Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[Elric]

"I already called for a team to pick these two up. They should be here in a few minutes." she said wryly. "I was just telling them they should stay put if they wanted to see 20. The bad-guys aren't as nice as we are,"

She let it go at that. Nitro actually was thinking, which was good, she didn't want to deflate that by telling him she had already considered that Ben was probably the unknown partner.

Ms. Investigate here hasn't even been trying to sort things out. Just doing her usual "I'm the most serious person ever and you must believe me" schtick. Add a little bit of 'let the evidence speak for itself' without considering the evidence. Go back to scaring some teenagers. And then I figure everything out. Sheesh. I have to do everything around here.

"Listen, Sarah- Sarah Grant. I know you're not really Samantha Granger. And Ben, I know you're your father's missing partner. And you both want your fathers dead. No need to lie about it any more. Now, Ben, we're going to go try to rescue your dad in a minute. But first I need to know if the two of you know anything more about his disappearance than you've been letting on. And we don't have all day."

Nitro doesn't drop his voice or go through unnecessarily melodramatic gestures like staring them in the eye, one by one. That's for amateurs who don't have presence.

(Roll intimidate--> 25 total, http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/1468861/)

 

[kirinke]

Hope shook her head as she looked around, touching things, trying to get something out of the objects touched, looking at the information at hand. A good investigator was subtle when needed. She grinned a little. It helped that Nitro made a good distraction too.

ooc
Rapid investigator 10x Speed
(+15) Investigate
(+10) Notice
(+10) Gather Info
(+6/+10) Diplomacy
(+07) Sense Motive

 

[Fangor the Fierce]

With all the bickering, Wren merely takes it in stride. If this was how things were with this group, no wonder the Trust sent him in for a little aid. They constantly fight with each other, instead of against a common enemy. If they weren't careful, it would be their downfall.

"Ok, let's just agree on a few things. First, you all have some compromising to do if you are going to be able to work together and not work against each other. Hell, I think you are best at everything you do, but that doesn't mean we all don't need a little help sometimes."

"Now, from what I can tell, it's a good thing for us that Nightweaver and Viridian made this little house-call, as it turned out not to be a dead end, like I hit on my investigation. They managed to apprehend these two kids, and find out where Dr. Fine is. Nitro and Hope, you managed to figure out what would have given me a headache; the true meaning of the little sight Viridian saw. Shooting Star, you have some luck on your side, managing to get us here when needed. Me, I'm just here to help out where I can, and not step on toes. I think you all do plenty of that on your own."

"So, unless you all want to work against each other, either due to working for another organization at the same time, or simply because you are not used to working with another super, I suggest we reflect on what happened and why we are here. We've got a job to do, so let's work together to do it..."

Making sure that the injured Super is okay now, (using healing to fix her up), Wren then turns to the pair of teenagers. "You can't fix your parents. That doesn't mean it's okay to try and kill them. There are alternatives. Maybe you'll realize that one day, and maybe not. It's your call, not ours. Now, do you want to help us actually save the world, or become like your parents, blinded by your own visions of grandeur and ignorant of your surroundings?" (Diplomacy Check (1d20 14=32))

 

[DM_Matt]

Nightweaver wakes up, thanks to Wren (who presumably got Viridian to drop the bubble around her, or else he couldn't do that without blasting it)

The two teens listen to the various speeches. Ben still can't respond, since Viridian still has him paralyzed.

Samantha can talk though, and says. "Well, you guys figured everything out anyway, so I might as well tell you. I am Sarah Grant, Ben is his father's partner -- in fact, ben has invented almost everything that his father takes credit for, and usually he sells them to supervillains, or their suppliers like my father.

Ben made me a mask that is extremely hard to detect. That, similarly hard-to-detect gloves, and my clothes are made of some of Ben's super-materials, and have, among other abilities, kinetic energy absorption properties similar to but weaker than those that the Labyrinth is trying to get out of Dr. Fine. I guess they have their limits, though, since the mask didn't exactly protect me much. If my hands were free I could take the mask off.

Look, you don't have anything on us. What are you going to do, have me arrested for assault? We told you what you need to know. Now please, let us go." She sort of curls into a ball, clearly in quite a bit of pain.

 

[Elric]

(OOC: Viridian released Ben from the paralysis back on the previous page)

 

[DM_Matt]

(OOC: Viridian released Ben from the paralysis back on the previous page)

Oops. I see she did. Ben doesn't add anything really, but he does remove Sarah's mask, which is amazingly thin and contracts itself into a ball. "See. Pretty cool, ain't it?"

 

[Shayuri]

(arr, and she dropped the ward around herself and Night waay back, after she warded the kids. )

Viridian seems a bit poleaxed by Nitro's insight, but when she's done with the portal, she looks at the two.

"We can't just leave you. Ben's father is telling them where you are...he may have already done it. You're not safe here. Not even with your powers and Ben's gadgets."

 

[DM_Matt]

(arr, and she dropped the ward around herself and Night waay back, after she warded the kids. )

Viridian seems a bit poleaxed by Nitro's insight, but when she's done with the portal, she looks at the two.

"We can't just leave you. Ben's father is telling them where you are...he may have already done it. You're not safe here. Not even with your powers and Ben's gadgets."

(I must have misinterpreted. I though she put Nightweaver in a ward as well as the kids out of magical hostility)

"We won't stay. We'll figure out where Ben can hide, and I can just disappear into my true identity."

 

[Elric]

"Is Grant Industries involved in any of this? That you know of, at least?"

Viridian seems a bit poleaxed by Nitro's insight, but when she's done with the portal, she looks at the two.

Just because you're a witch and I'm a wrestler. And a famous and good-looking wrestler at that. Oh well, maybe she won't snap at you quite so quickly next time.

 

[Victim]

"Are we just portaling straight there? It might be nice to set things up on the periphery of the battleground before rushing in," Megan tries to plan for the rescue.



Then she talks with Sarah and Ben. "If you're interested in using your abilities to work against supervillains, we might be able to help set you up. If your information about your dad checks out. I wouldn't believe what she said either. The people after you probably want you alive so you can make stuff for them. That might not be much of an improvement though."