<strong>Hero Points:</strong>5 (Sleeping Wyvern), 5 (Scarab), 2 (Chlorophyll & Hornet), 1 (H2GO!);<strong>Luck Points:</strong>3/5;<strong>Conditions:</strong>None<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">He became glad that they didn’t came after him. But that dread soon returned when his grandfather spoke up. Rakutsu wanted to argue, but he knew the drill by now. No wouldn’t be taken for a answer.<br/><br/>Rakutsu tried to listen for the bat in the dark and sneak closer to it, so it wouldn’t be scared off.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Even simple movements became difficult without sight; the smaller tunnel felt like it went on forever. Gradually Rakutsu edged his way to where he last heard the bat, with little to guide him other than his hands feeling for a stable wall.<br/><br/>The sound of something rustling came above him. Could it be the bat, hanging in hiding, or perhaps it’s his mind playing tricks on him?<br/><br/><em>Describe the ways in which you hope to overcome the bat, and then make a relevant roll to determine success; the relevant DC will be 15. Don’t forget the -5 penalty reflecting the inexperience of flashback Rakutsu!</em><br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">”Well, I finished up Ghost of Tsushima and Demon Souls not too long ago. Downloaded Luigi’s Mansion too since I didn’t play it when it first came out. A Karen tried to steal the PS5 after I bought it, but I kicked her snatch in.” He waited a few moments for her to let that sink in. ”I’m not playing. These hands are rated E for everyone.”</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>“You uh, come up with that just now?” Amrita asked, forcing a bit of a laugh. “Just promise me as Sleeping Wyvern you get a...less edgy one-liner.”<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">”Just…..don’t leave her. Forget about all the bullshit going on around us. The powers, villains, the broken city we live in. I’m not happy about her resistance involving your telepathy, but that’s not the issue here. You just….need to keep being her friend. On her side. Doesn’t matter if she doesn’t want to stay on the team, but don’t abandon her because of it. Even if she tries pushing people away.” He didn’t really know how to talk about these sorts of things. So he just said what made the most sense. Even if it was very childish.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>“You’re right,” Amrita said. “I should make that clear to her when I can. I guess we’ll find out by tomorrow if she’s still around.”<br/><br/>She looked up at the ceiling. “Thinking hard on it...she wouldn’t leave me. I just know that, but I’m still scared. Thank you for letting me talk.”<br/><br/>She sat, awkwardly silent. “So, I haven’t tried Demon Souls. Can you show me?”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sleeping Wyvern and Scarab gain 1 Hero Point each.</div></div><br/><hr/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><strong>Progress Report</strong></span></span><br/><br/>(https://i.imgur.com/hMRx3UF.jpg)</div><br/>Rakutsu received a text from Kaitlyn alerting him to progress made about the task he’d given her. Their meeting point was the school science lab after hours. Clad in a white smock with goggles she looked rather pleased with herself.<br/><br/>“So I did some research,” she said, her voice starting to get faster, “and I learned<em>a lot</em>about Feral. I wrote it all up in Microsoft Word, but I’ll tell you the simple stuff. First it’s a stimulant, so it gives you a big boost of energy. But it increases the body’s reflexes and senses to ridiculous levels! For a baseline human it can make you feel super-aware of everything and causes synesthesia. That’s where different senses overlap with each other, like hearing colors and seeing smells. But to do this the drug forces the brain to rewire itself temporarily, to redirect the mental energy needed for this. Which is probably why it’s called Feral; it makes it harder to think about other stuff when you’re that hyper-aware.”<br/><br/>Kaitlyn took off her gloves and disposed of them in a nearby waste basket. “So you might be thinking, would this make someone more dangerous? It can, but not for more than an hour at most. Someone with this is really hard to sneak up on, and if they get into a fight they will be able to see your punches coming from a mile. They won’t be able to think much, and operate closer to instinct. And yes, it’s addictive.”<br/><br/>She began to pace around the table. “I also know how they’d be able to make it. Needs to be kept in a cold and dark place when brewed, but also given adequate light for a few hours every day which can be done with UV lamps. There’s not a lot of basements in newer houses on the West Coast, so they’d likely have it in an older building or a sloped one, given that part of those buildings will be a basement. I know that’s a bit...vague, but better than nothing.”<br/><br/>Before they could talk any further, the door opened. It was Chris.<br/><br/>“Starting early for the Science Fair?” he asked with a bit of a skip in his step. “Good thinking!”<br/><br/>He had already come prepared, with a wheeled cart holding a large box on it.<br/><br/>“Hi, Chris,” Kaitlyn said with some hesitancy in her voice.<br/><br/>“I know we’ve had our differences,” Chris began as he started lifting various devices and parts out of the box and onto the table. “But Rakutsu and I were talking, and figured we should be working together instead of fighting like we used to do.”<br/><br/>This got Kaitlyn’s attention. “Well, that’s a surprise. So what do you have in mind? And how did you afford all of that? Isn’t that a 20X8 Photon Conversion Module?!”<br/><br/>“Friend let me borrow it!” he answered, already taking things out of their packaging. “A 3D printer to assemble the pieces. I substituted silicon for impervium; not great for long-term use, but enough for a single science fair.”<br/><br/>Kaitlyn grabbed Rakutsu’s hand. “Chris, can we have a moment?”<br/><br/>“Sure,” he responded, clearly engrossed in his work.<br/><br/>Kaitlyn’s voice was in a whisper by the time she and Rakutsu were outside the lab.<br/><br/>“Rakutsu, what’s going on?” she asked, practically standing on her tiptoes. “That stuff Chris has, you only see at MIT and ASTRO Labs! I mean, you<em>can</em>3D print the stuff, but it requires very precise calculations! There’s no way Chris would know how to do that on his own!”<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Technology 15, natural 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=155885)<br/>Hero Point Reroll 30, success by 3 degrees (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=155886)<br/><br/>Kaitlyn learns the chemical properties of feral, also the facilities required to create it, and the types of superpowers it can bestow.</div></div>