Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[Shayuri]

Thess blinks.

"We are? How can you tell? Was there someone else hovering around outside? You did a head count?"

Her tone is honestly surprised, not challenging or dubious. Clearly it hadn't occurred to her to count the people outside, and now she was thinking maybe she should have.

 

[Elric]

"Man", Johnny Nitro thinks, "this witch girl isn't too bright. Well, maybe just not very observant. Too much time spent reading books- kind of like my professors at UC Davis"

He replies, "Eight sets of equipment. Seven of us. That leaves one person missing. This isn't LA- there probably aren't any midnight traffic jams holding him or (Nitro hopes) her up. Wonder what it is."

 

[Shayuri]

(ooc - Hee...or is cursed with a player with a short memory. )

"Even if eight were invited," Viridian says, rubbing her chin ruefully. "It doesn't mean eight showed up. Any of us could have decided not to come."

Well, that sure made a good impression. For my next trick, I'll backfire a spell and turn myself into a frog. Ugh.

 

[Victim]

"Even if eight were invited," Viridian says, rubbing her chin ruefully. "It doesn't mean eight showed up. Any of us could have decided not to come."
[/i]

"You're right, the last person might not be coming. We'll still probably have to wait the full half hour to find out though." And 30 minutes feels like hours.

Megan starts exploring the computer system, assuming it's not locked down. [Computers +17, taking 10]

Well, this is great. I wanted to work with some more experienced super heroes, but pretty much everyone seems greener than me. And while I don't have much room to talk, there are some real characters here. Umm, Nightweaver - thank goodness that everyone's names are displayed on the screens - rations her words like she might run out of them. Spirit seems a bit paranoid, and obsessed with organized crime. Salix the weird plant guy is at least polite. The wrestler couldn't remember his social security number. The 'angel' is taking advantage of belief systems altered by early contact with extradimensional travelers. Viridian seems okay, if religious and unobservant. And then there's guns. It's not supposed to be like this, but you'd think I'd be used to that feeling by now.

 

[DM_Matt]

Regarding cost of the teleporters (rolls checks for Thess), Thess knows that with a bit of research she could make a limited use short-range triggered teleport device rather inexpensively....it would probably be separate form the keypad, but be triggered by the keypad's computer displaying a rune or playing a certain tone or something.

 

[DM_Matt]

"You're right, the last person might not be coming. We'll still probably have to wait the full half hour to find out though." And 30 minutes feels like hours.

Megan starts exploring the computer system, assuming it's not locked down. [Computers +17, taking 10]

Well, this is great. I wanted to work with some more experienced super heroes, but pretty much everyone seems greener than me. And while I don't have much room to talk, there are some real characters here. Umm, Nightweaver - thank goodness that everyone's names are displayed on the screens - rations her words like she might run out of them. Spirit seems a bit paranoid, and obsessed with organized crime. Salix the weird plant guy is at least polite. The wrestler couldn't remember his social security number. The 'angel' is taking advantage of belief systems altered by early contact with extradimensional travelers. Viridian seems okay, if religious and unobservant. And then there's guns. It's not supposed to be like this, but you'd think I'd be used to that feeling by now.

Megan finds that the system is too locked-down to hack. It seems that is is not taking input from the keyboard at all, though she does notice from its apparent composition that it almost certainly has a touch-screen, though if it does, that too is not responding. She cannot find any other method of input. To hack it, she would actually have to start disassembling it.

 

[DM_Matt]

Joseph knows all the public details about Johnny Nitro, as well as the recent victories of the others, if publicly known.

 

[DM_Matt]

The keys are in fact in the ignition. It does allow Johnny to start it up. The screen on the driver-side dashboard remains blank, however, and his name remains at his previous seat. There are a whole lot of extra knobs and buttons and switches, but he does not know what they do. The windows appear to be capable of rolling down, but no one can figure out how to do it.

 

[Elric]

Nitro starts the car, and puts on the song "California." He can't quite figure out how to roll down a window, but still, life is good.

 

[Victim]

Unwilling to start taking the computer apart, Megan sits back and listens to the music.