The Heroes of Freedom: Issue One

[Brother Shatterstone]

Alicia Emmrich/Mistress Mind

Alicia auburn hair bounced with every stride while her jogging outfit made a soft shifting sound as her long legs propelled her farther threw the park. Autumn was here and her face was slightly flushed from the cool air but she paid no heed to it as she concentrated on her breathing and the modern rock that filled her ears from her Discman. The hard rock wasn't her mucic of preficance, as that would always be the classical music of cenceries long past, but it hada good beat and she prefered it when running. She had no goal today as she ran threw the park almost every day, though she made strives to make it, but her schedule was busy and it wasn’t softball season right now. All that made jogging a luxury and not a priority but the weekend was here and there was no Orchestra practice or classes today and homework could wait till later. She wasn’t tired when she started to slow down nor had she been paying that much attention to her surroundings so it was with much confusing when she felt the gentle voice telling her to turn around. The voice was familiar, much like that of a best friend, and Alicia finds herself doing just as it has asked and with much confusion Alicia stand upon the path in the middle of the park steering off at the downtown skyline uncertain to what she’s doing and what she looking for.

OOC: Wish I had someone to blame for this but I guess I am just late... I guess I was on the other side of the park when everything started.

 

[Victim]

Sam was already dropping to ground when the Asian kid started taunting the guys with Uzis. He's either really stupid, or has powers. Hey, maybe I could try something. Looking up from the ground, Sam reaches out with his powers. First, he triggers the alarm circuit since the guard was really dying to push. If the Kung Fu Kid kicked their butts, some of the crooks would probably flee, while if he ended up eating a clip of 9mm ammo, then they'd leave in a bit anyway. They probably came from that van. With a thought, he took control of starter and fuel injection system of the van to interfere with the engine's operation.

 

[Hammerhead]

Sam, Kathleen, Jet
Round 1


Before the thugs can react, Jet springs towards the thugs, hitting one with a flying jump kick. The gunman flies back from the force of the blow, crashing into the glass doors of the E-Sea, shattering them into tiny, cutting shards. He slumps on the ground, unconscious.

Jet, rebounding from his kick, bounces off the now unconscious bank robber to leap behind a teller's desk for cover.

Sam concentrates for a few moments, and then a loud alarm blares, it's echoes resounding throughout the bank. Sam also succeeds in disabling the fuel injection system of the van.

"Hey, it's a cape! Get em'!" one the thugs shouts, as he reaches into his jacket and pulls out a small amount of green powder that he quickly shoves into his mouth. The other four soon follow, and each seems to grow several inches in height, and their already formidable muscles expand.

"You dead now, kid," one taunts.

OOC: Initiative 34-Jet, 16-Sam, 10-Thugs, 7-Kathleen.

 

[Tokiwong]

Jet will use Expertise +3 defense, and –3 to attack for this round. Giving him a Defense of 38.

Jet grumbles, “Alright so you thugs on steroids, you are no match for the mighty power of Black Crane Kung Fu,” Jet thinks to himself, Okay that was cheesy, mental note spend time thinking up better battle cries. Or better yet, what would Neo do? WWND, now there is a niche market…. Wait in a fight, stay focused moron!

Jet confident in his defenses flips over the desk, curls into a roll and flips right into the middle of the thugs lashing out with a spinning kick right at the thug that just spoke, trying to stun him with an accurate strike to the temple, still on the defense, acting as if he almost has eyes in the back of his head.

Jet will use Stunning Attack for this attack if he connects with a +9 strike, the thug must make a damage save versus being stunned at DC 27

 

[garyh]

Kathleen will identity change out of sight (if possible) into her Wynter costume, and then Wynter will let loose with a stunning blast of wind directed at the robbers, while flashing a thick, protective layer of cold around her.

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

Alicia Emmrich/Mistress Mind

Alicia hearing a strange noise she’s not at all familiar with or the source of it starts to walk towards the city and away from the joggers’ path. Thinking to herself, That sounds like some short of alarm, but where is it coming from? Her thoughts are interrupted as she makes a audible noise of pain, Damn my head hurts! To anyone watching she would come off as someone not quite all there or someone in need of medical attention as he hands are on the side of her head as a headache quickly forms in the center of her forehead. She makes it to the bushes that line the out edge of the park’s sidewalks before she isolates the noise down to the bank’s burglar alarm at about the same time sees the thieves and their guns. The site of this shocks her and even more so cause she could have sworn that one of the robbers was looking right at her. She starts to reply to the shocking event, “Oh fu…” but never finishes it as she faints backwards into the bushes.

 

[Hammerhead]

In the Park

The man in denim jacket stops taking pictures. "You...you can talk," he stammers excitely. "This is gonna be great for my dissertation. Hey, who are you?," he asks, turning towards the Man With No Name. He raises his camera and snaps some more pictures excitely. "Are you friends? How do you know each other? What are your names?" He asks these questions rapidly, giving no chance for Chloro or ??? to respond. Suddenly, the trio hears a loud blaring noise about a hundred feet away, from across the street.

The Man With No Name finds something strange about the man. It feels like he knows him.

In the Bank
Kathleen suddenly transforms into Wynter, and everyone in the bank feels the bite of cold wind on their skin. She raises her hand, and a blast of chilly air strikes one of the thugs, knocking him over and sending him sliding across the marble floor until he's unpleasantly stopped by a wall.

Jet flips and rolls into the middle of the thugs, attempting to kick one. However, the thug ducks with super human speed, a cocky sneer on his face. "Nice try, Kung Fu Kid, let me introduce you to real life," he taunts.

Then, two people in their early twenties, a man and a woman, dressed in raver-style clothes push their way through the doors. "Rant and Rave are in the house!" they cry simultaneously. The man, with short, spiky silver hair gestures towards his gunmen. "Take care of the little girly over there, I'll take care of this one."

The woman, with long, flowing red hair, smirks and suddenly, the perceptions of the heroes shift drastically. Everything becomes twisted and skewed, and one is unable to target effectively.

Then Rant opens his mouth and a powerful shout issues forth, the sonic attack aimed at Jet. The nimble martial artist dodges aside, and it instead connects with a lamp, tearing it apart. "You're gonna regret messing with me, punk."

OOC: Round 2: Initiative 34-Jet, 23-Rave, 17-Rant, 16-Sam, 10-Thugs, 7-Kathleen.

Garyh, please post OOC what your actions are. For example, Identity Change (Half Action), Force Field (Free Action), and Energy Blast-Stun (Half Action).
Sam's up, the rest of the heroes should be joining the fight soon.

 

[Tokiwong]

“Hey come on, can I call you Rant?” Jet says doing a spin, and ducks to evade the attack and rise in a crane stance, his face a quirky grin, “I mean can’t we work this out, like what if I said sorry, you stopped shouting and breaking stuff and we shook hands? Let me guess, that isn’t going to work?”

Why can’t they be ninjas? Ninjas don’t have funky cool sonic powers, but the girl is cute, Rave right, have to remember that, cause that is what heroes do right? Remember stuff? Jet cartwheels forward spring through the air, and lands in a crouch, he attempts a sweeping attack followed up with a vicious axe kick…

Expertise +3 defense for 38 Defense, and –3 to attack for an attack +9, using Improved Trip followed by an attack as per the feat.

 

[Agamon]

"I am called Chloro," the plant man replied. "I do not know this gentleman." He looks up towards the bank. "That is an alarm. Perhaps I can be of some assistance," he states as he moves across the street, not running, but moving somewhat faster than his regular gait.

 

[Victim]

OOC: Who is all affected by the sensory distortions?