Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread III

[Elric]

"The first rule I ever learned when dealing with supervillians is they aren't dead until you see the body and cremate the remains yourself. Even then, it isn't a sure bet." Hope said. shaking her head doubtfully. "At least, we won't have to worry about him for awhile at any rate."

"Funny," Nitro says. "The first rule I learned is when dealing with supervillains is don't get kneed in the head. Unfortunately, the second rule I learned was don't get kicked in the balls either."

 

[kirinke]

"Funny," Nitro says. "The first rule I learned is when dealing with supervillains is don't get kneed in the head. Unfortunately, the second rule I learned was don't get kicked in the balls either."

"Thankfully, as a girl, I don't have to deal with your second rule." she deadpanned.

 

[Elric]

"Thankfully, as a girl, I don't have to deal with your second rule." she deadpanned.

"I know, right, that's why I think having [his girlfriend] Melina figure out similar lessons after that first rule might not have been the best. For sure a male manager would have thought of that one before I experienced it in practice. Heck, I should have thought of that one before I experienced it in practice."

 

[Victim]

"Oh," Star replies belatedly to the comment about the singularity bomb. In a city? That's some risk, Daedalus.

I hear not killing people is a big rule for superheroes too, Megan thinks, staring ahead while the others joke around.

 

[Hammerhead]

"It doesn't sound that crazy, considering I don't know much about the mystical arts. My experience tends to be clustered at the other end of the spectrum," Errant says neutrally. Most superheroes tend to be pretty focused on preserving lives, even those of their sworn enemies. Obviously, Hope does not. I'd bet that her attitude divides her from the rest of the team.

"After seeing it in action, I don't have any doubts about the effectiveness of a singularity bomb anymore. That Daedalus knows his stuff. But I never said that Ares was dead, just that he wouldn't be any trouble for the rest of the night. Fortunately the destruction was contained solely to Freedom Hall," he adds to Star.

"You know Nitro, you could always try and learn some sign language to deliver taunts while you're underwater or in space. Of course, you probably know one insulting sign already, but that might conflict with your family-friendly image," he jokes.

 

[Victim]

So much happened while I was out... "What happened to the Freedom League? I thought I saw Raven when I was there. No one got left behind in the singularity, right?"

What the hell is happening? Even if I'm enraged, it shouldn't shoot without a deliberate effort on my part - involuntary shooting when angry or frightened was the first thing I was able to fix. Or so I thought. I worked so hard to master my power. But then I couldn't keep it from hurting me. And now it's going off on accident... What a waste. Relying so much on my power in stressful, life and death situations might just be eroding my safeguards though.

I wish Apollo was here - that's about the only thing that's going right for me since I haven't been to class in a while and I'm a disaster as a super hero. But that probably won't last very long either.

"What are you going to do next?"

 

[kirinke]

"What are you going to do next?"

"Stop Barrington. He wants us focused on the city. He created this chaos so we will be divided, our resources thinned out, scattered so he can pick us off one at a time." Hope said, her voice eerily calm as she began to analyze the situation.

"Something like this.... I think it's a diversion." she looked at the other superheroine. "Let's hope I'm wrong." she paled as a sudden thought came to her.

"Buckners. Buckners. Damnation... That's it. Check on the facility. This is a perfect oportunity for a break out!" she shivered. "There are so many supers in there.... It'd be all to easy for Barrington to recruit them."

 

[Hammerhead]

Errant shoots a quick glance towards Nitro, raising an eyebrow as if to say 'I can see what you mean.' Hope seems so...dramatic. It's as if she's performing for a daytime television soap opera.

"Buckners? What are you talking about? Do you mean Blackstone, the prison for metahumans? Risking the entire Crime League seems like quite the expensive diversion, especially considering that they might be the world's foremost experts on escaping from Blackstone."

"I think that recruiting the prison population of Blackstone would be a lot harder than you assume, Hope. While Barrington obviously has a talent in this area, these people are either generally loners, not exactly team players, or already owing their loyalty to an existing organization like the Foundry."

"Easy enough to check out though," he adds with a shrug, pulling out his cell phone after a quick search, dialing the number for Blackstone Prison.

 

[DM_Matt]

Errant shoots a quick glance towards Nitro, raising an eyebrow as if to say 'I can see what you mean.' Hope seems so...dramatic. It's as if she's performing for a daytime television soap opera.

"Buckners? What are you talking about? Do you mean Blackstone, the prison for metahumans? Risking the entire Crime League seems like quite the expensive diversion, especially considering that they might be the world's foremost experts on escaping from Blackstone."

"I think that recruiting the prison population of Blackstone would be a lot harder than you assume, Hope. While Barrington obviously has a talent in this area, these people are either generally loners, not exactly team players, or already owing their loyalty to an existing organization like the Foundry."

"Easy enough to check out though," he adds with a shrug, pulling out his cell phone after a quick search, dialing the number for Blackstone Prison.

Errant's contacts say everything is fine over there. As soon as they heard of the problem in Freedom City, they activated full lockdown protocols and called in extra personnel (they always keep a proportion of their guards who are off-duty on call)). It would actually be HARDER to cause a jailbreak because of this, not easier.

 

[DM_Matt]

"Oh," Star replies belatedly to the comment about the singularity bomb. In a city? That's some risk, Daedalus.

I hear not killing people is a big rule for superheroes too, Megan thinks, staring ahead while the others joke around.

(A properly-calibrated implosion weapon is a great option for a self-destruct in a city. There is plenty of clear space around Freedom Hall that can make for a good buffer against the pull, but explosions throw stuff everywhere, including the various hazardous materials located in FH.)