Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[Victim]

Hmm, she's not answering. I guess she's busy. Or maybe she doesn't like me. Shooting Star doesn't leave a message, and instead calls Viridian. She launches into the same spiel if Thessaly picks up phone:

"Hello. It's me, Megan. I was wondering if you wanted to do something for lunch. And thanks for agreeing when Hope wanted us to run away."

(Ah, the elusive and amusing mutual KO. Isn't Thess's emotion control AOE?)

 

[DM_Matt]

Meanwhile, at the base, a report begins on one of the TVs on in the background.

"This just in:

Cholo's leader Numero Uno and notorious Mutant Drug Lord Heroin Shiek, thought to have been at the scene of Sunday night's spectacular battle at the docks have been found bound and drugged in a vacant apartment, along with mountains of evidence against them and the others captured that night. They were found after AEGIS received an anonymous tip that they would be found here. Included were days of video and boxes of documents, which may be enough to convict not only those two leaders but all of the gang members captured that night.

Most intriguing is video of the dock fight, clearly showing several superheroes battling the Cholos and the Sheik's group. It is unclear how this footage was shot, especially since most of these camera angles imply flying cameras in unusual positions close to the battle. In fact, while there is plenty of raw footage as well, some of this looks like a highlight reel.

(They show and narrate a number of clips, among many showing the fight). Many of these supers have been identified, but they are all relatively new 'capes thought to act alone...Here we see professional wrestler Johnny Nitro sending Numero Uno flying from the scene with a double flying kick...Here is Shooting Star bringing down the Shiek, and Nitro again finishing him off...There taking down a couple gang members on the roof is Nightweaver, fresh from her victory over Glowbug...Here trading insults with Numero Uno and hitting him with a powerful spell that sends him to his knees is Viridian, who just days earlier took down Red Death...and here now is Optic, concentrating on freeing the pilots trapped in their aircraft.

Of course, this was the same group of heroes who defeated Faust and Nekropanzer during their distraction attacks on Black Tuesday, and who fought alongside the Freedom League on that dark day. While the Freedom League is severely damaged, it appears that Freedom City may have a new Superteam. "

 

[Elric]

Presumably Nitro hears about this report.

Never one to shy away from free publicity, Nitro calls his agent again. Does anyone want to interview him? Or, asks he asks his agent, does anyone not want to interview him?

Then Nitro will call over to Trust headquarters and see who's there- any particular spin they want on the new super-team? What are they supposed to tell outsiders about the team in general? In particular, did they ever decide on a catchy team name? Nitro and the Mystical Pipsqeaks?

 

[DM_Matt]

Presumably Nitro hears about this report.

Never one to shy away from free publicity, Nitro calls his agent again. Does anyone want to interview him? Or, asks he asks his agent, does anyone not want to interview him?

Then Nitro will call over to Trust headquarters and see who's there- any particular spin they want on the new super-team? What are they supposed to tell outsiders about the team in general? In particular, did they ever decide on a catchy team name? Nitro and the Mystical Pipsqeaks?

Basically everyone does in fact want to interview him.

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

Shaking his head and grinning at the monitors, Wren turns to the women nearby, Shooting Star and Hope, and says, "Looks like you got your first highlite reel on the News. Hope you can get used to it, as it surely won't be your last!"

"So, Shooting Star, any luck with the others?"

 

[kirinke]

"It gets annoying quick," Hope remarks wryly, remembering how the newshounds had hounded her after she had broke the case on the Midnight Rapist three years ago.

 

[Elric]

Basically everyone does in fact want to interview him.

Nitro agrees to a whole bunch of interviews for later in the day. Careful or not-so-careful observers would notice that Nitro seemed to be interviewed by women reporters who were, on average, even more attractive than is typical for the group.

 

[Elric]

In the meantime, Nitro is trying to think of a name for their team. He's talking to Star at the Trust headquarters, and whoever else is there at the time.

"How about The Sentinels? Sentinel Squad or Squadron? The Vanguard? I only have a few hours till the first interview, and you know they're going to ask about our team name. Help me out here!"

 

[DM_Matt]

Nitro agrees to a whole bunch of interviews for later in the day. Careful or not-so-careful observers would notice that Nitro seemed to be interviewed by women reporters who were, on average, even more attractive than is typical for the group.

He gets some rather expected questions --

"So what was it like face a powerful werewolf in hand-to hand combat, and then a giant cyborg zombie a day and a half later?


"How did you know where the bad guys would strike?"


"What can you say about your new teammates? Is this team here to stay, and if so what is it called?"

 

[Shayuri]

Ben remains bound by the shadowy strands, but he's doing something under there, and it seems that they are loosening.

"Sinews tighten, limbs freeze...movement ceases, muscles seize. Your struggles to escape will prove, by my command you cannot move!"

Viridian speaks the spell in English this time, concentrating on Ben's shape within the weird stringy shadowstuff he's trapped in.

Right about then she gets the cellphone call. Patching it to her comm, she answers, "Bad time, scientist's kid attacked us. Night's down. I could use some backup."

(Just in case it's not assumed, she repairs any damage to the barrier that he did too. Paralysis! Fort save DC 18.)