<strong>Hero Points:</strong>7 (Neko), 4 (Hornet), 1 (Scarab)<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Neko will be Fatigued due to Extra Effort unless she spends a Hero Point to counteract the Condition.<br/><br/>Also as your suit has 20 pp worth of powers, a Create effect at rank 10 can create 1,000 cubic feet, more than enough to make a diagonal wall to cordon off the reception area from the rest of the floor (30 feet wide x 1 foot long x 10 feet high=300 cubic feet). As this Alternate Effect can last throughout the scene, you're more than free to dismiss and then recreate any objects/barriers elsewhere.</div></div><br/>The crowd ineffectually hammered on the walls when confronted with a solid opaque barrier.<br/><br/>"Redshift's clearly afraid of us! Our voices will not go unheard!"<br/><br/>"We demand accountability!"<br/><br/>"How many more storms will you make until justice is done?!"<br/><br/>The palpable anger shown no signs of fading, even as Neko and Scarab searched the last floor. There was little here save for a lone lab reading "Viridian Storage." Beyond its sliding glass door was a single transparent locked container housing a glowing orange gemstone: a Viridian crystal, a type of rare mineral from which Emerald City gets its name. The 100+ years worth of science journals written about its innate energy is something with which Neko was intimately familiar.<br/><br/>Scarab's eyes widened. "I feel power emanating from this crystal. But a sliver of what it once was."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Expertise Science Automatic</div><div class="spoiler_body">Viridian stones' only known location on Earth is in the Atlas Mountain Range of the Pacific Northwest. In spite of their name they come in a variety of colors. Scientists and mystics alike discovered that they possess ambient psychic energy which can be applied as a power source for for all manner of machines and even personal enhancements. The power of this particular crystal's nearly depleted, meaning that it is of no value...but given the stones' rarity, its mineral composition can be examined and traced to one of the various mining corporations in the Atlas Mountains. But that will require lab facilities which haven't been stripped bare.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DC 25</div><div class="spoiler_body">The color and hue of a Viridian stone maps to its power source. Red to passionate emotions, orange to understanding of technical science, yellow to fear, etc. Any possible relations with the Daka crystals of the African nation of Dakana is unknown and still under research.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">DC 30</div><div class="spoiler_body">It is unlikely that the Silver Storm is the result of Viridian stone energy; Redshift was most likely using them to power their own facilities and equipment for testing purposes.</div></div></div></div></div></div><br/>Meanwhile, a masked figure on the rooftops watched the building from a high vantage point. The bulk of the crowd was still gathered on the steps immediately outside Redshift, not funneling inside to the higher floors as was to be expected.<br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/Y2rYBhO.png)<br/><br/>"An unfortunate series of complications," the figure mused. Retrieving a grappling hook from his utility belt, he swiftly and silently soared across the urban landscape.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Transporting the Viridian stone was trivial; the container was lightweight and, although well-guarded, trivial for Neko to open if she so desired (Viridian stones are nominally harmless to human contact unless exposed to certain energies).<br/><br/>"It would be unusual to leave this behind," Scarab mused. "But all the same, it could be a lead-"<br/><br/><em>tink tink.</em><br/><br/>A small canister bounced twice into the lab room before coming to a rest.<br/><br/>"GRENADE!"<br/><br/><em>Roll a DC 15 Fortitude save. Failure causes you to be Visual and Hearing Impaired (-2 on relevant rolls), failure by two degrees (6-10) causes you to be Disabled (-5 on rolls), three degrees (5 or less) Unaware. The duration of this effect is 1 round.</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Success</div><div class="spoiler_body">Neko manages to take cover in time by diving behind a table. The Viridian gemstone (or its container) is snatched by a figure in two graceful leaps before using a light fixture and grappling launcher to swing out of the room.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Failure by 1-2 degrees</div><div class="spoiler_body">Neko manages to shield her face partially from the blast, although the eye-watering flash and ringing in her ears make it hard to see things beyond a swift blur moving. The Viridian stone's taken by the time her eyes and ears adjust.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Failure by 3 degrees</div><div class="spoiler_body">Neko takes the full force of the blast. She experiences nothing but white and ringing clouding everything else out.</div></div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Scarab's Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">Scarab Fortitude 10, failure by two degrees and thus a -5 on rolls requiring hearing and/or vision. (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136675)</div></div><br/>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dZ7dViEZ9U<br/><br/><strong>Initiative</strong><br/>Neko TBD<br/>Arctic Fox 21 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136677)<br/>Scarab 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=136676)<br/><br/><em>Roll for Initiative. This next bit will involve chasing the Arctic Fox, either to corner him and see what he knows, retrieve the Viridian crystal, or both. Due to his initial high Stealth result the Arctic Fox got in a "surprise round."<br/><br/>The Arctic Fox has 13 Dodge/Parry (23 or higher to hit him), and his general trajectory can be seen as long as Neko is not rendered Unaware by the flash-bang.</em><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Consolidated Enemy Positions</div><div class="spoiler_body">Neko and Scarab are in the central first floor lab room, eastern portion. The Arctic Fox is heading up the stairs of the first floor. The protestors are not an "enemy" per se but more a chaotic wild card: the bulk of them are huddled outside, with a portion in the southwest reception area of the first floor.</div></div>