[MM2e] Salton City Needs Heroes! Episode 1: Premiere

[Blackrat]

Sven looks outside puzzled, then looks at his icecream, shrugs and throws as much of it as he can straigt to his mouth before dashing off outside. He mumbles something but due to his mouth being filled with icecream it is even more incomprehencible than usual.

 

[Relique du Madde]

OOC: Another alot of things are happening at once type of post.

Inside City Hall...
"Right so you'll stay here and keep yourself and the rest of city hall safe?"

Captain Superior smirked. "I'm not going to stand around and do nothing.. I'm going to find the mayor, I was hired to protect him..."

Never fear the Salton Stars will keep the Mayor safe! Oh yeah if you see a tall guy in red and white, a guy who looks like a viking who speaks stranger English than you Americans, a Japanese girl with a determined look on her face and the stunt actress Michelle Fox they're all part of our team."

"How disgraceful! That kid think's he's a super hero. He's going to get us all killed!"
"They should leave super hero-ing to professionals like Captain Superior."
"Only Captain Superior can save us. "

Heritage Plaza, Near the Southern Parking Structure
"The parking garage! I saw someone their earlier, but I couldn't get a look at him! I think he's the shooter!"

The Ten Foot Pole runs down the street heading towards the parking structure. He looks up towards the building and notices a faint shadow on the top of the stairwell tower: a rifle barrel.

Heritage Plaza, Parking Lot.
Michelle exited the van followed by Shawn and the other camera man. The three quickly make their way across the street toward the plaza. As the three crossed the barrier pylons there is a faint sound of gun fire coming from somewhere behind them.

Keiko heard the gunfire as reached the parking lot. She paused for a moment after landing from a Telekinetic leap and turned toward the direction of the SWAT truck to see the body of a slain police officer fall out of the front passenger side door. An elderly woman is rushing away from the SWAT truck as its door is shut.

Heritage Plaza, Outside City Hall
Terrance walks out of City Hall. A few steps behind him is Captain Superior. Captain Superior grabs Terrance on the shoulder. "You think you can up show me? That's funny. I can't wait to see you and your so called super friends fail. After all, saving your butts would help me earn more money from these yahoos..

Terrance turned to face Captain Superior with a look of disgust on his face. As he turned, the sound of gunfire can be heard within the plaza. Before Mr. TV could do anything, Captain Superior is struck by the assassin's bullet.

Captain Superior: Will 13 vs. Nullify (All Powers) 17 --> FAILED! All powers nullified.
Fortitude: 5 + 7 =12 vs 22 ---> FAILED! Toughness now -3.
Damage (lethal) : 5-3 = 2 vs 22 --> FAILED!
Status: Unconscious / Dying

Sven rushes outside of of the cafe in time to see Captain Superior stumble backwards and collapse in a pool of blood.


[Sblock="Init"]
Mr. TV: 22
Rabid Fox ("NPC"): 17
Kitsune: 16
Viking: 15
10' Pole: 14
Shooter: 14
Captain Superior: 10 (Stability Check)
SWAT TRUCK (SWAT x??): 6

The 10' Pole can reach the Shooter before the shooter can act.

Kitsune and Michelle can both reach the truck this round (at the end of the round assume it will be parked next to the corner if they aren't attacked.)

Sven can attack the truck using his powers if he runs towards it then attacks.

Edit: I'm not sure if anyone noticed the massive change in what CS rolled for his saves. I Forgot that his enhanced constitution also should have been nullified
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[hafrogman]

The Ten-Foot Pole calls into his headpiece as he pelts down the street, long legs eating up the pavement, a literal bounce in his step.

"I have a visual on the shooter! I'm going for him."

As he nears the parking structure, he condenses downwards for a step before launching himself upwards towards the top of the stairwell tower like a thrown javelin, in a surprisingly graceful trajectory.

[sblock=ooc]Looks like I can jump about 32 ft. up before even having to make a check. Hopefully that's enough to get up a 3 story building. If not, he'll grab at the sides and ladder up the rest of the way.[/sblock]

 

[Relique du Madde]

OOC: His jump would be just short of the third story. However, due to his arm length he is able to grab onto the third story's wall and pull himself up.

 

[Relique du Madde]

OOC: I should note that Keiko and Sven could see the body of the SWAT officer and blood splattered on the windshield. Michelle would only be able to see the blood.

 

[Blackrat]

Sven scans the area and notices the dead officer being thrown out of the truck. Pissed off from the fact that he had to waste an icecream again he runs to the truck and lifts it off of the ground. "Cøm øut!" He shouts to whoever is inside.

 

[Ginnel]

Terrence flinches from the shot and looks at the falling body of Captain Superior, a brief image in his head sees the half remembered pictures of his Mother and Father in their gear collapsing as one from the same gunshot, and Terrence stands there shocked to the core.
Then he starts to move, he feels as if he is outside his body watching someone else taking actions in his green and purple lyrca clad body as it moves of its own volition.

"EVERYBODY DOWN!!" exclaims Mr TV waving his hands down

Terrence takes a look outside to see if he can observe anything even a faint glimer of a rifle, then turns to the body of Captain Superior.

"Hey, guys the captain's down the shot must have come from across the square, seems like the mayor is in a cafe apparently and this Archon doesn't look like he's going to be saving anyone for a while, we need someone to secure both the shooter and the mayor, I'm heading for the mayor as soon as I check the captain but a helping hand is always welcome"

Terrences uniform extends into that of a White Lab coat again as he becomes

[sblock=is there a doctor in the house?]

Doctor Mark Sloan from Diagnosis Murder
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And proceeds to check out the fallen body of Captain Superior.

 

[Relique du Madde]

"I have a visual on the shooter! I'm going for him."



"EVERYBODY DOWN!!"

Terrence takes a look outside to see if he can observe anything even a faint glimer of a rifle, then turns to the body of Captain Superior.

Terrance glances towards the far end of the plaza and notices the a faint glimmer of light reflecting from the assassin's rifle. He can see that the assassin has positioned himself onto of the stairwell.

"Hey, guys the captain's down the shot must have come from across the square, seems like the mayor is in a cafe apparently and this Archon doesn't look like he's going to be saving anyone for a while, we need someone to secure both the shooter and the mayor, I'm heading for the mayor as soon as I check the captain but a helping hand is always welcome"

Mr Tv (as Dr. Mark Sloan) Superior check's Captain Superior's body.
OOC: I'm assuming 5 ranks of medicine to qualify as being "professional"
Medicine 1d20 +5=11 vs 10 --> Success!
[sblock=Diagnosis]
Puncture wound (gun shot) to the chest. He needs medical attention immediately. You need to seal the wound to prevent air from entering the chest cavity. From your exploration on the other side of the plaza you know that a hospital is very close by. [/sblock]

Rabid Fox hangs back near the corner.
A delay action so that Rev can catch up with what's going on in the game.

The Viking runs towards the truck.
OOC: I'll let Kitsune do something before I do the grapple check on the van.

The Ten Foot charges towards the building and with a series of leaps and bounds he manages to bounce himself towards the top of the parking structure. Unable to land on the third story, the Ten Foot Pole is forced to pull himself over the third story wall before he can start his bouncing charge towards the gunman.
Full move action.

I will post the Viking's grab, the villains and Captain Superior's stability check after Shayuri post's Kitsune's actions.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

Michelle makes her way to the cafe as quickly as possible to check that the mayor is safe.

 

[Shayuri]

Everything was happening at once. Too fast to take it all in. Keiko had always been bright, but intelligence was contingent on time to plan. It was slow thought, methodical thought. This was gut-thought, instinct thought. Reflex. And ultimately...all too often...just plain luck. Keiko believed that the universe had a sense of humor, and its jokes were usually at her expense.

Because of that, when given a choice of which would be the most critical to capture in a situation like this...the SWAT truck, or the little old lady...she leaped at the SWAT truck.

...and landed right next to it before projecting an illusion of Kitsune dropping down in front of the old woman and holding out a forestalling hand.

"Hold it right there!"

(OOC - Basically she's focusing on the elderly lady...evaluating her reaction with Sense Motive. If the truck starts to try to get away or if Sven needs help, she'll help him.)