Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[DM_Matt]

(OOC: I'm assuming there are doors on the side of the van that we can easily get out of if necessary- no fancy electronics required- let me know if this isn't the case)

It is the case that the side doors work normally.

 

[Elric]

(OOC: I'm assuming that Angel is not going around in his winged form- that would probably startle the guard for sure, which it didn't seem to do. I'm also assuming that this guard hasn't seen most of the van- including Nitro- yet. If he's seen all of us or Angel in his winged form, this is a whole different ballgame)

"Trying something", Nitro types.

Nitro opens the side door and gets out of the vehicle (then closes it most of the way), looking regal but also needy. "Hey man", he says to the guard. "I'm Johnny Nitro- you've probably seen me on TV. That guy (motions towards Optic) is my driver- Asian guy's my trainer. I've got a problem- you've heard I have superpowers, right? Well, they're not really superpowers- it's just The Juice [a foul-tasting white concoction that is the Strength equivalent of Zoom, the speed drug].

But Bonesaw was experimenting with The Juice too and it turned him into a crazy rampaging monster. Probably an imperfection somewhere. I'm worried that my supply isn't pure. I've got it so good as a hero right now, man. I've got a lot of endorsement money riding on being a hero and not just a wrestler. You guys are pharma, you can probably hook me up with the pure stuff. I was told to ask for a Ms. White here- I don't know if she's real or if that's how people refer to The Juice- you know, like Mary Jane or something? Think you can hook me up or take me to someone who can?

(OOC: Hope for good Bluff check. Luckily Nitro's relatively bulletproof)

 

[Victim]

"optns
mke look nrml w pwr
port stuff out
lie - be spcl sec 4c
flee
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I'm not fond of typing. So my IMs try to have an efficiency only matched those of hyperactive 12 year olds. This has the subtle effect of discouraging people from sending me IMs, and instead using regular talking. I win.

Then Nitro steps out and starts talking.

Oh shi-- huh, that was actually a pretty clever story. But isn't the strength booster drug Max? Still not as bad as Zoom. Temporarily powered druggies that go into cardiac arrest when KO'd are not easy to stop nonlethally.

Hmm, this lie might only get Nitro and angel boy inside. Well, if they stop looking, the quiet one can sneak us out one at a time if needed.

 

[DM_Matt]

(OOC: I'm assuming that Angel is not going around in his winged form- that would probably startle the guard for sure, which it didn't seem to do. I'm also assuming that this guard hasn't seen most of the van- including Nitro- yet. If he's seen all of us or Angel in his winged form, this is a whole different ballgame)

"Trying something", Nitro types.

Nitro opens the side door and gets out of the vehicle (then closes it most of the way), looking regal but also needy. "Hey man", he says to the guard. "I'm Johnny Nitro- you've probably seen me on TV. That guy (motions towards Optic) is my driver- Asian guy's my trainer. I've got a problem- you've heard I have superpowers, right? Well, they're not really superpowers- it's just The Juice [a foul-tasting white concoction that is the Strength equivalent of Zoom, the speed drug].

But Bonesaw was experimenting with The Juice too and it turned him into a crazy rampaging monster. Probably an imperfection somewhere. I'm worried that my supply isn't pure. I've got it so good as a hero right now, man. I've got a lot of endorsement money riding on being a hero and not just a wrestler. You guys are pharma, you can probably hook me up with the pure stuff. I was told to ask for a Ms. White here- I don't know if she's real or if that's how people refer to The Juice- you know, like Mary Jane or something? Think you can hook me up or take me to someone who can?

(OOC: Hope for good Bluff check. Luckily Nitro's relatively bulletproof)

The guard says "You're Nitro!?! You're the sh*t, man. Look, I probably shouldn't get caught up in this, but I think you'll have a better chance of getting a good deal from "Ms. White," if that is waht she's going by now, if you came back tomorrow night. Things are pretty busy in there right now for some reason, and so it might be harder to do that kind of commerce. You're better off getting out of here for now, ya feel me?"

(Bluff v Sense Motive, Fame:Benefit in this case allowing his attractive to apply to male wrestling fans)

 

[Elric]

The guard says "You're Nitro!?! You're the sh*t, man. Look, I probably shouldn't get caught up in this, but I think you'll have a better chance of getting a good deal from "Ms. White," if that is waht she's going by now, if you came back tomorrow night. Things are pretty busy in there right now for some reason, and so it might be harder to do that kind of commerce. You're better off getting out of here for now, ya feel me?"

(Bluff v Sense Motive, Fame:Benefit in this case allowing his attractive to apply to male wrestling fans)

"Hey, thanks a bunch man. I didn't know what I was going to do. Here's the least I can do for you"

<Nitro sees that the guy's name is Carlos>

Nitro pulls out a picture of team MNM holding up their tag-team trophies, writes "To Carlos, one swell dude" on it and signs it, then gives it to him. He thanks him again and gets back in the car, saying "Ok, boys, no more chasing Vanna tonight. Let's hit the clubs"

<Presumably the car then backs out and turns away>

 

[DM_Matt]

"Thanks man! Laterz!" Carlos says, going back to his booth.

 

[Elric]

"Ok, guys", Nitro says after they've gone a reasonable distance. "Something fishy is definitely going on here. Most likely drug smuggling and our mission is to stop it. But let's not go in the front- capiche?"

 

[James Heard]

" Our prospective employer is beyond breaking the law because?"

Because everyone knows that plastic explosives waiting in vans at major sporting venues is a good indicator of character, right up there with having confidential government files and a half dozen silencers, Spirit thinks dryly.

 

[James Heard]

Spirit gets out of the van and flies back toward the gate in her phantom form, making a slow insubstantial pass through many of the outlying buildings and through/over the yacht.

 

[DM_Matt]

Spirit gets out of the van and flies back toward the gate in her phantom form, making a slow insubstantial pass through many of the outlying buildings and through/over the yacht.

I presume that you mean activating the Insubstantial 4 AP as well as the complex one that begins with Morph but includes concealment, right? (In this case, the extra point of insubstantial does nothing, but you do get concealment) If you only use the first one, you'll have to make a stealth check untrained.

To use her blending, she has to move quite slowly, but she does get some good information. First of all, once airborne, she sees four men on each of the two main rooftops with heavier weaponry than the others. In each group, two have shoulder-fired rocket launchers, and tend to stay in the center of their rooftops, near doors leading to the inside, one has an RPG, and another has a very large rifle.

She finds an outbuilding containing generators and a power station, with a pair of regular-seeming guards at the door, located next to the office building, on the opposite side as the loading dock and nearby truck shelter. Speaking of the truck shelter, she does not find much there. The large, white trucks are empty, though she finds a lockbox on the wall containing some keys that probably go to the trucks.

Getting to the dock, men are unloading crates and carting them into the warehouse.


Looking around the yacht, it seems that some of the men on board have much more advanced technology than the Cholos. There are at least four men with tech visors of some sort and unusual weapons that look like shotguns fed by ammo canisters.

On the deck, two men are talking. One is unmistakable: It is Numero Uno, leader of the Cholos. An enormous, powerful, hairy man with slightly large ears and a somewhat oversized, jutting, lower face, he looks somewhat out of place in his fancy suit, though the pair of MAC-10s in harnesses inside his open jacket look more appropriate for him. The other man is practically is opposite. He is rail-thin and bony, of unknown ethnicity, but Spirit's best guesses are Central Asian or Middle Eastern, with a shriveled face and sunken eyes, and is draped in red robes of some sort. He too is bearded, has a crazed look in his eyes, and laughs to himself periodically. "Tis...a pleasure...heh, heh, doing businessss with you, Lycan. Once the packages, heh, heh, are unloaded and your cash take on board, the -- heh heh, houseguests you promised to hosssst will come join you."

Suddenly, one of the men in the visors seems to spot her, and raises his weapon, unleashing a rapidfire storm of metallic spikes combusting as they cut through the air. Fortunately, they go right through her.