Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[Victim]

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I assume that Hope hasn't wandered off to bed quite yet.
"Well, you know my name," she joked a little, trying to lighten the mood some.

No, I forgot it. And I'm not sure you're in our team phone number list.

"Some of my counterparts in the agency were once soldiers. They always said that the worst part of war was the waiting before the fight because that's when your mind is free to go over and over the 'what if' scenarios and such." she said quietly. "Once your in the heat of the fight, you don't have the time to think." she shook herself a little.

"I haven't found either of those to be true. I do have time to think, plan, and worry even in the middle of fight. And its afterwards that I feel the worst."

"Thessally," Viridian says, feeling some pressure to join in. The costume now feeling awkward, she lets it fade, revealing her frumpier college girl self. "And don't worry...we'll look out for each other. You'll be okay."

Dang it. How can this go more wrong? "I thought we weren't doing this sort of thing. Anyway, we still have to work on our cover identity things."

She turns to Optic, "If we're all supposed to be employed by your company, we need back dated personel files, emails, money stuff, records for hiring Darkwater Security, etc. The Foundry is probably going to do some checking for their own security."

 

[kirinke]

"You're probably right." she shook her head in chagrin. She should have thought of that. Most could hear that chagrin clearly in her voice.

Ever since she learned that Faust was still alive, she had focused in on him. Once he was in custody, she had turned her attention to gathering evidence on Barrington. Sometimes, it wasn't a good thing to be so... intent on something.

Like her old teacher said. The devil was in the details.

 

[DM_Matt]

No, I forgot it. And I'm not sure you're in our team phone number list.



"I haven't found either of those to be true. I do have time to think, plan, and worry even in the middle of fight. And its afterwards that I feel the worst."



Dang it. How can this go more wrong? "I thought we weren't doing this sort of thing. Anyway, we still have to work on our cover identity things."

She turns to Optic, "If we're all supposed to be employed by your company, we need back dated personel files, emails, money stuff, records for hiring Darkwater Security, etc. The Foundry is probably going to do some checking for their own security."

Zeta Black Two -- the comm guy -- he had said his name was Jacobson -- messages in "The Darkwater records are long since taken care of. All Trust logistics has paper trails back to our front companies. The central computer in the Core does it all automatically. As far as your Op-Tec stuff, I can order up the files from the Core AI as long as Optic can plant them in all the right places."

 

[Victim]

Zeta Black Two -- the comm guy -- he had said his name was Jacobson -- messages in "The Darkwater records are long since taken care of. All Trust logistics has paper trails back to our front companies. The central computer in the Core does it all automatically. As far as your Op-Tec stuff, I can order up the files from the Core AI as long as Optic can plant them in all the right places."

Megan smiles uneasily, "Yeah, I figured you had your cover identities all set up. I meant the records of Optic's company hiring your firm."

 

[Jemal]

"No problem on either front, I can input the info from anywhere in the world, and I have the authority to hire pretty much whoever I want, so there'll be no questioning my hiring of Darkwater. At least, not internally." Optic made a mental note to get that done asap.

"And by the way, I know some of you are probably thinking that sharing our information is dangerous, but I think it's more dangerous NOT to know each other at this point. Think about it, if one of us gets taken and interogated, and they DO manage to extract information, then they'll know how to get us anyways. Through the Trust, through our super-identities, they've got some pretty good resources at their disposal. Now, I'm not saying we should be revealing details about our 'normal' lives to each other, but we DO need to build trust and companionship. Teamwork. The first time we went in somewhere, we lost one of our own because we didn't know each other, didn't work together. She was used to being on her own, not relying on others. We can't afford a similar mistake again."

 

[kirinke]

Hope nodded in agreement. "He is right, you know. Barrington isn't doing this alone, he probably has teams of minions working for him. If we don't start trusting each other, those teams are going to make short work of us."

 

[DM_Matt]

Optic' sends Jacobson the specs for Op-Tec documents, and its doesn't take long for the Core AI to produce the necessary files for Optic to plant.

He also notes that regarding escape plans, the way out of the building are the stairs and elevators, plus -- from the floorplans on file with the city -- the staircase goes to the roof, where you guys can have the plane pick you up. Speaking of the plane, there is enough room, in the form of extensive grassy areas, around the mansion for the plane to pick you up there, too.

Unless you want to do else first, you go to your meeting the next morning. You have to use the dedicated penthouse elevator. On the 30 floor trip, Optic looks around and notices that there is a camera in the ceiling, and vents in the walls near the floor. The vents are attached to small tanks with some poison warnings on them.

When you get to the top, the elevator opens into the living room of a richly-appointed penthouse. A beautiful Swiss woman in a revealing dress greets you. "Gruzi!" she says enthusiastically. "I'm Clara! Welcome to ..well, you know." She points to an impeccably-groomed man in a three thousand dollar suit. "This is Mr. Heinrich Wagner, and" pointing to a young, weasily-looking man next to him "his associate Viktor von Krup. Anyone want coffee? Tea? Anything?"

There are also two extremely large men standing around. Optic can tell that they are heavily-armored androids.

Viridian senses that Clara is magical in some way.

Wagner and Von Krup get up and greet you. Wagner says "Please, sit down. Tell us what your business is here."

 

[kirinke]

Hope takes in the area in a way that makes it seem like she's not really paying much attention to anything other than the conversation at hand, a trick she picked up from her old teacher Henry.

She busies herself with trying to come up with different escape routes and plans of attack should the unthinkable occur. She wishes she could have brought her gun. And an army to go along with it.

Right now, the best thing she can do is let Optic to the talking. At this point, she's there if things go wrong. Which, given their luck is probably going to happen sooner or later. Probably sooner.

Hope shakes her head at the offer of refreshments. Considering the little tasteful touches of the elevator appointments, she doesn't trust these guys further than she can spit.

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What does Hope see/sense?
(+10)............. Notice
(+07)............ Sense Motive
(+13)............ Concentration
(+15)............. Knowledge: Arcane Lore
(+15)............. Investigate
Master Plan
Eidetic Memory
Magical Awareness (13 base power)
Feature: Rapid Investigator: Can Use Investigate at 10x Speed (Quickness, Limited 2: Investigate)
Whisper of the Past 4........ ( 13 base power Postcognition, uncontrolled)
If you want to be mean.

 

[Shayuri]

Viridian, dressed in a smart business suit that goes with Optic's garb, just keeps the bland, neutrally pleasant smile on her face as she tries to both stay alert without -looking- like she's trying to stay alert. Figuring that she may be the only one, maybe Hope too, who can tell Clara's more than what she seems, Thess especially keeps an eye on her...though only out of her peripheral vision so as not to stare.

 

[Elric]

Nitro, in his presumed role as "muscle", tries to draw himself up to his full height and appear equally imposing, since he doesn't know that the other extremely large men are androids. Of course, he might do the same even knowing that they're androids.