Mutants and Masterminds: Freedom City

[Keia]

Eclipse Nightclub
May 3, 2003
12:15 A.M. EST

“You have something of an accent, are you from Europe or something?” Debora asks, distracting you from the man. When you look back the man is no longer sitting at the bar. Just then Cathy gets up from her stool.

"Yes, I am from France," Cosmo replied. Page 84 of the April issue of Cosmo, 'Women like men from exotic places,' Cosmo thought. He ordered some drinks for himself and the ladies.

“Excuse me, I have to go to the little ladies room.” She says with a giggle, swaying slightly she walks off towards the restrooms.

Cosmo watched he sway as she made her way to the bathroom, then turned all of his attention to Debora. Fascinating, thought Cosmo, I understood that when one female goes to the bathroom, that any other accompanying females within twenty feet also had to go to the bathroom. This does not appear to be the case in this instance. Perhaps an opportunity to study this variation in female psychology.

"So . . . " Cosmo said open-endedly as his blue eyes looked deeply into hers.

 

[Toric_Arthendain]

Jack tries to stay in the shadows, away from the most populated areas of the club. He continues watching the crowd, looking for anything out of the ordinary, although from the looks of the people in the place, most of them are far from ordinary. He pays particular attention to the animalistic individual as he walks up the stairs, noting that he looks much different than the rest of the club patrons. He then thinks of Tommy, hoping that he is staying out of trouble outside.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

James Ellis, Hell!

Jim walks around the club a bit, scoping the place out then tries to find a spot at the bar were he can keep an eye on the place. Then he orders a beer and snags a basket of what ever passes for bar snacks in a place like this, and proceeds to nurse his drink.

 

[Set Harth]

Merrick eyes widen in alarm as the mystical wards he placed on the other entrances to the Eclipse silently inform him of an intruder. With a tiny delicate gesture the large crystal ball on his desk fills with a white fog and then reveals the image of the intruder as he makes his way through the storeroom. Merrick observes him as he enters into the club and begins to skirt around the crowd.

Knock! Knock!

Startled by the sudden sound the crystal ball fogs over once again as Merrick frowns. With another gesture he opens the door telekinetically.

"Yes, Come in, I understand you are looking for employment, Mr.."

The Goth Nightclub owner rises to his feet and holds out his hand to the horned gentlemen. Merrick flashes a smile of pearly white teeth with slightly enlarged canines.

 

[Vardeman]

Tauro looks around curiously as the door opens on its own. "Hmmm," he mutters to himself and then focuses on the man behind the desk. He reaches out and returns the handshake, squeezing firmly, but not enough to injure a normal human. "Just call me Tauro," he replies. "I heard you had some trouble here lately. Thought you might need a bouncer or somethin'."

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[Set Harth]

Merrick winces as Tauro squeezes his hands. "Mr Tauro, delighted to meet you, Please have seat." Merrick gestures and a chair from the nearby wall moves up just behind Tauro. "I must ask you to forgive me, My clientle expect, shall we say, a certain mystery about me. It is all an act of course but the kids do seem to love the illusions." Another gesture closes the office door, and then Merrick sits himself down. "Would you like anything to drink Mr. Tauro?"

 

[Vardeman]

Tauro releases the man's hand. "Sorry," he mumbles, "Sometimes don't remember my strength." He looks apprehensively at the chair that just moved up behind him, and again at the door that swings shut on its own. "Ummm, I just had a beer downstairs, so I 'm fine for now, sir," Tauro replies. He sits after making sure the chair is still behind him, feeling somewhat awkward and ill-at-ease. "So you're some kinda magician or somethin'?" he ventures...

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[bkmanis]

Leech

Moving around the building you do not see a fire escape. Most of the widows you see are stained glass making it nearly impossible to see through. As you move through an alley on the west side of the building you see a couple of smaller windows that are slightly opened. They are a little above your reach, placing you skateboard against the wall you use it as a step. Grabbing the windowsill you are able to pull yourself up enough to look inside. You see what appears to be the ladies restroom, several women are at the mirror applying makeup. As one woman moves near the window you drop down to prevent being spotted. You assume the other window is the men’s restroom. Further down the wall you see a fire door you assume to be an emergency exit, trying the door you find it to be locked. Continuing around the building you find two more fire doors, one at the back of the building and the other on the east wall. There is also a double door near where the dumpsters are on the east wall.

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Cosmo

Finishing her drink Debra take you by the hand. “Come, let’s dance.” She says trying to lead you to the dance floor.

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Velocity

You see the animalistic man knock on the door and as it opens he steps inside and out of sight. Looking around the club you see nothing out of the ordinary. Most of the people here appear to be young adults, students form the nearby collage. While there are a lot of them dressed in costumes it appears that most are in normal street clothes. While unable to hear them it appears to you that they’re all having a good time.

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Hell

As you approach the bar you look the place over, noting where all the exits are. While there are a lot of people in costumes you see nothing out of the ordinary. Taking a seat at the bar you order a beer and grab a bowl of nuts. Nearby a woman dressed in a very revealing black outfit catches your eye, she takes the gentleman she is with by the hand and asks him to dance.

 

[maddmic]

Tommy sits on the ground for a couple of minutes thinking to himself. 'Great. Nothing going on outside and no way for me to get inside.' Tommy gets up and skates back around to the front of the building. He skates over to Jack's car and places his board inside. Seeing the way some of the people are dressed, he decides to go ahead and shed his street clothes, revealing his costume. Donning his mask, he thinks to himself. 'I know Jack wants me to stay out, but he's been in there for about 45 minutes already and I'm bored. Oh well, what he doesn't know won't hurt him.' Tommy walks towards the line and will approach the last person. Bumping into the person 'accidentally' he uses his powers and enters the person, becoming them. He will now stand in line until he can gain entrance to the club, or until Jack comes out to leave.

OOC:
Tommy will pick a male if possible. Also, he will try to posses a person who is approaching the line rather than in it. Otherwise, he will pick the last person in line. Here's to hoping possession works the way I think it does.

 

[Keia]

Cosmo will work his way to the dance floor, somewhat reluctantly (because that's what's expected of him). Cosmo will stay conservative in his dancing, allowing Debra to take the lead. Occassionally, he'll look around through the dance crowd to see if anyone else is doing anything he should be observing and learning about.

"Did you know that 63% of all men can't really dance?" Cosmo asked, remembering a recent poll.