Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[Shayuri]

"They're both telling the truth!" Viridian snaps at Optic, overhearing him. "Even Sheik didn't resist that one."

 

[DM_Matt]

Viridian, clearly getting impatient with how little these two know, demands first of Sheik, then of Numero Uno, "Alright, we want to know anything and everything you've heard about White Knight, Barrington, Control Freak...all of those supervillains. Where they are. Why they're here. Everything."

They start rattling off pieces of information, most of which you already know. You do find out that they were under the impression that Barrington and Control Freak were looking for a number of things specific things (they did not know which) in Freedom City, though it wasn't clear if they were buying or stealing them. Barrington apparently mentioned the Freedom League a number of times. The Shiek also says that they broadcast some information to White Knight using the ships' communications array. You guys already intercepted the last batch of it when Nitro trashed the transmitted. However, the Shiek does provide information as to the method and frequency he used, and said that the encryption key should be in the data you got for the comm buffer (looking later, you do find it).

 

[Shayuri]

"Freedom League," Viridian muses. "That device...the one you thought was going to be used here. I bet it's for Freedom League's headquarters. They have to have at least as much security as here! And those things they wanted...that could be the museum heist."

She looks at the others. "We'd better warn the League and work out what we're going to do about the museum robbery. We can't just let them break in and get it."

 

[Jemal]

[sblock=OOC: Shayuri]
Firstly, I recalled you saying that last time you tried the spell on Sheik that he resisted, and that it became easier to resist the more you tried it, but you could try it again. It was never stated (IC OR OOC) that it worked this time.
Secondly, unless you have enhanced hearing, you can't hear Optic, b/c he backed off enough so that Sheik and Uno(who i'm pretty sure probably DOES have enhanced hearing, being a Lycan) couldn't hear, and you're talking to them.
Thirdly: Optic's VERY uncomfortable about the Magic thing.. People can fool Technology, why can't they fool Magic. He'll run off his gut feelings until he sees proof that magic is infallible.
sorry, but I don't get why it's so offensive...
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[Shayuri]

[sblock=OOC: Shayuri]
Firstly, I recalled you saying that last time you tried the spell on Sheik that he resisted, and that it became easier to resist the more you tried it, but you could try it again. It was never stated (IC OR OOC) that it worked this time.
Secondly, unless you have enhanced hearing, you can't hear Optic, b/c he backed off enough so that Sheik and Uno(who i'm pretty sure probably DOES have enhanced hearing, being a Lycan) couldn't hear, and you're talking to them.
Thirdly: Optic's VERY uncomfortable about the Magic thing.. People can fool Technology, why can't they fool Magic. He'll run off his gut feelings until he sees proof that magic is infallible.
sorry, but I don't get why it's so offensive...
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[sblock=OOC]It was two suggestions. One to answer all questions, one to tell the truth. He resisted the first one, but not the second. You're right though that Vi didn't make that terribly clear.
I figured we were talking through microphones to the Terrible Two, and therefore were all in the same room, speaking freely when we wished, because they couldn't overhear us unless we were intentionally speaking to them. If that's not the case, then I'd have to modify a lot of my dialogue.
Finally...this is purely IC. OOC, I think it's hilarious, and I never meant to imply there was any REAL irritation behind the scenes. If I did inadvertantly, I apologize. Thessaly has a lot of things going on right now. She's tired and cranky, she's still dealing with feelings from the whole battle thing, and she's not used to working with groups which means she's not used to being repeatedly questioned or subjected to skepticism. Don't worry, she's usually a very nice person. She's just kind of in a bad mood right now.

PS - Optic's behaving just fine! I don't blame him at all. And feel free to get angry IC, or defensive, or point out that she was unclear on explaining the spells on Sheik...any or all of that, as you see fit. It's quite justifiable. [/sblock]

 

[Jemal]

[sblock=ooc Shayuri]
I was assuming the Microphone thing too, but I'm paranoid and didn't want the mike to be 'accidentally' left on while we're talking or something.. OR find out that one of them can hear through the glass, or whatever.
Good to know it's not YOU that's pissed off, you're one of my fave gaming buddies on here.
I'll go with the 'us still in same room' thing for simplicity, and so we don't have to repeat everything twice. I'll just hope Matt's a kind DM and Thessaly isn't so tired she forgets to turn the mike off.
As for Optic getting ticked.. well, he's Far more level-headed than I could ever be.
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"I thought the same thing a little while back, but didn't think any number of villains would be either stupid or powerful enough to attempt it. You're right though, if there's any chance they ARE the target, we should inform someone."
He flips open his phone and sends a message to *Insert appropriate color here*
"Please compare the 'attack strategy' data to what the Trust currently knows about the Freedom League, to see if IT may be a viable target, and if so, warn them."
"Sorry about the mix-up, Viridian, I'm a product of technology, If I don't know how something works... like your magic... I have trouble trusting that it IS working. Not a slight to you. Good call on the Freedom league thing by the way, I've got the Trust looking into it. In the meantime, do we have anymore questions for these guys?"


[sblock=ooc]
Matt, could I get a list of which colors have which jobs for future reference? (and of course I'm refering to the people that work for the trust, not Red is stop, Green is go. )
*BTW, you're about to realize you've made a horrible mistake by giving me RESOURCES.. MUAHAHA.*

EDIT: ALSO, Did we know WHICH museum or when? *Is searching thread...*
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[kirinke]

Not this time, but meanwhile.....

Hope is awakened in the middle of the night by her phone. After several rings, she finally picks it up.

"Yeah...?"

"Winters! Its Hoagland. There's a sh*tstorm down by the docks. Big metahuman fight at OxCorp. Leveled the whole place! ...And someone took control of our Raptors! They're calling in everyone they can find. You've gotta get down here. "

The AEGIS office -- the REAL AEGIS office, in a bunker below the Federal Building (as opposed to the public one IN the Federal Building) is buzzing with activity. People are running about frantically passing around papers and excitedly hatting about the chaos.

Shawn McAllen, to whom Hope typically reports, tells her to get up to speed on what happened from the others, and hands her a stack of photos, clearly taken with some zoom from above and enhanced. She presumes they were from the Raptors. McAllen says "We've identified one of the evil metahumans at large as John Barrington III. It seems an interesting coincidence that he's in town just as you're hearing rumblings that Faust is around. I wonder if there is some kind of Nazi supervillain convention in town."

"Doubt it, the Third Rietch went bust before either of us were born." Hope quipped. "Why can't these guys get that? Talk about holding on to faded glory," she shook her head as she perused the photos, analysing them, trying to figure out who was who and if she could identify any specific heroes or other people besides the villians they had already identified. As she flipped through the stills, her the blue of her irises faded to white.

At the mention of Faust however, her humor faded. She had tangled with that particular supervillain before as she was investigating a string of murders committed by the damned sorcerer. Most of his victims had been skinned alive. The rest... Well it didn't bear mentioning or remembering. But she did and rather wished she didn't remember. But that was impossible.

"Faust... If he's in town, the body count is going to rise right quick. And he's not choosy about his targets either." she said darkly.

ooc:
Eidetic Memory
Well Informed
Investigate 15
Streetwise 15
Notice 10
Gather Info 10
Rapid Investigator 10x speed

 

[Victim]

(Yeah, you guys just go ahead and resolve your issues while I write my post. Jerks. )

"Yeah, they might be targeting the Freedom League." Didn't I already mention that immediately after learning that this base isn't the target? "The League members themselves might not be the target - there may be some captured trophy in their facility or perhaps the goal is to get something into their computer system. But these villains did seem pretty powerful."

"Maybe some of us should visit the museum in civilian ID to discretely check the security. Or a better known person could approach their security people to discuss the threat. I'm not sure what channels exist for other super teams to contact the Freedom League, but it probably shouldn't be too hard to find someone tonight, since our battle probably raised all kinds of alerts."

 

[Elric]

"Maybe some of us should visit the museum in civilian ID to discretely check the security. Or a better known person could approach their security people to discuss the threat. I'm not sure what channels exist for other super teams to contact the Freedom League, but it probably shouldn't be too hard to find someone tonight, since our battle probably raised all kinds of alerts ."

Nitro brightens. "I know Lady Liberty! Worked under her direction on the Cult of the Yellow Sign stuff right after I became a superhero, when the rest of the Freedom League was busy and they found a few other supers to do some stuff for them." What a babe! Did I say that out loud? Nitro glances at Shooting Star. Nope, doesn't look like I said it out loud.

"I don't know if she'd trust my investigative skills, though, if I tell her about a possible plot. There were other supers around to handle the thinking parts last time, so I mostly handled the butt-kicking, the looking good, and media interviews. To each his own, right?"

 

[DM_Matt]

"Doubt it, the Third Rietch went bust before either of us were born." Hope quipped. "Why can't these guys get that? Talk about holding on to faded glory," she shook her head as she perused the photos, analysing them, trying to figure out who was who and if she could identify any specific heroes or other people besides the villians they had already identified. As she flipped through the stills, her the blue of her irises faded to white.

At the mention of Faust however, her humor faded. She had tangled with that particular supervillain before as she was investigating a string of murders committed by the damned sorcerer. Most of his victims had been skinned alive. The rest... Well it didn't bear mentioning or remembering. But she did and rather wished she didn't remember. But that was impossible.

"Faust... If he's in town, the body count is going to rise right quick. And he's not choosy about his targets either." she said darkly.

ooc:
Eidetic Memory
Well Informed
Investigate 15
Streetwise 15
Notice 10
Gather Info 10
Rapid Investigator 10x speed

She's able to find all of them in AEGIS' records. They have reasonably detailed records of their exploits and general information on their powers, but they do not have the secret identities of those who have them.