<strong>Hero Points:</strong>4 (Lionheart), 1 (Scarab), 2 (Hornet), 2 (H2GO!), 4 (Chlorophyll).<br/><br/>Gargantua was far from graceful and easily fell for the trap. Lionheart hit him in just the right spot to completely entangle him in a shocking morass of wet wires. Electricity arced through the air as he screamed, his massive lungs giving a shout so great that it shattered glass.<br/><br/>His body smoking and scarred, Gargantua fell backwards, rapidly shrinking down to normal size.<br/><br/>“Woah!” Hornet exclaimed. “Can’t believe that worked!”<br/><br/>“How’s everyone else doing?” H2GO asked. “Did you...did you see Mom and Dad?”<br/><br/>“They’re fine,” Hornet said. “Even gave me these things if I promised to rescue you.”<br/><br/>At this point Lionheart could get a good look at Hornet’s new goods; H2GO gasped in awe.<br/><br/>“A titanium blade with a tungsten carbide edge, and...a wrist-mounted aerosol launcher with state-of-the-art sedatives!”<br/><br/><em>Presume that you tell H2GO about the fire situation before she nerds out too much. :P</em><br/><br/>“Oh no, sounds like things are out of control! I should go!”<br/><br/>As H2GO sped off, Hornet filled Lionheart on the situation.<br/><br/>“The woman dressed like a knight and the cloaked dude kidnapped some bigwig in a business suit. I um, think I saw them fly between those two buildings before I got here.”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Why Didn’t You Follow?</div><div class="spoiler_body">Hornet frowned. “I had to make a decision right then and there, don’t judge me! There was a burning building with lots of people still inside, you and Kait-I mean H2GO included!”</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Resists Deception with Deception, 16 failure! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148045)<br/>Gargantua Acrobatics 7 to resist, failure! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148044)<br/>Thanks to Lionheart’s stellar rolls, Gargantua will suffer 1 bonus degree of failure if he fails a Toughness save.<br/>Toughness is 18, failure by 3 degrees +1 degree from above rolls is 4. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148046)<br/>Gargantua is incapacitated!</div></div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><strong>Obstacle Three</strong></span></span></div><br/>Lionheart was not left in the dark thanks to her earlier conversation with the business mogul putting her in close proximity to his peculiar odors. The trace of cologne, hand sanitizer, and sushi that Jonathan Grant had for his last meal was present in the air. The scents grew stronger in one direction, allowing Lionheart to follow it out of the multi-story window, across to a lower-lying rooftop, and then several more of varying elevations. Hornet flew after Lionheart’s leaps, and the pair were soon joined by Scarab flying in from the north.<br/><br/>“S-sorry!” she exclaimed. “I got here as quickly as I could!”<br/><br/>“Grant’s been kidnapped by two supervillains,” Hornet explained. “One can control time, the other is dressed up like a knight. Anyone you’d know?”<br/><br/>Scarab was about to shake her head, then realization came upon her. “I...wait, black cloak, domino mask, touch of blonde hair and a creepy smile? I...I encountered him before, in a previous incarnation! Calls himself Tempus, Master of Time. But he was older than he is right now last time we fought, and I don’t know if he’d recognize me now. This current job’s small-time for him. I mean<em>real</em>small-time.”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Thanks to your Acute Tracking Smell, you can follow Jonathan Grant’s scent (albeit at half speed). Hornet has the Tracking advantage (vision) and also has Accurate and Acute Smell (but can’t track with said sense), so she can distinguish if you point out the particular scent.<br/><br/>Scarab uses a Hero Point to gain Inspiration in regards to their foes.</div></div><br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/jMOQeaF.png)</div>The trio didn’t have to go far in spite of Tempus’ time control. Said supervillain lay unconscious in the alley at the bottom of a fire escape. The lady with the lance pointed her weapon at a bespectacled man with an obvious cybernetic arm, and Jonathan Grant kneeled on the ground by her side. Grant's silent trembling and disheveled hair was at odds with his earlier cooler demeanor, and several tears in his suit and bruises on the face indicated that he too had a rather unceremonious fall.<br/><br/>“Shame it didn’t work on you,” the man said to the woman in a deep, slow voice. “Not often you see a medieval motif with anachronistic technology.”<br/><br/>The woman sneered. “This matter is F.O.E. business, it doesn’t concern you.”<br/><br/>“Half of the employed in Emerald City receive their paychecks from Mr. Grant’s institutions,” the man replied. “It very much concerns people beyond Foe.”<br/><br/>Scarab opened up a telepathic communication with Lionheart and Hornet.<br/><br/><em>I don’t know who Foe is or if this guy’s on our side, but we should try to snatch Grant while she’s distracted.</em><br/><br/>Hornet gritted her teeth.<em>Why are you in my head?! Get out!</em><br/><br/><em>Sorry, but either of them may have super-hearing or something. We should-</em><br/><br/>Hornet nervously shook her fists near her head.<br/><br/><em>I don’t care! Out, out!</em><br/><br/>Scarab looked down at her feet.<em>I-dang, I should apologize later. Well, suppose it’s just you and me in here, Lionheart. Got any ideas?</em><br/><br/><em>This final obstacle is a bit open-ended. The objective is to thwart the kidnapping of Jonathan Grant, and/or dispatch the obvious supervillain (or villains). Hornet and Scarab will follow your lead due to your natural charisma. If it should come to that, Payback’s Dodge/Parry is 10 (or 5 due to Vulnerable if you manage to beat his Perception), while Cyberknight’s is 12/12 (or 6/6).</em><br/><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Although you don’t know it yet, the mysterious man in glasses’ codename is Payback. Both of them made Perception rolls, and Hornet and Scarab made their Stealth checks to hide out of the way. Up to you whether to hide as well and try to get in an opportunity as well via Stealth or go in loud (and perhaps give your companions a much-needed distraction).<br/><br/>Scarab used a Hero Point to activate Beginner’s Luck, gaining 5 ranks in Stealth. She used another Hero Point to reroll her Stealth result.<br/><br/>Payback Perception 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148047)<br/>Cyberknight Perception 18 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148048)<br/>Hornet Stealth 26 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148049)<br/>Scarab Stealth 9 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148050)<br/>Scarab Stealth Reroll, 23 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=148051)</div></div>