Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread III

[Victim]

Star stirs and groans. "What happened?" I remember... But those things couldn't happen, right? I can't wake up like that without healing and my power doesn't work like that.

"How is everyone else doing?" And especially Apollo.

 

[Hammerhead]

Well that was easy, Errant thinks, looking down at his unconscious enemy. He glances around at the incoming emergency personnel, frowning. Errant grabs the pilot by the arms and drags him into a nearby alleyway, securing him with handcuffs. Kneeling down out of sight, he focuses his telepathic abilities on the pilot, reading his mind and delving into his thoughts.

What were the objectives of this mission? What was your extraction plan?

[sblock]Telepathy +10 to mind probe.[/sblock]

 

[DM_Matt]

Star stirs and groans. "What happened?" I remember... But those things couldn't happen, right? I can't wake up like that without healing and my power doesn't work like that.

"How is everyone else doing?" And especially Apollo.

Red says "Far as I can tell, those spirits were powering your body. Its a huge strain on your system, but it worked for a while. We'll get you healthy again though. You're really asking about Apollo, aren't ya. It wasn't exactly hard to figure. He and Optic are still in the city. Their mission was successful though."

 

[DM_Matt]

Well that was easy, Errant thinks, looking down at his unconscious enemy. He glances around at the incoming emergency personnel, frowning. Errant grabs the pilot by the arms and drags him into a nearby alleyway, securing him with handcuffs. Kneeling down out of sight, he focuses his telepathic abilities on the pilot, reading his mind and delving into his thoughts.

What were the objectives of this mission? What was your extraction plan?

[sblock]Telepathy +10 to mind probe.[/sblock]

The pilot is an Egyptian air force pilot who was instructed to work for the Legion of Hope by his higher-ups. Officially, he is a defector. He had some experience with Apaches, mostly on simulators. Egypt doesn't have THAT many, but there are very few places where Barrington is popular where he could find someone with the right experience willing to take the risk. He does not know much about the overall mission. He was sent to a grav-based multirole ship that crossed the Atlantic underwater. The attack was launched form there. He took a transport sub along with the rest of the Freedom Hall attack force to the military base after the Crime League took it over. He was instructed to provide air support for the attackers. Once his mission was complete, he was expecting a rendezvous location, where he would eject and be picked up, possibly by the mothership he started on.

 

[DM_Matt]

Skylark pops a few vicodin and Tums and re-ties her hair. "As we're several of us fightin' fit, Ms. White, should we aid in the riot control an' mop up?"

She suddenly craves chicken tikka masala, and hopes desperately that the Indian restaurant down the street is still open.

"After we are done here, that might be a good idea. Your powers are especially useful for crowd control"

 

[DM_Matt]

"It's.... While investigating Stratos and the Crime league awhile back, Foreshadow and I came across some old photographs of Stratos, before he went nuts. Did you know he had a family? Well... one of those photos he was in, he was holding a little girl. That girl looked alot, I mean alot like me when I was that age. It was taken when she was six. I was found when I was like eight or nine." she looked at the older woman with a mixture of desperation and dread. "I've exhausted all leads on this Ms. White, I know it's grasping at straws, but right now, I have the chance of making sure either way. I don't want to miss it." she smiled a little, but it was strained, forced. "With Medea, it's more a hunch than anything else. I look enough like her to be a sister or daughter, plus with the magic.... It's just something that I have to eliminate. I... It's important to me."

Yeah... I'm adopted, too. I never met my real parents, and have ot abused my position here to track them down. You could be Stratos kid. I'll look into it. Technically, t is relevant to your performance on the job, since he and the Crime league are against you. Besides, its real easy."

 

[Victim]

Red says "Far as I can tell, those spirits were powering your body. Its a huge strain on your system, but it worked for a while. We'll get you healthy again though."

"What spirits?" I guess that was real then... And it explains why I'm still not better. "I thought I was hallucinating or something - and I was so angry that worrying about what was happening wasn't high on my list of things to do."

"So if something else was messing with me, then I should discount the way I felt then and any plans I was working on?" It felt good to be angry and cut loose though; not to be so compulsively precise and careful... And things seemed to hurt less.

You're really asking about Apollo, aren't ya. It wasn't exactly hard to figure. He and Optic are still in the city. Their mission was successful though

Megan blushes slightly and, a little bit defensively, says "Well, not just about him... Someone else could have been badly hurt while I was out again..." I'm such an idiot. "And I hope it's not that obvious to everyone."

 

[kirinke]

Yeah... I'm adopted, too. I never met my real parents, and have ot abused my position here to track them down. You could be Stratos kid. I'll look into it. Technically, t is relevant to your performance on the job, since he and the Crime league are against you. Besides, its real easy."

"Thanks. I... A part of me wants to be wrong on this, but another." she shook her head, clenching her hand in a self-conscious gesture. "I need to know."

 

[DM_Matt]

"What spirits?" I guess that was real then... And it explains why I'm still not better. "I thought I was hallucinating or something - and I was so angry that worrying about what was happening wasn't high on my list of things to do."

"So if something else was messing with me, then I should discount the way I felt then and any plans I was working on?" It felt good to be angry and cut loose though; not to be so compulsively precise and careful... And things seemed to hurt less.




Megan blushes slightly and, a little bit defensively, says "Well, not just about him... Someone else could have been badly hurt while I was out again..." I'm such an idiot. "And I hope it's not that obvious to everyone."

(At this point, the room is broken into a bunch of conversations, and for this one Red has pulls closed the curtain around Star's bed, as she is examining her)

"It was you and it wasn't. They were able to influence you by speech, by stimulating the production of hormones, especially lots of adrenaline, to prevent shock, ignore pain, and keep you from passing out, and by amping up your movement powers to supplement your muscles. The reason the tranquilizers worked where the direct damage did not is that they counteracted the chemical means of keeping you awake. But there was no mind control. Not directly anyway. Certainly they manipulated your mood, but yo ustill had control over your actions.

And about Apollo, that can be our little secret. The others don't necessarily know to look. Besides, I worked very hard to get to where I am, despite some false accusations that I'm just a pretty face and advanced for reasons other than merit. Screwing your teammates promotes those stereotypes, so even if I wanted to -- and I don't, I wouldn't hurt you like that -- and even if it were not against medical ethics -- which it is -- I wouldn't say a word."

 

[Victim]

(At this point, the room is broken into a bunch of conversations, and for this one Red has pulls closed the curtain around Star's bed, as she is examining her)

"It was you and it wasn't. They were able to influence you by speech, by stimulating the production of hormones, especially lots of adrenaline, to prevent shock, ignore pain, and keep you from passing out, and by amping up your movement powers to supplement your muscles. The reason the tranquilizers worked where the direct damage did not is that they counteracted the chemical means of keeping you awake. But there was no mind control. Not directly anyway. Certainly they manipulated your mood, but yo ustill had control over your actions.

"I didn't say that I was being directly controlled or anything. But following through on stuff I decided to do when I so enraged probably isn't such a great idea, right?"

And about Apollo, that can be our little secret. The others don't necessarily know to look. Besides, I worked very hard to get to where I am, despite some false accusations that I'm just a pretty face and advanced for reasons other than merit. Screwing your teammates promotes those stereotypes, so even if I wanted to -- and I don't, I wouldn't hurt you like that -- and even if it were not against medical ethics -- which it is -- I wouldn't say a word."

"I didn't think it'd be that big of a deal actually; I just didn't want things to be awkward or whatever... And it's not like there formal superhero ranks or anything, so what's really ahead?" Star frowns. "Besides, wouldn't he be more junior than me?" But he gets hurt less.

"What else am I supposed to do anyway, considering the time it takes to plan, execute missions that might involve travel to some foreign place for a week, and however long it takes for me to recover from being hammered into unconsciousness a few times? And there's the potentially weird hours. And security stuff. I didn't really plan ahead, but it seems like keeping things in house makes some sense."