Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[kirinke]

The Saint looks at the girl like she was crazy. "We'll be walking into a death trap girl, you think that they don't know we're here?" she asked harshly. "Look around at your teammates without the blindness of your arrogance!"

Suicidal superheroes. Spare me, she thought, knowing that Nitro was not at one hundred percent, Viridian had been shot. She was drained and had been shot. She knew didn't know how good Optic or Nightweaver were, but even then, with half the team hurt and wounded.... It was time to go before they lost someone. That was her main goal. Making sure everyone survived this gamble. Had she been alone, she would have pressed on, but with her teammates wounded, that took priority.

She wouldn't loose another partner to someone like Barrington or Faust. Ever again. She thought grimly.

 

[Victim]

The Saint looks at the girl like she was crazy. "We'll be walking into a death trap girl, you think that they don't know we're here?" she asked harshly. "Look around at your teammates without the blindness of your arrogance!"

WHAT?! How can she call me arrogant? Of all the people in the world... She's been constantly ordering everyone about since I met her. She's the only one who's come out in favor of leaving too. So of course doing something other than what she wants is arrogant. :\ And of course we were walking into a trap; we knew that going in. No one seemed seriously injured. she thinks angrily.

Megan fires back without stopping her work, "If you want to see arrogance, look in the mirror!"

 

[Raylis]

"We need to finish what we came to do before we leave." Nightweaver says angerly, "We didn't have any plan and their trap was sprung the moment we walked in through the door. However, those who want to leave through Vi's door should do so. They might turn down security if they think we've all gone.

She moves toward the hallway Shooting Star went down, "Jack you have the best chance to get what we need from their files and you can do it the quickest-are you with us?"

 

[kirinke]

Priorities. she thought, knowing she'd talk with the green superhero later.

Unbidden, the light spring like wind springs up around her, almost in reaction to her concern for the younger woman. It swirls around Viridian's wounds, healing them, and The Saint staggers once again, white spots dancing in her eyes. She shakes it off with a visable effort.

She shook her head, trying to focus. "Viridian, you think you can go further?" she asked the younger witch, once the wind had done its work.

"Remember, this isn't about winning or loosing anymore. We're a team, we look out for each other, even if we don't like each other much. The alternative is far worse." she says, almost to herself.

You can tell she's not thinking very clearly, the backlash from the spell, plus the effort it took in getting rid of the spider demon is clearly taking its toll.

At Nightweaver's suggestion of seperating the group, her eyes flash silver in anger and the air around her turns cold and static filled. "We'll see this through." she said and Viridian can tell, she's not exactly at her most coherent.

Fire and ice and portals to hell don't for a good margarita mix. The thought ran through her head, like a cat chasing a silver string from a ball of yarn.

 

[Shayuri]

Viridian glances at Hope and nods.

"Maybe you should leave though," she suggests worriedly. "You...all this you're doing is really too much. Doing magic can exhaust you fast. But I think they have a point. If we leave now, we'll never have another chance at this. I can finish the door though, for you...if you're too tired to go on."

 

[kirinke]

"I'm not worried about myself," she said, pulling herself together once more. "Others are more important." she told her. "More worried about you guys." she focuses inward, using an old meditation technique to order her thoughts, push back the pain and backlash effect to something she could work around. It works.... More or less.

"I'll make it," The Saint said and she would, if through sheer stubborn will alone. She shakes her head.

"I'm sorry," she said quietly, knowing that both Star and NightWeaver were right. "Let's get this done,"

You can see why she got her reputation for obession based dedication. At least when she's not punch drunk from overuse of her abilities.

 

[Raylis]

"You're more of a liability then an asset if you push yourself too far and too much. All the angry looks and tough talk won't change that." she turns her attention to the guys, "Nitro, Jack?

 

[kirinke]

"Sorry. Casting spells opposing my elements always make me feel like I've downed a half dozen Huricanes." She says, sounding almost normal as the meditation trick does it's job, plus the effects from the backlash never lasts long. "You're right, Okay? I know I've been a jerk, I can't change that and I'm sorry for what I've said. It was uncalled for."

Hope knows she'll pay for it later if she pushes herself like that again. She can still feel the lingering effects of fatigue, but she doesn't feel like she's about to pass out again either. She looked at Viridian and the others.

"I'm not going to abandon anyone here," she said stubbornly, that sheer unwillingness to give up or give in to her own weaknesses had taken her to hell and beyond shown through.

A mage never gives in to a weakness, never lets that weakness gain control over them. You destroy it, or find away around it. But you never give in to it. Ever. she remembered her earliest lesson, her first lesson.Magic is all about your will. Without your will, the power controls you. Loose control of it, of yourself and that power will consume you.

Ever since Faust had come back into her sights, she had been off-center, off balance. He and his cohorts Black Cobra and Sister Thorn had tortured her partner, killed him slowly and left the video of their escapades at her front door, after she had been searching for him for a month. Had she been a week earlier in finding him, he would still be alive. That would haunt her for the rest of her days. And she would not rest until everyone responsible for his death had been brought to justice. Either by her hand or by the Courts. Whichever way it played out.

That was reason enough to push forward. It wasn't over. And there was the fact that she would never forgive herself if anyone of her newest team mates had been killed while she was unable to help.

 

[Elric]

"You're more of a liability then an asset if you push yourself too far and too much. All the angry looks and tough talk won't change that." she turns her attention to the guys, "Nitro, Jack?

"I'm fine. It takes more than a Spider-demon and glass-ball Joe to stop me."

 

[DM_Matt]

Shooting Star manages to blow the lock on the security door, leading to the reception area.

She arrives in a concrete room with a screen on wall and several teleportals on the floor. A green-haired woman appears on the screen.

"Greetings. I am Scylla, the artificial intelligence unit which controls this facility. Turn back and you may yet survive. The main base is only accessible via teleportal, and is over 100 feet of reenforced concrete and lead sheeting below you. Without my permission, you will be unable to target the teleportal as intended. As you can see, your mission is entirely futile."