempting to viciously rend through the robot's metallic hide.

OOC-Prone doesn't bother Charlotte with super movement: crawling/prone fighting. All out attack for 5/Power attack for 3, extra effort for a second attack for two attacks at +11, +12 damage, afterwards Charlotte will be fatigued.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

Cassie

Cassie's eyes narrow and her body tenses almost instantly with the sudden recreation of the demonic woman's stave. She helped destroy that once upon a time, and to see it recreated with such a casual gesture was disconcerting.

She returned her gaze to the woman's eyes as she heard the offer.

"No thank you, I doubt anything you'd be willing to offer would be fully factual and definitely not worth the price you'd be asking."

 

[Tokiwong]

Cassie

"No thank you, I doubt anything you'd be willing to offer would be fully factual and definitely not worth the price you'd be asking."

“What do I have to gain from lying to you? Nothing. The truth is the truth; despite my origins I still respect the truth. You can stay ignorant of your origins, the truth behind the Overseer, Ryan, and even the Cardinal. Or you can know and truly decide for yourself, what your destiny will be. You asked for knowledge, I offer it…” she smiles.

She walks towards Cassie, “Do you want to know why you were created… the Legacy that lingers in your very genes…”