jmucchiello
Hero
The Princess utters "See No, Hear No, Speak No" as she closes her eyes and tries to see if there is trace of evil as well.
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[M&M3] Astonishing Tales of Centropolis Vol. #3, Issue 1 ‘This Island Apocalypse’
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jmucchiello
Hero
"There is an evil here. It had something to do with the device. I think the power source was mystic in nature. This would be consistent with the weird tempest energy we experience in the week before Apocalypse revealed himself," Princess Starlight says. "If we can't figure out where they went some other way, perhaps I can trace them mystically. It would require great concentration and effort to do this and I don't know if I can do it."
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jmucchiello
Hero
The room just seems to accept her idea so she walks over to where the machine was and walks its perimeter as she tries to get a feel for some remaining essence of the past and the present. Light builds around her and soon she stops walking. She floats slightly upwards and starts to spin in place. Round and round. Faster and faster. Brighter and brighter. She suddenly stops spinning and drops to the ground like a rag doll. The people in the room probably don't realize they are holding their breath as she lands and they exhale.
She opens her eyes and sits up quickly as if suddenly waking from a dream....
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She opens her eyes and sits up quickly as if suddenly waking from a dream....
As her head finally stopped spinning the Princess slowly rose back to her feet on somewhat shaky legs. Look at the wrecked device she saw a slight swirl or bending in the air above it. Then she felt like she was standing somewhere else! She was in a huge room... no it was a cave, not a room. A huge domed cavern that had been cut back in some way, probably heavy industrial drilling equipment. She was standing on a large pad that had a somewhat similar appearance as the destroyed one back in Centropolis. But she was not in Centropolis, that much she was sure of. The cavern was light by huge industrial spotlights pointed up at the ceiling some 60 feet above. Scurrying about the cavern floor were at least a dozen of those insect men that she encountered in the Human Inc. building only a short time ago. They were working at and moving among a number of advanced and somewhat alien looking computer like workstations that surrounded the pad. They were all clicking loudly in some strange language. About 20 feet away stood the villains Herculan and Snakeroot along with two other figures... a shadowy figure who the Princess could not really make out. It was as if the shadows where moving to cloak him somehow. The only distinctive feature about the man was his glowing red eyes. Another male was standing next to him. He was dressed strangely, like he was from the 1930's or something with a monocle in one eye and carrying a weird looking cane with a red stones attached along the top.
As she was looking the four over, the shadow of a man turns his reddish eyes towards where the Princess was standing (metaphorically as she recognized that she was not really "there") and said in a haunting voice "It appears we have a spy among us..."
As she was looking the four over, the shadow of a man turns his reddish eyes towards where the Princess was standing (metaphorically as she recognized that she was not really "there") and said in a haunting voice "It appears we have a spy among us..."
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jmucchiello
Hero
The Princess opens her eyes and sits up quickly as if suddenly waking from a dream (again)....
The lights fade. Looking around she sees the Centurions looking at her curiously. "I saw the machine, in a man-made cavern. Herculan, Snakeroot, a man in old style clothes and hat, and a bunch of the bug things were there. The bug guys were working on an alien computer thing. There was a fourth figure in the shadows with glowing red eyes and he could see me looking in on them," she says. "They are definitely not in Centropolis."
The lights fade. Looking around she sees the Centurions looking at her curiously. "I saw the machine, in a man-made cavern. Herculan, Snakeroot, a man in old style clothes and hat, and a bunch of the bug things were there. The bug guys were working on an alien computer thing. There was a fourth figure in the shadows with glowing red eyes and he could see me looking in on them," she says. "They are definitely not in Centropolis."
jonathonhawke
Explorer
[sblock=Condition]Hero Points: 1Silver Streak said:
Bruises: 0
Conditions: none[/sblock]
[sblock=Condition]Hero Points: 1Paladin said:
Bruises: 0
Conditions: none[/sblock]
Silver Streak was able to hacks the device due to his innate understanding of electronics. The information on the PDA appears to be written in Chinese or Japanese but it appears to show images of a satellite path over the Earth. If he had to guess it appears that the satellite is in orbit over the central part of the continental US.
The Princess got the felling that she was viewing somewhere in the East China Sea...
The Princess got the felling that she was viewing somewhere in the East China Sea...
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jmucchiello
Hero
"Is there any way you can take us there?"
"I don't know," The Princess says. "It was very far away. Like on an island near China. Maybe if we were in the area, I could locate it. But from here, I don't know if I could pinpoint it."
"I don't know," The Princess says. "It was very far away. Like on an island near China. Maybe if we were in the area, I could locate it. But from here, I don't know if I could pinpoint it."
jonathonhawke
Explorer
[sblock=Condition]Hero Points: 1Silver Streak said:
Bruises: 0
Conditions: none[/sblock]
[sblock=Condition]Hero Points: 1Paladin said:
Bruises: 0
Conditions: none[/sblock]
jmucchiello
Hero
"You just followed the path with your mind. Can you open it for us to walk?"
"I don't know. That was very taxing," The Princess says. "I don't even know how I did that. I don't think I could create a portal. The distance is too great."
"I don't know. That was very taxing," The Princess says. "I don't even know how I did that. I don't think I could create a portal. The distance is too great."
jonathonhawke
Explorer
[sblock=Condition]Hero Points: 1Paladin said:
Bruises: 0
Conditions: none[/sblock]
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jonathonhawke
Explorer
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Paladin sets down his hammer and shield and lays his hands upon the damaged device. His brow furrows in concentration as he chants aloud in an unknown language. As the chant grows louder his hands start to glow.
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Silver Streak sets his hand on the shorter man's shoulder. He concentrates his senses upon the machine, seeing where it is damaged, and how it should look in its undamaged state.
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As the soft glow coming off of Paladin fades, Silver Streak senses the correct buttons to activate the machine... it still looks like scrap but a map appears on a cracked display that looks like somewhere just south of South Korea and east of mainland China! A cross-hair appears to center on something that could be an island. The machine its seems starts beeping as a soft glow starts building... Paladin has a very strong sense that it will activate within the next few seconds.
jmucchiello
Hero
The Princess incants "See No, Hear No, Speak No" again to observe the machine's operation.
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jmucchiello
Hero
"They know we are coming," The Princess says. "Be prepared."
