Superheroes of the Trust Game Thread

[DM_Matt]

Mr. Black says "Not knowing he was there, we did not know that he could control the Raptors and the chopper. I used my own powers to try to counter his -- my abilities are ... similar... But he was too strong. We think he intentionally destroyed the research building with the raptors, rather than as any kind of collateral damage. We also tihnk he was the one who overloaded the power station and made THAT explode and send a massive power surge throughout the facility that could destroy the electronics inside. He was probablt trying to destroy any evidence that might be found at the scene. Unfortunately, we do not know if he took anything. For all we know, he now knows how to synthesize the Lycan Serum and the Alpha Lycan Retrovirus."

 

[DM_Matt]

(anyone have anything to say before they keep talking?)

 

[Jemal]

Optic cleared his throat "I know control freak, i've ran into him before. That explains why I couldn't get into those raptors, his technolinks are far beyond my personal powers. We've.. ER, that is, the company that sponsors me, Op-tec, has been working on improving security to block out technopaths, but he's one of the few that's just too powerful. Personally, I don't think using ANY technical device to try and find or defeat him is even close to feasible. We'll have to do it the old-fashioned way."

 

[Fenris2]

Angel looks the assemble color coded Trust members on the eyes, frowns a bit, and says, "So let see if I undersand this."

"Instead of testing recruits in some super duper image... um no, ah.. 'holo?" tank or something, you hand them a... 'live fire?' excercise as their trial. Something you think you have control of, but apparently do not. Why take this approach so frought with risk?"

"Second, you have a team in place to intervene if something goes wrong. And when it goes all to heck, you decied to hold them back, rather than have them help, because they might get killed? In the mean time its apparently okay if we might get killed? And not one person thinks to call us with a message saying anything at all about any of this to us?"

 

[Shayuri]

Thessaly hunches a bit in her chair, rubbing her temples. When Angel's done, she can't keep quiet anymore.

"Look...I hear that...that maybe it wasn't quite as bad as I thought. Stuff happened that you didn't predict, and things got out of hand. But doesn't it seem like..."

She pauses, trying to find words. "This kind of thing could happen any time! And I know there's risks in trying to be a superhero, and all that...but I think the point is that every time I do my thing with the costume and go outside, I know there's a risk and I accept it. But this time..."

The young witch trails off, her expression changing to one of honest surprise.

"...this time wasn't any different, was it? I mean, sure you lied to us...but once we got there and saw what was going on, we could have left. We could have said...hey, these guys are full of...full of crap. It must be a trap, lets get out of here. But we didn't. We chose this... All those people...Spirit...it was just as much our fault as yours."

Thessaly looks away, one hand coming up to cover her mouth. She looks pale and sick.

 

[Raylis]

"What exactly do you mean by "lycan?" as in the term used in that movie a few years ago? Nightweaver says slowly, "Are you saying those wolf things were honest to God werewolves?

 

[Fenris2]

Angel says to nightweaver as he gets a far off look in his eyes, "Yes they were real werewolves. Such have existed for a very long time..."

Angel says to Viridian, "I dispute none of that. I do want to hear about why they test this way. I do want to know why, when it was getting out of control, they did well... Not much given even a simple phone call (looks at his ipone thingie) may, or may not, hath made a difference."

 

[Victim]

This is all more than little overwhelming, Megan thinks. Wait, why is Red late? That can't be good news.

Personally, I don't think using ANY technical device to try and find or defeat him is even close to feasible. We'll have to do it the old-fashioned way.

"It's potentially worse than that. Depending on his range or subtlety, he may have access to signals information and such. Finding him the old fashion way might not be enough if he can comprimise modern communications - it might have to low tech all the way through." she muses.

Now for blame allocation. If they jammed one teleport, we probably couldn't have portaled to the boat either. "An artificial test wouldn't achieve any real gain to go along with its lack of real risk."

Oh yeah. "How does the werewolf virus spread?"

 

[DM_Matt]

Angel says to nightweaver as he gets a far off look in his eyes, "Yes they were real werewolves. Such have existed for a very long time..."

Red says "They are very real. But they are not mystical. At least, not entirely. They are a rare species of animal, but they are animals nonetheless. Their mutations are no more powerful than many we see in humans, and some of their more mystical-seeming powers are simply biological...retroviruses and pheramones, not spells and rituals. And the allergy to silver is real, too, by the way. It seems to go hand-in-hand with their mutations."

 

[DM_Matt]

Oh yeah. "How does the werewolf virus spread?"

Generally only through the bite, but all of you who were treated for injuries were given anti-retrovirals among other things, just in case.