Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)
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				Title: <strong>Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>13-01-2016, 04:57:35</strong>
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				(http://www.twitrcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Cityscapes-Art-l.jpg)<br><br>It was another beautiful, idyllic morning in Simport City. Birds were singing. Flowers were blooming. It promised to be a perfect day for a game of catch. On days like today...<br><br>The city's gradual awakening as lights flipped on and dogs started barking was marred by the blare of a police radio. "All units, please respond, Code 487. Robbery in progress at the Moonstone Gallery on Fourth and Long. Powered menace Silvia Atel, 'Silver Spider' present."<br><br>"10-34, can you bring us some coffee while we're out?"<br><br>"Get your own frigging coffee, 5150."<br><br>"God, Silver Spider's out already? Hope your marriage can handle that, Frank."<br><br>"Shut up! I don't need any more 'collecting protein' jokes after Auxilia last week."<br><br>It continued in this vein for some time. The cops were probably going to need backup.<br><br><hr>Event 1, Act 1: The Moonstone Robbery! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WDFUcjWARU) Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1xp: Meet another hero and team up!<br>3xp: Get tied up in webbing. Again.<br>10xp: Discover the purpose of the Moonstone Robbery, and either put a stop to it or find another solution<br><br>Hook: Time to stop being retired.<br>Doom Pool: 2d6<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 03:26:32</strong>
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				Name: Whitney Stone<br>Where: Starbucks, across the street from the Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Drinking a mocha frappe and nomming some chocolate<br><hr><br>&nbsp;It was a good time for Whitney. She was enjoying the nice retirement package from waaaaay back when she was on the Anthrovengers. Turned out that, if you saved the city enough times, they would pay you just to not blow anything up! Not that she stuck to that too much.... But there hadn't been anything to blow up in a while, not since they finally managed to defeat the Troupe of Really Obnoxiously Unforgettably Pretty Evil. So instead, the bluehaired bombshell was enjoying her mocha frappe and chocolate as she tended to in the mornings. There were two things she enjoyed in life, chocolate and caffeine. Okay, three. Okay, four, but the fourth really didn't count.<br><br>&nbsp;Sadly, her peaceful morning was interrupted when her ears twitched at the sound of police sirens. Sirens that were rapidly approaching, until they came to a screeching halt outside of the Gallery. Gulping down the rest of her frappe, Whitney looked sadly at her cake. She pointed a finger at it and said in a most threatening tone, <strong>"don't you go anywhere, I'll be back to finish you off soon"</strong>, before pulling on her gloves and rushing outside.<br><br>&nbsp;Most heroes wore a mask, a tight suit, armor, <em>anything</em> to conceal their identity. Whitney was not like most heroes. While there probably was a fabric that could endure her explosive powers, the Antrhovengers decided at one point that it would be too expensive to keep replacing her suit after every battle. Instead, she gets street clothes. Which somehow always turns into no clothes. Running up to the nearest officer, Whitney waved. <strong>"Heeeeeey! Officer! What's goin' on? Sounds like you have a teeeny bit of a problem."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 05:15:32</strong>
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				Name: Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Cruising Outside Simport City on The Space Hopper&nbsp; --&gt; Teleporting toward the scene of the crime<br>Doing What: Teleporting into the action...well not really.<br>=============<br>Kanina wasn't really retired.&nbsp; She was on vacation.&nbsp; That was what she was saying, of course.&nbsp; Judging the bottles of booze with labels in various languages laying around the foredeck of the Space Hopper, she had just ended a pretty long spree of debauchery and binging.&nbsp; Of course, as even an earthling knows, you can only have so many parties on your space ship before you start to question your choices and drain your booze supply.<br><br>On the bright side, she had partied with numerous terrestrials and a few extraterrestrials, and only a few of them threw up in places the automatic cleaning bots couldn't reach.<br><br>As she contemplated what she'd have to do to get more booze, one of her monitors booped.<br><br>"A bounty?" she asked no one in particular as she approached the main console and hit a big green button.&nbsp; The police frequency then began to play on a loop, at least the important part.<br><br>"A robbery, huh...maybe she'll drop some money and they'll let me keep it...or I'll just forget to return it."&nbsp; She grabbed her cowboy hat off of a nearby hook and planted it firmly on her head.&nbsp; It was a silly outfit, but it was one that said 'mess with me and the sawbones won't be able to put ya back together!'<br><br>She took a broad stance and declared, "navcom, warp me to the city.&nbsp; And if there's anyone in my bed, drop them off somewhere safe before you head to the landing pad."<br><br>With that, a flash of light, she was gone!<br><br>Then she reappeared, parallel to the ground, about three feet to Whitney's left and two feet off of the ground.<br><br>She hit the ground with a whump and a "Waggh!" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 12:02:53</strong>
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				Name: Kitt, just Kitt. ^^<br>Where: Anywhere but here... :/<br>Doing what: Getting roped into a fight... Again.<br>1 PP, 0 physical, 0 mental, 0 emotional<br>===========================<br><br>Another beautiful day... Frappucino in hand, caramel cream of course... It was finally a nice sunny day that Kitt could take a chill and just sit on the comfy sofa at the back of the Starbucks and enjoy some him time... It was a hard thing for him to do, to do something for himself, though today when we woke up, it felt like today would be that day! That was until the police sirens and general kerfuffle of a robbery taking place right by him quite loudly shook the skinny guy out of his reverie... "Arrrg!" he yelped at the noise, it must have been a shock, because who yelps out an <em>Arrrg</em> these days? He peered out to the scene unfolding and watched as some girl sat near him went off to join the scrabble and another seemingly appeared out nowhere right by her...<br><br>"Hm... Well... They probably got this. Plus there's cops there, they don't need my help or anything... I'd probably just get in the way anyhow..." Kitt spoke aloud, <em>because why not</em>, before picking up a broadsheet to read an unfunny four panel about a cubicle dweller making a joke about economics that he didn't quite get. Why were there always broadsheets on tables in these places anyway? As the sirens blared and there was clearly nothing of interest to him to read in the paper (someone had made off with the film review section - <em>the fiend!</em>), he flung the paper to the ground and stood up, "Fine, fine... I'll go help the ladies..." he let out with a sigh and with a <em>-Thmmp!-</em> teleported to appear stood next to them both. "Look, it's my day off and I'm not even supposed to be here today, so mind if I hang back, I'll help if I feel you need it, yeah? What we trying to stop again? It's not anything cosmic right, because I'm like Morlock level crappy with my powers compared to the big leaguers..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>14-01-2016, 19:56:31</strong>
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				<hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Taking an exam ---&gt; Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Trying to become a real doctor.<br><hr><br>Doctor Matthew Rippard was feeling pretty smug right about now. For months Simport Medical Society had been running a competition offering a major cash prize to anyone who could get Doc Tabby to sit through a medical exam and finally get her license. Having her on the books would be huge for the future of medicine and even more importantly, it kept her busy and out of trouble. The tests had grown deviously difficult in an attempt to find one she wouldn't just breeze through, it wasn't that Doc Tabby would fail the test that was the problem. It was that when she finished legally she had to wait until the two hour testing time was over before she could submit it and she got bored. So bored that she ended up ruining her test, several major new additions to the city infrastructure had shredded medical exam test papers as a key component and that was just a tricky marking session even for the most dedicated of examiners. <br><br>But Matthew was so very smart. The person who made the test had to sit and watch her take it of course, no one was volunteering to be near a bored Doc Tabby, but instead of trying to find a test that she couldn't do in moments Matthew had come at it laterally. Which is why his test was a fairly basic ten questions and then three volumes of the trashy romance novel "Dreamer of the Shores" appended to the end. He'd done his research on Doc Tabby and he knew she'd mentioned in interviews that she was a sucker for those, because she just couldn't understand why she liked them and that mystery made them even more of a joy. <br><br>Matthew began to relax and let go of the double handed deathgrip of his coffee as they entered the final half hour. It'd gone cold ages ago, he hadn't taken a sip as he kept an eye on the twitching ears of Doc Tabby to make sure she was still engaged. She'd gotten a paperclip she was tapping on the desk too as she leafed through the test paper and when it had started given off green sparks with each tap Matthew had investigated just how heavy the desk in front of him was and if it'd be easy to flip it and hide behind, but no horrors had come forth from the magical sparks yet. She didn't even seem to notice she was doing it.<br><br>Matthew Rappard couldn't resist a small smile. He was so very smart.<br><br><hr><br>Tabitha was so very smart. But more importantly she had found stories in her test paper after the questions about paraparesis and she was conducting an experiment. Would re-reading a book give the same sensation as a first reading. <br><br>So far her conclusion was no, especially if the books were fundamentally terrible. She already knew where all the sex bits were and they weren't even very good! She had nothing to look forward to here and she was getting bored. Her eyes were rolling off the words as she turned the page and her mind began pondering how she'd be able to make someone forget a book they read. Short term memory loss was likely less dangerous, maybe an injection that'd simulate some aspects of drunkenness while leaving fine motor control? Or induce a trance so you'd avoid accessing long term memory? Maybe she could use the Arboxis Incantation to initiate a dupe spell on the book to make an imperfect copy, then use the Phenamine Crystal System she'd been working on to perfect the copy and thus make a similar but still new story? <br><br>Would it still be a trashy romance novel if she perfected it? Would it become the best romance story, or the best trashy romance story and what was the difference? <br><br>Tap tap tap. The green sparks from her paper clip had been charging her desk with energy for an hour but she hadn't been sure what she was going to do with it. Now she had an idea. Tail swishing excitedly she closed her exam paper and then stabbed the paper clip down through the thick leaf of paper, her boosted muscles letting her pop it right through with a small bang, before green fire began to spill out of it and over the papers.<br><br>Her examiner had nearly jumped out of his chair at that, she wondered what was up with him. Not enough coffee probably. <br><br>Standing from her chair, she swished a hand through the fire coming away with it wreathed in flame, flecks of it falling diagonally through the air back to the pages in little fiery letters as Tabitha chanted. <br><br>"Arboxis, Callanthe, Eftina. Words of power twist through these pages and lay down roots of your work. I beseech you to find the threads of discontent and readdress them." she called as the fire began to spread out across the room. Matthew grabbed the edge of his desk and heaved, groaning as he completely failed to move it before sliding down behind it and cowering behind the drawers as green fire licked at his heels. Tabitha didn't pay it any mind, the fire didn't really burn it was just a show of power.<br><br>"This work is not finished, finish it. These words are incomplete, complete them. I am not amused, amuse me."<br><br>The fire flashed a brilliant and with a roar desks were thrown around the room, smashing against walls as the windows flew open and green fire billowed out of the windows. <br><br>"Oh shit. Not like that you fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-" Doc Tabby cried before she burst into green flames and went racing out of the windows after the rest of it.<br><br><hr><br>Matthew rose from behind his desk, glad to see the room wasn't ablaze. Desks had been ruined and the walls now had graffiti of a series of trashy novels burned into them, but Doc Tabby's paper was still there! Technically she'd failed by leaving the classroom, but even a remaining paper was at least something they could work on, see what she'd written and maybe try trip her up or see if there was anything she'd got wrong. He consoled himself with how it wasn't a total failure. <br><br>Much later Matthew would become mildly famous and far more actually rich for releasing a fairly good, if not perfect romance novel. But that's really not the story here is it? <br><br><hr><br>"-uuucks!" Tabitha finished as her body re-coalesced from a trail of green fire that had swooped of the sky in front of the police and small assembly of heroes. Ears wiggling, she looked from each to turn with a bemused expression and then broke out into a wide, sinister smile. <br><br>"Oh is something going on here? I want in. I have just had one hell of an exam."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 05:32:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Library -&gt; Moonstone Gallery<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Across town from the Moonstone Gallery, a strange figure was lurking quietly in the dawn's early light on one of the rooftops outside of the Simport City Library.&nbsp; A strange visitor who had only recently arrived from another world, anyone who might have been around to catch this short, slim, blonde figure at work would likely be mystified as to just what she was doing, as for the past couple of hours, she had been doing nothing but standing there and staring intently at the library wall.<br><br>Anyone who was both watching her and who was a fan of old superhero comics would recognize her costume as that of a once-popular old fictional hero, the ever-lovable Ace the Wonder-Girl, and a particularly astute fan might even be able to tell from the slight greenish glow to her eyes that she was using her incredible X-Ray Vision to peer into the library's interior.&nbsp; In fact, she was using a combination of that power and her Venusian Telescopic Vision to not only look past the walls and directly into the library, but to look past the bookshelves and right into the books themselves!<br><br>A strange visitor on an Earth that was not her own, Ace was using a combination of her acute visual powers and her incredible Venusian Super-Speed Reading ability to get a better idea of the general history and culture of the parallel Earth on which she now found herself.&nbsp; History appeared to be generally the same, though this Earth was a good 50 or 60 years ahead of her own, and while it didn't have any heroes as amazing as her cousin, the super-powerful Captain Paragon, or any of the rest of the Amazing Defenders of Justice running around, a quick look through the news archives had shown that this Earth did have caped and costumed heroes of its own who regularly made the headlines.&nbsp; Clearly, she would have to make herself known and introduce herself to them at some point.<br><br>And in fact, an excellent opportunity to do just that soon made itself known to her as her spectacular Venusian Super-Hearing picked up a broadcast from a police radio a block or two over.&nbsp; Apparently, a superpowered supervillain by the name of Silver Spider was robbing all the art pieces from the Moonstone Gallery!&nbsp; Ace had no idea where that was, thanks to her uncertainty of the layout of the city, but a quick scan around with her Telescopic and X-Ray Vision soon revealed a large grouping of patrol cars gathered outside one building in particular, and the sign on the building's front windows confirmed that it was her destination.&nbsp; A massive leap carried her up into the air, and then there was a bright flash as she channeled some of the solar radiation she had absorbed through the Earth's atmosphere, converting it into a burst of energy that allowed her to fly through the air at incredible speeds.<br><br>Like a star descending to Earth, she touched down outside the building, intending to introduce herself to the police and then rush into the building, but a number of individuals gathered together outside of it quickly caught her attention.&nbsp; They didn't look like normal people, but at the same time, they weren't wearing brightly colored uniforms or masks, either.&nbsp; Putting her Super-Deductive skills to work, she quickly came to the conclusion that...<br><br>"Hey!&nbsp; You lot must be the Silver Spider's gang!"&nbsp; And she made that exclamation while pointing dramatically at them.&nbsp; "You should turn yourselves in to the police!&nbsp; I'll be bringing in your boss in short order!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 06:46:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: ? ? ? -&gt; Moonstone Gallery<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and ?<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><em>"-hung off the side of a plane!"<br><br>"Nobody cares, Hank."<br><br>"We could have done that-"<br><br>"Dad..."<br><br>"-but with <strong>ants.</strong>"</em><br><br>"Shut if off, Khaj."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Sir?&nbsp; Are you certain?&nbsp; I mean-"</span><br><br>"There's only so many times it can be funny.&nbsp; Shut it off."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Yes, sir."</span><br><br>Somewhere, out of sight and yet not out of the city known as Simport, was the former hero known as Darclight.&nbsp; Former because six months ago, all of the villains he had based his career on were, quite simply, gone.&nbsp; Not gone gone - quite a number of them were locked up in various global supermax prisons, or otherwise incapacitated - but the effect was the same.&nbsp; No supervillains, which meant that superheroes had a few choices.&nbsp; One: make a living fighting mundane, everyday crime - a former teammate of his from Stormwatch was trying to do just that.&nbsp; Darclight couldn't do that because, quite simply, when you had <em>superpowers</em>, fighting a bunch of drug lords and their private armies tended to be over very quickly.<br><br>The second choice - taken by two MORE of his teammates - was to leave Earth and head off elsewhere.&nbsp; Darclight couldn't do that, either.&nbsp; Khaji Da - the intelligence aboard the armor - was convinced that eventually the Deathmarks would find their stolen scoutship, and it would be then that humanity would need their help.&nbsp; Scratch that option.&nbsp; Which left the third, taken by one last Stormwatch team-fellow: retirement.<br><br>For some, retirement was a blessing, a chance to go out and live life and (in the case of one Sorcerer Medical) make something of oneself.&nbsp; That was hardly the case for the man and the armor that together made Darclight.<br><br>To fill in, reader.&nbsp; Darclight is, to paraphrase Cyrano de Bergerac, two making together one hero of romance!&nbsp; (Minus the romance part.&nbsp; Because reasons.)<br><br>The face, the armor, was Khaji Da - to its knowledge, the last of a line of armors made by its creators to fight the Deathmarks - omnicidal automatons bent on destroying all life.&nbsp; The armies of the Deathmarks had finally fallen, to the last, when it had fought this particular race.&nbsp; Or so it had been believed.&nbsp; On a planet, far away from Earth, Khaj (as the other half came to call him) had discovered the existence of a final army of Deathmarks, led by the last of its charismatic heads, Varkolak (who had declared himself 'Lord of the Deathmarks' after discovering he alone remained of leadership).<br><br>In a daring feat, Khaji - operating the armor remotely, as it could - stole a Deathmark scoutship, in a hurry to return to its creators and warn them of the threat.&nbsp; In that same feat, however, the means by which Khaji could manipulate the suit was damaged, leaving the scoutship to travel on a straight, singular course.&nbsp; A course which led it to crash on the planet Earth, into the house of the armor's operator.<br><br>Richard Conway.&nbsp; Up until a few years ago, one of the most promising graduate students at the nearby Simport Technical University's Chemistry program.&nbsp; Conway, as he preferred to be known (though 'Rick' could be gotten away with by friends), was not just on the fast-track to becoming the latest graduate of STU's more notoriously difficult programs.&nbsp; He was on the <em>lightspeed</em> track.&nbsp; It's been noted in history that some people were just <em>clearly</em> meant to be something - Dickens and Faulkner were meant for literature; Adam Smith was meant for economics...and Richard Conway was <em>meant</em> to be in the chemistry lab.&nbsp; He was a genius.&nbsp; He was going to do amazing things.<br><br>Up until his tiny, graduate-funded house was destroyed by an alien ship crashing into it.&nbsp; (The man himself had managed to survive because of a case of 'My brain needs Taco Bell' that had sent him on a food run.)&nbsp; Conway found the armor, which explained its presence in his house, and then the two had to - in the span of just a few minutes - make a rather fateful decision.<br><br>The armor could not allow itself to be captured, because then it might be dismantled and be of no use when the Deathmarks came.&nbsp; Conway could not stay here any longer (aside from the fact that there was not much of a house left now) because he would almost certainly become a...government asset, and not in the way he had envisioned it.&nbsp; Conway needed to hide; Khaji needed a pilot.&nbsp; And THUS, Darclight was made, out of sheer necessity.<br><br>As expected, the authorities showed up and towed away the scoutship, and made efforts to find Richard Conway.&nbsp; They failed, and Conway was, to this day, still listed as a 'Person of Interest - Missing' in government files.<br><br>"What are we doing here, Khaj?&nbsp; It seemed like just yesterday Red Team was talking, training, waiting for the next Red Alert to sound at HQ..."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"I know this is difficult for you, sir, but the fact remains that the villains are gone."</span><br><br>"<em>Were</em> gone.&nbsp; Until that gigantic light-shooting thing blew up a bunch of the supermax prisons and got the villains out.&nbsp; None of them ever made it this far, though..."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Sir?&nbsp; I'm picking up some sort of police transmission..."</span><br><br>"I'm not interested in busting up a bank robbery, Khaj."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Not even one done by the Silver Spider?"</span><br><br>Pause.&nbsp; "Well, beats sitting here being bored.&nbsp; Alright, Khaj, let's go!"<br><br>And so it was that Darclight, soldier of space, appeared in front of the Moonstone Gallery.<br><br>Namely by landing feet-first (after a spectacularly impressive jet-assisted jump) onto a nearby cop car.&nbsp; It had taken a few minutes to traverse the distance, but in that time, Conway had put on his game face...voice.&nbsp; Yeah.<br><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"Sorry."</tt>&nbsp; He stated as he stepped off the partially crushed car.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Well, the Silver Spider...guess we shouldn't keep our host waiting, yes?"</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 15:44:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Doing What: NOT BEING EVIL<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"Like I'd ever be a flunky!" Doc Tabby huffed, folding her arms at Ace and giving her the cold stare of disapproval only cats can muster "Who tricked the Mega-Brain into proving it's own non-existence? Me! Who absolutely crushed the Planet-Brain in Death Laser Jeopardy? Me! Who made the Galaxy-Brain cry so hard they exploded when I made fun of how they'd gotten into such a terribly derivative naming scheme? M-"<br><br>CRUNCH. Half way through Darclight came in, half crushing a cop car and ruining her flow. Her ears twitched back and fore as her mind re-adjusted to this and then with a swish of her tail she shrugged her shoulders and smiled that smug smile again. <br><br>"Is everyone going crash in from the sky now? I didn't know I was such a trend setter!" Doc Tabby said, preening her hair back "Anyway I'm not even a little bit evil. I'm here to punch bad guys in the face and be amazingly brilliant like any other exemplary, upstanding and dashingly attractive citizen. If you want to help me out then I'm more than happy for you to ride along."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 17:30:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Formation<br>Doing What: Trying to earn that reward money<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>--------------<br>"Come on, I wouldn't work for anyone with 'silver' in their name," Kanina says with a quick huff, wincing as Darclight crushes that car like it deserves it, "silver resells so poorly even in parts of the galactic market where it's rare, so I can't even sell their armor for a quick payday.&nbsp; Even bronze is worth more, but don't get me started about the Bronze Consortium and their sales regulations..."<br><br>She adjusts her cowboy hat, and stretches her hands lazily toward the sky, smirking.&nbsp; "I mean, come on, how could someone as awesome as me work for the bad guys?&nbsp; This is the pinnacle of bounty hunting fashion for this revolution on earth!"<br><br>"Even he." She drops her arms and gestures toward Darclight, giggling. "Doesn't work for the bad guys, and he totally looks like the Robot Dark Knight who becomes a Robot Paladin partway through that holo I saw on Tellu XIII.&nbsp; Of course, he's probably really hot under that armor, and not just temperature wise!"<br><br>She had never seen Darclight without his armor on, of course, or else she had forgotten that she had.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 22:15:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Proposed 1 XP gain: Teamed up with at least one other hero!<br>Proposed 1 XP gain: Identified the Silver Spider as a former enemy of Stormwatch.</div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Would that be the same holo wherein the main-story villain employs an absurdly huge automaton that was quite handily dismantled by the heroes from the inside?&nbsp; And also, inexplicably, somehow one of them was a ninja."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight trod towards the door.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Stay clear, officers!&nbsp; This situation is about to get...<em>frosty</em>."</tt>&nbsp; As for the rest of the heroes assembled (what <em>else</em> could you call a group this ragtag?&nbsp; Villains were clearly all about the uniformity unless you were special.), he gestured to them. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Let us inside.&nbsp; It's been many a long day since Silvia Atel tangled with Strikeout and Blue Team...the Silver Spider is about to learn what it means to play in the big leagues."</tt><br><br>You see, dear reader, in the eight years since his origin, one thing Darclight had done was join a team of heroes: Stormwatch.&nbsp; <em>The name in heroic teams</em>, or so the tagline went.&nbsp; Stormwatch was comprised of over a dozen active heroes, grouped into three squads.&nbsp; Until it had been disbanded, Darclight had served as the leader of Red Team - the ones called in when collateral damage was no longer a worry.&nbsp; Blue Team, however, was the more day-to-day face of Stormwatch, under their leader, Strikeout.&nbsp; They had fought the Silver Spider a few times - namely when she was partnered up with another villain interested in shiny, glittery things.&nbsp; (And also in destroying Facebook.)<br><br>So it was that the door to the Moonstone Gallery opened, and the (hopeful) leader of this collection of heroes took his first step inside.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>15-01-2016, 23:03:21</strong>
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				Name: Kitt<br>Where: Going into the Gallery, I guess...<br>Doing What: So I guess we're doing this, then...<br>1 PP, 0 physical, 0 mental, 0 emotional<br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/29/Ulquiorra_Painting.jpeg)</div><hr><br>Kitt looked over everyone in the group, mainly a whole lot of pretty women... There could be worse places to end up when having to pull his thumb out and use his super powers on something like this... Begrudgingly he followed everyone inside to go and fight the mysterious Silver Spider, a lady it seemed upon entering had her own gaggle of admirers... "Yeah... I don't think I'm cut out for the main gal herself, but I can help clear the room of her 'suitors'..." he suggested. An idea popped into his head and he turned to others, "Hey, if she's part spider, do you reckon she eats her mate after they do it?" he suggested with a bit of a grin...<br><br>Kitt shrugged, "Anyway... Let's see here... Not much of an upfront fighter, but gimme a good spot and this lot will never see my warp bubbles come at 'em..." he mumbled at a low volume to himself, "Just need somewhere out of notice or in the shadows to teleport into and I could be golden..." he continued, looking about the gallery for a prime sniping position for using his special power... Probably not the best indoor area for such a little corner to take, but if all went bad, at least he had a forcefield that could take the edge from a few attacks that cause a mischief...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>16-01-2016, 05:50:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Library -&gt; Moonstone Gallery<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">So, 1 XP for the Super Speed-Reading in the previous post, right?&nbsp; And do I just get 1 XP from The Moonstone Robbery Milestone this post as well, or does teaming up with multiple heroes at once let me get multiple XP at once?</div></div><hr><br>"O-oh..."&nbsp; Ace at least had the good sense to be suitably embarrassed once her mistake became apparent, a bit of a blush springing to her face.&nbsp; She also had the humility to apologize for it, as well.&nbsp; "Gosh, I'm sorry!&nbsp; Most of the villains I've faced have had gangs of lackeys helping them out and none of you are wearing a costume, so I guess I just assumed...&nbsp; Anyway, I'm really sorry for my mistake.&nbsp; Let's team up and go get that Silver Spider!"<br><br>Fortunately, it at least seemed like the other heroes she had accused of being villains weren't going to hold it against her, now that things had been straightened out.&nbsp; They even seemed to be willing to accept her help in putting a stop to this caper, without being suspicious about her identity or motivations or anything like that at all.&nbsp; They were trusting her completely!&nbsp; Which was perhaps a bit too naive, considering how tricky some villains could be, but maybe they simply weren't as devious in this universe?<br><br>Wanting to make up for her mistake as quickly as possible, Ace took point as they all rushed inside, leaving a faint, glowing green trail behind her as she activated her flight powers again so that she could be the first one in past the front doors.&nbsp; And as soon as she laid eyes on the villain...<br><br>"Stop right there, Silver Spider!&nbsp; I won't allow you to steal all these precious valuables!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>17-01-2016, 00:27:08</strong>
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				"Superheroes, already? Who are you guys?" the police lieutenant who looked to be in charge asked, "well, I'm not going to turn down help! Stop smashing up police property and go in there and give that woman what-for!"<br><br>The inside of the gallery was a mess and a half - the elegant display cases were upturned with their some of their contents still present, some smashed with jewels still in them, although Silver Spider's "gang" (hangers-on might have been a better term) were already quite busy looting the place. The sticky webbing that the supervillainess herself used was immediately obvious (even if she herself was not); the employees of the gallery were quite neatly and tidily webbed to the walls, spider-silk gags keeping them from calling out. Ace and the others could pick out five hostages, left alone by a mob of individuals ranging from the respectable to the utterly disreputable united in... well, whatever they happened to see in spider-people.<br><br>"Hey, you think she'll mind if we keep some of these?"<br><br>"Of course! With enough wealth we can finally buy her love!"<br><br>"We should take them and fund this romantic cru-"<br><br>The conversation was interrupted by Ace bursting through the door. <br><br>"-sade where we immediately put these back," the one said (he was one of the respectable ones). <br><br>"What? Who's stopping us from stealing these precious valuables? Who are you supposed to be?" One of the mob nearest the door stood in Ace's way (although probably not for more than a few seconds). She could bowl them out of the way or just fly over them in search of bigger and better villains.<br><br>"I think that's Ace, Joe."<br><br>"How can you tell?"<br><br>"Says it on her helmet."<br><br>"Oh. So it does."<br><br><hr>Scene Distinctions: <br><strong>It's a Trap!</strong><br><strong>And Now For Something Completely Different</strong><br><strong>Pretty, Pretty Gems</strong><br><br>XP Awards:<br>1 XP to everyone using the event milestone for teaming up!<br>1 XP to Ace for inventing Super-Speed-Reading<br>1 XP to Darclight for identifying the Silver Spider as a former enemy of Stormwatch<br>1 XP to Kitt for self-deprecation on Morlock-level usefulness<br>1 XP to Kanina for unsuccessfully attempting to flirt with Darclight<br>3 XP to Doc Tabs for using trashy romance novels to experiment on herself
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>17-01-2016, 04:11:24</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: HELPING!<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"Wait? You're so dense you need it spelled out for you?" Doc Tabby says, a little hurt that once again people had forgotten who she is. A click of her fingers has the air shimmering to her side and she reaches her hand into the inter-dimensional portal she called "The Litter Box". Because it's where she stored all her crap. <br><br>Pulling out half of the electronics for a cop car radio (She wasn't going to just leave it there for waste!) she tugs the wires about and then sweeps it across the room, causing all the gems to roll to one side with a cacophony of tinkling crystal. "Hah! Harmonic resonance might be something you've heard of when crystals sing, but it's also a factor in how gravity works. With them all working in tandem they can mimic flight, each one using the vibrational force to keep all the others up each one greater than the sum of it's parts. Working together... perfectly.&nbsp; "<br><br>She swirls the device through the air and the gems slip off the wall and form up in the air, lip bit as she concentrates on getting it just right.<br><br>DOC TABB-<br><br>"...." she'd made the letters a little too big and ran out of gems before she finished, leaving it all hang there for a moment as one of her ears twitches wildly, before she suddenly crushes the device in one hand, sparks crackling across her hand as the gems are let loose and swirl wildly through the air. <br><br>"I SAID PERFECTLY. AAAAARGGGGH!"<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics Gubbins</div><div class="spoiler_body">So this is my first go at it all, so I messed up the rolling a bit. Forgive meeee!<br><br>Dice Pool<br><br>Team Affiliation - D10 <br>Using "Shiny, Shiny Gems" as a disadvantage - D4 + 1PP !<br>Mimic -&nbsp; D10 + D6 for SFX<br>Tech Specialty - D10 <br><br>At 2016-01-16 20:50:13, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 3d10 Result: 21 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84626)<br>At 2016-01-16 21:07:30, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d6 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84629)<br>At 2016-01-16 21:07:38, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d4 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84630)<br><br>Results:&nbsp; D10 -&nbsp; 8, 7 6&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; D6 -&nbsp; 2&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;D4 - 4 <br><br>Taking the 8 and the 7 for a roll of 15. Using the remaining D10 as the effect die. <br><br>Making an Asset of "OUT OF CONTROL SPARKLY GEM STORM" as a Blast Power if it works. It's a free D12 for one roll since the D10 gets stepped up thanks to my SFX! Anyone who wants it go nuts. If it goes wrong then hey, same Asset really.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>17-01-2016, 05:15:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Minor side note, but the 2 that Doc Tabby rolled on her d6 counts as an opportunity thanks to the limit on her One Smart Kitty powerset.&nbsp; If the Watcher chooses to buy it, that's 1 PP for Doc Tabby and either a d6 added to the Doom Pool or one existing die in the Doom Pool getting stepped up by +1.<br><br>Also, I'm pretty sure the Out Of Control Sparkly Gem Storm asset gets permanently set to d12, actually.&nbsp; Normally the Watcher would also need to roll the Doom Pool against that action to see if he can counter it as well, but even with either 3d6 or d6+d8 in the Doom Pool, it would be mathematically impossible at this early point in the conflict, so I think I'll just make use of that Asset for myself to cause a little Emotional Stress...<br><br>Team Affiliation d8<br>Pretty, Pretty Gems d8<br>Gamma Laser Eyebeams d8<br>Enhanced Reflexes d8<br>Out Of Control Sparkly Gem Storm d12<br><br>At 2016-01-16 21:47:42, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 4d8 Result: 15 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84631)<br>At 2016-01-16 21:48:53, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 1d12 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84632)<br><br>4d8: 3, 4, 7, 1<br>d12: 12<br><br>And if the Watcher takes my advice and makes these guys a 5d6 Mob, I can activate the <em>Laser Beam Sweep</em> SFX and get an extra 4d6 on this roll, along with keeping four extra effect dice.<br><br>At 2016-01-16 21:52:45, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 4d6 Result: 11 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84635)<br><br>d6: 1, 4, 3, 3<br><br>This is going to be a result of 19 either way, with either a d8 effect die or 2d8 and 3d6, and either one or two opportunities.&nbsp; And I think I get 1 XP for putting on a Super Laser Light Show, as well...<br><br>Oh, and as I said in the OOC thread, <strong>I'm hoping to tag the Silver Spider herself to take the next turn</strong>.</div></div><hr><br>"Aha!&nbsp; So <em>you're</em> the Silver Spider's gang, then!"&nbsp; Ace proudly declared, certain that she had gotten it right this time.&nbsp; "Didn't anyone ever teach you that stealing is wrong?&nbsp; You lot should surrender to the police!"<br><br>Of course, the various crooks assembled before her didn't seem all that impressed at her appearance on the scene.&nbsp; She at least didn't have to introduce herself, thanks to having her name emblazoned upon her helmet, but since they had never seen her in action before, they clearly didn't have the same reaction to her entrance that the criminals back home would have had.<br><br>They all seemed to be normal people, though.&nbsp; Maybe she could cow them into submission with a suitable display of her powers?&nbsp; She was just about to look around for a suitably heavy object to help her do just that when another hero came up beside her and, with the activation of some manner of extradimensional portal, pulled out a high-tech gadget.&nbsp; She explained how it was an intricate harmonic device, and appeared to be using it to try to make an impressive entrance of her own onto the scene.&nbsp; She seemed to have miscalculated the quantity of gems available, though, and in a fit of pique she trashed that device, sending a sonic cascade of gems whirling about the room.<br><br>The cat-eared doctor seemed to be a bit disappointed in her device's performance, but Ace herself quickly came to a realization and exclaimed...<br><br>"Ah, that's <em>perfect</em>!"&nbsp; And, without further ado, she called upon her incredible Gamma Laser Eyebeams, her eyes glowing a vibrant green for a split-second before a brilliant emerald beam lanced out.&nbsp; With her deft aim and quick reflexes, it was a simple matter to make the beam hit an actual emerald that was flying through the air, and a simple mathematical trick she'd learned in Venusian High School told her the best angle to aim at to cause the beam to split and refract into multiple beams, which soon bounced around the room from gemstone to gemstone in an impressive display.&nbsp; "How do you crooks like my Super Laser Light Show?&nbsp; Each of those beams is made out of pure gamma laser energy!&nbsp; You all had better surrender, if you don't want to get radiation burns!"<br><br>And once this bunch was out of the way, she was sure that they'd be able to make quick work of the Silver Spider herself.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>18-01-2016, 01:01:55</strong>
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				Name: Whitney Stone<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Helping<br><hr><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Whitney is going to make things blow up. Targeting the Spider's minions with Big Blast, spending 1pp to add area effect to it.<br><br>At 2016-01-17 12:50:30, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d6 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84652)<br>At 2016-01-17 12:50:17, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d8 Result: 8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84651)<br>At 2016-01-17 12:50:00, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d10 Result: 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84650)<br>At 2016-01-17 12:49:46, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d8 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84649)<br>At 2016-01-17 12:49:32, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d6 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84648)<br><br>Taking the 8 and 2 for the total and the two 4's for the effect.</div></div><br>&nbsp;Whitney huffed. They were ignoring her! She hated when people ignored her. Running to the side of the building, she pressed her hands to the wall. <strong>"You know... this might actually make too big of an explosion. And will probably damage the structural integrity of the Gallery."</strong> The wall began to glow as the blue-haired heroine grinned, changing molecules in the stone and wood. <strong>"Ah, oh well. Too late now."</strong> The wall began glowing on the inside, giving those on the other side some warning as to what was about to happen. And those who worked with Whitney before would know, it was time to duck.<br><br>&nbsp;The wall exploded inward, sending debris flying across the room. In the hole stood Whitney, hands on her hips, grinning wildly.<strong> "Ladies! Gentlemen! BIG BOOM HAS ARRIVED."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>18-01-2016, 22:06:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Geesaroni/spiderchick.jpg)</div>Doc Tabs' gems whizzed around the room in a high-speed and deadly gemstorm; it was Ace's quick thinking that turned a whirlwind of valuables into an impromptu lightshow; such a display had the Silver Spider's gang recoiling in fear (at least most of them, anyway).<br><br>"Oh my god I don't want leukemia!"<br><br>"Maybe it'll give you superpowers?"<br><br>"Yeah, maybe it'll give me breast cancer!"<br><br>"You're a... man, though."<br><br>"That's a real thing! Just because it's not as common doesn't mean- hey, I surrender!"<br><br>Whitney meanwhile nipped around the back to make another entrance, because doors were for suckers - or at least for people who couldn't make their own doors. There was a day and age when it was common for superheroes to operate in pairs or small teams. While it may have rankled some superpowered egos, it was a great boon to their fans as the various personality conflicts came out, and a great boon to them personally when it allowed them a solid tactical advantage over the more solitary supervillains.<br><br>It also allowed them to ask one of those universal questions (more universal, perhaps, than combustion or rotary transport). Namely, 'hey, does this look load-bearing to you?'<br><br>Whitney was not a person for such questions. The wall of the gallery crumpled like wet paper under the force of her precisely-calculated explosion, knocking the unfortunate Spider Gang near the wall flying and thoroughly out of the fight amid a shower of broken glass, metal, stone, drywall and electrical wiring.<br><br>The good news was that the resounding boom and flying shrapnel were enough to draw the Silver Spider out of hiding, the silver-haired supervillainess strolling serenely out of one of the back rooms, a bulging spider-silk satchel swinging 'round one of her arms (convenient <em>and</em> stylish transport, for the jewel-thief on the go). <br><br>"Hello, dears, I see you're having fun!" she clapped her hands, her eyes bright with all the cheerfulness of someone who found the immediate danger and collapsing buildings terribly exciting, "I'd love to stay and catch up, but it looks like things are," the gallery rumbled and cracks started to appear in the ceiling and on the walls, spreading quickly from the corners of windows and joists, "a little <em>shaky</em> between us?" She wasn't joking, they could hear the structure heave; the gallery was going to collapse sooner rather than later.<br><br>She started to make a hasty retreat out Whitney's convenient new exit, but turned back, putting a hand over her mouth as though in distress, "Oh dear me, you should save the employees, shouldn't you? Uhuhuhu, let me give you a reason to <em>stick around!</em>" From her kimono she pulled out a grenade, lobbing it between the two nearest of her assailants. Those further away had the chance to dive for cover before it exploded in a mess of sticky adhesive silk - Whitney, Ace and Tabs were less lucky as the strands wrapped around them.<br><br><hr>Spider Gang has been emotion'd down twice by Ace and physical'd down one and a half times by Whitney, so they're at 4d6 and a d6 stress.<br><br>Silver Spider enters the scene!<br>Silver Spider immediately declares her intention to ollies outie, attempting to impose a Complication: Web Entanglement! I, er... think I've set this up correctly? She rolls 3d8+6d6 (Solo d8+Webbing d8+Arachnid Trapmaster d8+area dice) from an area attack targeting the whole team, and keeps 6 effect dice. She gets a 10 to Complicate matters, and for effect die applies a d8 to Ace, Whitney and Tabs (Strong Webs d8), and a d6 to everyone else (Sort of Stuck d6), and activates 2 opportunities.<br><br>1 XP to Ace for a Super-Laser Light Show<br>1 XP to Doc Tabs for explaining something that didn't need explaining<br>1 XP to Whitney for millions of dollars in collateral damage<br><br>Doc Tabs, Ace and Whitney, collect a PP each. Doom Pool is now 2d6+1d8+1d10. The scene distinction <strong>And Now For Something Completely Different</strong> has become <strong>Why Does Everything Always Collapse Around Us?</strong><br><br>What's left of the Spider Gang (if there's any of them left left) will go at the end of the turn.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>18-01-2016, 22:50:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Reaction roll to the Web Grenade:&nbsp; Scene Distinction (It's a Trap!; 1d4 + 1PP); Personal Distinction (Stormwatch - Original Generation; d8); Team Affiliation (d10); Alien Battle Armor (Jump-Jets d10); Combat Master Specialty (d10)<br><br>Action roll - Create Complication on the Silver Spider (LEGS ENCASED IN ICE): Scene Distinction (Why Does Everything Always Collapse Around Us?; 1d8); Personal Distinction (Stormwatch; d8); Team Affiliation (d10); Alien Battle Armor (Cybernetic Senses d8); Cryo-Control Unit (Cold Mastery d10); Specialty (Science Master d10)<br><br></div></div><hr><br>Darclight took a moment to step inside, and, as 'leader' - assess the situation.&nbsp; Various items and shiny objects were being stolen from around the Gallery by the various flunkies of the Silver Spider.&nbsp; Of course, then a pair of the newly-arrived hero unit whipped up something that could only be described as...strangely tactical?&nbsp; The cat-woman had used some sort of device to try and leave her name in the wall with a handful of gemstones.&nbsp; That didn't <em>quite</em> work out in practice, however, and so what they had been left with was a whirlwind of precious stones.&nbsp; It had been the other girl - Ace, who had her name on her helmet (seriously?&nbsp; You're just going to go around broadcasting who you are to everyone and their brother?), who had made something of it, firing laser rays into the stones and freaking out the gang members.<br><br>Good.&nbsp; This was very, very go-oh, <em>really</em>?&nbsp; Darclight knew that as part of Red Team, you generally didn't shy away from collateral damage, but the hero who had just made their entrance at the side in a massive explosion (removing most of the mooks from the table, as it were) had...oh.&nbsp; Oh, that was not good.&nbsp; That had been something important!&nbsp; The bonus to this...potential disaster, however, was that it brought the Silver Spider out from hiding, and now they had a target!&nbsp; (Of course, that target was attempting to exit through the same destroyed wall that had just been made, but no matter!)<br><br>The grenade landed on the floor, and then exploded in a series of strands that Darclight evaded through a judicious use of his onboard Jump-Jets, ("Khaj, half a percent thrust.") tucking into a nice combat roll after he felt his feet leave the floor...<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The Actual Dice, Reaction Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">3d10+0<br>5,3,8+0 = 16<br><br>1d8+0<br>5+0 = 5<br><br>1d4+0<br>4+0 = 4<br><br>d8 effect die, total roll 13 = 8+5.&nbsp; Vs Action total of 10, superior effect die, success!</div></div><br><br>...and came up clear of any obstruction whatsoever!&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Stop, fiend!"</tt><br><br>Darclight could not use his immense strength at this range, and he was not about to abandon his team, either - but the good news was that he <em>didn't need to</em>.&nbsp; The onboard sensor suite managed to identify materials that the Silver Spider happened to be standing by in the opening.&nbsp; Materials that his science training told him could be flash-frozen quite easily...and be used to catch the concealed legs (seriously!&nbsp; Why do you wear that damn kimono?&nbsp; You haven't any issues with showing off your chest, but ohhhhhh no legs are verboten!) of the Silver Spider and trap them in an icy entanglement.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"You aren't leaving here with that bag!"</tt>&nbsp; Sounds of ports opening up on the armor followed that declaration.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The rest of you, get the Gallery employees out, I have this one!"&nbsp; </tt>Darclight thrust his left arm forward, and a shower of freezing air hit those previously-identified materials on the side of the wall, and the ice began spreading outwards from there.<br><br>He just had to hope it was enough to catch the Spider.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The Actual Dice, the Action Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">3d10+0<br>8,4,7+0 = 19<br><br>3d8+0<br>4,2,7+0 = 13<br><br>Spending 1PP (the one I gained from the Reaction Roll) to keep an extra die for the total - d10 effect die (the 4); Top 3 dice (d10s 8 &amp; 7, d8 7) for a total of 22!<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>19-01-2016, 19:32:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Stuck in a Web<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>-Spends 1 PP in her action, <del>bringing her total to 0 for the next post.</del><br>EDIT: Gets a PP back from the Boss using one later, bringing the total to 1.<br>---------------------------------------<br>Kanina was usually pretty quick on her feet.<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Reaction</div><div class="spoiler_body">Team D6, Rabbit Girl Bounty Hunter d8, Superhuman d10, Acrobatics Master D10<br><br>At 2016-01-19 08:49:21, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d10 Result: 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84744)<br>At 2016-01-19 08:49:07, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d10 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84743)<br>At 2016-01-19 08:48:52, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d8 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84742)<br>At 2016-01-19 08:48:43, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d6 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84741)<br><br>She gets a 4, and uses a D10 effect die; Spider's effect gets stepped up by the extraordinary success, but then stepped down by the superior effect die.&nbsp; She presents one opportunity.</div></div><br>However, as she zigged nearly into Darclight as he pulled a nic dodge, nearly zagged into Whitney, and zagged towards freedom, she got just tacked down enough to be bothered.<br><br>Silver Spider had one thing going for her: she was better at restraint than most of the people Kanina came into contact with. With one foot caught, she had to lean a bit to reach the one display that had not fallen over in all of the chaos.&nbsp; A rather ornate vase with enough jewels that it would hurt an awful lot if it found its mark.&nbsp; Drawing back hard with her right foot, she booted the vase as hard as she could toward Silver Spider before she could get away.&nbsp; She would never have it said that she did not get her (wo)man!<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Action</div><div class="spoiler_body">D6 for Team, D8 for Rabbit Girl Bounty Hunter, D8 (Stepped back to D6) for Enhanced Kicking, D6 for FEET OF FURY!, Combat Expert D8, Combat Stunt d8(Booting a Vase at someone without breaking it first!)<br><br>At 2016-01-19 11:57:43, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 3d8 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84751)<br>Rolled 1 (another opportunity!), 3, and 8. <br><br>At 2016-01-19 12:00:44, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 3d6 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84752)<br>4, 5, 3<br><br>She keeps the 8 and 5, using the D8 (3) for her effect.&nbsp; The effect is stepped up to d10.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>19-01-2016, 20:01:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Cat-amari damacy~~~~<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Time to save people, like the shining hero that she was! Tabby was pretty badly gunked up from the sticky silk, but not enough to completely immobilize her, she was a fair bit stronger than she looked after all. It didn't help she was slowly amassing a patina of gems as she moved though, the shiny jewels sticking to the webbing coating her body. Half way across the room she stopped to consider her options because this was getting ridiculous.<br><br>Solvent? No chemicals to hand right now. Laser cutter? She didn't really want to self wax during a battle. Make use of it? How would she do that? She looked to a woman in a now dusty floral dress who'd frozen up behind a counter and inspiration struck.<br><br>"Hi! I'm Doc Tabby. You can trust me! I know what I'm doing." Tabby said, poking the lady in the stomach with one hand which stuck fast and then pulling her in and tossing her over a shoulder. They stuck there fast and with a schluuuuup noise she tore her hand free from the lady, a bit of floral dress stuck to her palm. Some wiggling got rid of it and she turned next to a small boy, who was looking at her with a mixture of awe and confusion.<br><br>"Hi! I'm Doc Tabby. You can trust me! I know what I'm doing."<br><br><hr><br>About ten people in and Doc Tabby had made a civilian sized ball on her shoulders using sticky webs and liberal abuse of the general public's goodwill to heroes. She'd gotten a baby stuck to her right leg by accident and was having to very carefully hop with her left leg to move about now, balancing the human ball on her shoulder and her raised right leg so she pirrouted through the rubble to try find more people.<br><br>The baby was having the time of its life, gurgling happily at the free swing it had found itself on. The human ball on the other hand was starting to complain a little and she was starting to suspect people weren't trusting her doctorly attitude anymore. Time for a new tact.<br><br>"Okay! Plan B! Everyone left in the pile before you die! No running! GET BACK HERE! OH NOW YOU CAN ALL MOVE HUH?!?"<br><br>Humans! No gratitude at all.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Dice!</div><div class="spoiler_body">This is such a good idea.<br><br>D10 for Team!<br>D8 for "Not actually a Doctor" <br>D8 for Super Strength.<br>D8 for Acrobatics Expert<br><br>I'll take the 7 and both 3's with a PP to make 13. With the 4 for effect. <br><br>At 2016-01-19 12:59:53, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d8 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84758)<br>At 2016-01-19 12:59:44, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d8 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84757)<br>At 2016-01-19 12:59:39, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d8 Result: 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84756)<br>At 2016-01-19 12:59:31, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d10 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84755)<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>21-01-2016, 09:53:00</strong>
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				Name: Kitt<br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/29/Ulquiorra_Painting.jpeg)</div>Where: Inside the Gallery<br>Doing What: Dodging the Grenade, Helping People<br>1 PP, 1xp<br>0 physical, 0 mental, 0 emotional<br><hr><br>"This lady sure likes puns huh?" Kitt said as Silver Spider made a break for it, "Eh, I can't really make fun... It's not like I could do any better..." he sighed as the grenade flew in his direction. "Aww come on... Why can't she just stick around and... Wait, 'stick around...' ... Hahaha!" Kitt grinned as the grenade flew in his direction, "She thinks she can catch someone as illusive as me... I question her taste if she's targetting me..." he sighed. He looked about the room as he was totalling the trajectory of the grenade. "Ugh, I hate needing to think about this shit... Okay, so with the arc like that and based on it's size, it should land to splash like so, given the ricochet of the blast if I angle a portal here..." he mumbled as he went to teleport from the blast...<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Reaction</div><div class="spoiler_body">Team d6, Illusive Artist d8, Teleport d8, Science Expert d8 (note: not using complications on Spider or stress as I believe those were given to her <em>after</em> the grenade throw)<br><br>Roll Result: wander rolled: 1d6<br>Comment: Team die for reaction<br>Result: 4<br>Roll Result: wander rolled: 3d8<br>Comment: d8s for reaction<br>Result: 4, 5, 1<br><br>So that's a Total of 9, d8 effect with one opportunity generated. That means Kitt is stuck with a d4 webbed up complication.</div></div><br>"Aww... Crap... I shouldn't talk so much and just do..." Kitt whined as some of the web managed to catch him. It wasn't so much though, considering. He figured the others could sort out the Silver Spider, instead he looked to where Tabby was trying to help the hostages escape. "You seem to be doing alright with someone like me helping... But, maybe I can lighten the load off you somewhat?" he called out to the cute catgirl... <em>~Smooth, Kitt... Real smooth... You sounded like a dork and how's she gonna take you seriously all covered in web like a goon who popped his cookies after a week going without?~</em> With that he tried to teleport away some of the crumbling chunks of the gallery, grumbling once again about the need to 'thinking with portals'...<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Action</div><div class="spoiler_body">Okay, I'm going to target the scene distinction die of the Collapsing. It should either reduce it or remove it.<br><br>Team d6, Gawky Otaku d4+1PP (he's skinny, they're big rocks falling), Teleport d8, Science Expert d8 (thinking with portals).<br>I'm also going to use my Over-reaching sfx, taking a d8 from the doompool, stepping it up to a d10 to add to my pool and it'll be returned to the doompool as a d10 once I've rolled.<br><br>Roll Result: wander rolled: 1d6<br>Comment: Team action<br>Result: 5<br>Roll Result: wander rolled: 1d4<br>Comment: distinction action<br>Result: 1<br>Roll Result: wander rolled: 2d8<br>Comment: action<br>Result: 6, 4<br>Roll Result: wander rolled: 1d10<br>Comment: sfx action<br>Result: 7<br><br>So that's 5, 1, 6, 4 and 7. I'll go for making that a 10 and using the d10 for effect to knock away the scene distinction completely. The Watcher needs to oppose this roll using the doompool.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 02:35:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Geesaroni/spiderchick.jpg)</div>Darclight acted with the speed befitting a man of Stormwatch Red - stay mobile, stay focused, contain the threat. The Silver Spider's exit was abruptly arrested by strands of frozen web and shattered bottles of whatever chemicals Whitney had broken open with her entrance and the fabric of her own clothes. Whatever purpose she had picked them out for, the list didn't include not getting caught in things as the cold made her shiver and scowl. <br><br>"That's an awfully chilly reception," she said, struggling with her kimono, "I have to admit I thought this would be, um, falling-down easy!" If things got truly desperate she might still be able to make a break for it without her clothes, but for the moment dignity was the most important virtue. That might change, as Kanina kicked the only still intact vase at her. It looked like she intended to catch it but the bunny was too quick and it impacted her in the face with a truly resounding <em>WHONG!</em> Gold and jewels and all it broke in the frozen atmosphere around her, but she looked dazed and unsteadied by the hit. "Did, did somebody get the number on that vase invader~?"<br><br>A large piece of the ceiling and a bent steel beam that looked important came down on Darclight with all the force of a roof behind it, if anyone less hardy had been in the way of it they'd have been a mess on the ground, but his super-suit held fast! <br><br>The structure continued to shake as Kitt started to teleport away rubble, bailing water out of a sinking boat wasn't a long-term solution but it swiftly and handily cleared the way when Doc Tabs was there to save the day! The ball of stuck people grew larger and larger as she rolled over anybody trying to get away, cleaning up the gallery of any civilians... now she just had to get it outside.<br><br>Speaking of outside, Spider's suitors seemed to realize they were staying in a collapsing building and beat feet toward the exit, making a good show of trying to trample Whitney in their rush to get out!<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Next Round!</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spider Gang attacks Whitney, offense total of 10 and effect die of 6.<br><br>Doc Tabs has already gone this round, she's making progress toward removing that scene distinction. Existing modifiers are d10 Complication: Frozen (Let It Go), d8 Complication: Spiders Hate the Cold, and d10 physical stress all on Silver Spider, and then d6 physical stress on Spider Gang. <br><br>On the heroes' side, there are some webbing Complications on everyone who got hit (d8 Doc Tabs, Ace unresolved, d6 Kanina, d4 Kitt, Whitney unresolved), and Just Holding Up This Building, No Hurry d10 on Darclight.<br><br>Kanina, Doc Tabs, Kitt: 3 XP for getting wrapped up in webs again!<br>Kitt: 1 XP for self-deprecation. I'm sure your puns are fine, man!<br><br>Heroes go!</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 03:25:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>4 PP -&gt; 2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Reaction roll vs Webbing complication:<br><br>d8 Team affiliation<br>d4 It's a Trap! scene distinction<br>d6 Enhanced Reflexes power (stepped down due to multipower)<br>d8 Superhuman Senses power (stepped down due to multipower)<br><br>At 2016-01-21 19:55:49, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 2d8 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84866)<br>At 2016-01-21 19:56:21, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 1d6 Result: 6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84867)<br>At 2016-01-21 19:56:40, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 1d4 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84868)<br><br>2d8: 5, 8<br>d6: 6<br>d4: 2<br><br>Activating my <em>Sidekick Syndrome</em> limit for an extra +1 PP to take only a single die for my reaction roll, which is going to be the 5.&nbsp; Then I'll use the other d8 as my effect die, meaning that I not only take a complication, but it gets stepped up from d8 to d10.<br><br>And then comes my clever plan, as I try to end Silver Spider's reign of terror in a single turn by giving her a <em>Stuck in your own Sticky Webbing</em> complication!&nbsp; Let's add up everything all together now...<br><br>d8 Team affiliation<br>d8 Extraterrestrial Powerhouse distinction<br>2d10 Godlike Strength power (doubled via <em>Comic Book Superhero</em> SFX after being stepped down by <em>Multipower</em>)<br>d8 Superhuman Leaping power (stepped down by <em>Multipower</em>)<br>d10 Doom Pool die (taken via <em>Impulsive</em>)<br>d10 Complication die (<em>Frozen (Let It Go)</em>)<br>d10 <em>Webbed Up</em> Complication (spending 1 PP to make use of it)<br><br>At 2016-01-21 20:05:24, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 4d10 Result: 22 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84869)<br>At 2016-01-21 20:10:34, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 1d10 Result: 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84871)<br>At 2016-01-21 20:05:56, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 3d8 Result: 11 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84870)<br><br>5d10: 8, 1, 8, 5, 10<br>3d8: 5, 2, 4<br><br>Spending 1 PP to add an extra die to the final total, so that's 26 on the final result and d10 effect.&nbsp; Unless Silver Spider rolls at least 16 on her reaction roll, she should be getting complicated out of the scene entirely. ;D<br><br>Edit: Derp, forgot that I can't spend 1 PP to step up the effect die on my rolls. ^^; That's fixed now, though.&nbsp; Also, I rolled 1 opportunity, if the Watcher wants to buy it.<br><br>Also, the die I took from the Doom Pool gets stepped up to d12 and returned, and my own complication gets stepped up to d12 as well.<br><br>Ah, and claiming 3 XP for getting tangled up in webbing, and 1 XP for using an antiquated exclamation in place of a normal swear word. ^^<br></div></div><hr><br>"Sufferin' spinnerets, this webbing is so sticky!"&nbsp; Ace proclaimed dramatically, as the web grenade that the Silver Spider had tossed went off.&nbsp; "I can't get it off!&nbsp; She's got me webbed up completely!&nbsp; I'll have to see if I can figure some way out of this sticky mess!"<br><br>The rest of the heroes she had walked in with dealt with the webbing in their own ways, some of them wrapped up in it to greater or lesser degrees.&nbsp; The one in the armor acted quickly to stick the villain to the floor in order to prevent her from escaping, and the cat-eared scientist whose gemstone storm she had made such great use of before made use of the sticky webs covering her in her own way, acting to save the hostages from the suddenly-unstable building.&nbsp; The other heroes took actions of their own, of course, but seeing those two in particular, Ace had a thought.<br><br>"Ah, now that gives me a super idea!"&nbsp; And with that exclamation made, the blue-helmeted blonde did her best to tear away some of the strands of webbing that bound her up, as well, gathering up her strength for a super leap!&nbsp; "Let's see how the Silver Spider likes getting a taste of her own medicine!"<br><br>Jumping straight at the Silver Spider, Ace did her best to latch onto voluptuous arachnid woman, arms latching around her in a bear hug and the force of her impact knocking loose the ice that had been stuck around the woman's feet as the venusian vixen sent the two of them tumbling forward together, end over end.<br><br>With a little luck, the spidery supervillain would find herself <em>trapped in her own sticky webbing</em>, and Ace would be keeping a tight hold on her to keep her from escaping!&nbsp; Of course, even with all the luck in the world, she was still likely to wind up stuck in a rather embarrassing position, all tangled up with the sexy female supervillain like that...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 04:54:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8c/Dark_Elf_Embarrassed_Smaller.png)</div>Whatever the Silver Spider had expected, it was certainly not that! Ace could see her eyes go wide as the superheroine launched herself at the villainess. "Oshi-!" her sticky tackle bearing her to the ground and her bear hug like a tangled fishing tackle keeping her in place, the both of them tumbled forward. Ace had gotten the strength of the impact just right, but! She had underestimated the strength of Darclight's cryo-freeze that had frozen the Silver Spider's clothes in place, as the two of them went flying the silver and grey kimono stretched out and...<br><br><em>rrrrrip</em><br><br>...the two went flying; Spider's clothes weren't quite so lucky. With a positively undignified squeal, she tumbled across the floor in her undergarments and the shreds of her kimono. The spidersilk satchel that contained her loot stayed put as well, coming to a rest on the floor where she had stood.<br><br>Stuck fast to Ace and trying hard to keep any shred of modesty, it was a pretty safe bet that the Silver Spider wasn't going to be making trouble while they cleaned things up!<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">KO! Defeat by Modesty!</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>22-01-2016, 05:34:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Removing Complication "Just Holding Up This Building, No Hurry".&nbsp; Dice to be used in pool:<br><br>Distinction Die: Why Does Everything Always Collapse Around Us (1d4 + 1PP)<br>Affiliation Die: Team d10<br>Power Set Die: Superhuman Strength d10 &amp; Cold Mastery d10<br>Specialty Die: Science Master d10<br></div></div><hr><br>It was indeed enough!&nbsp; The ice he'd managed to form held the Spider fast by her clothes, pinning her in place and preventing her from making her escape in the meantime.&nbsp; An attempt that would never come to pass, as Ace tackled the Spider and sent both of them - and in the Spider's case without much clothing - out of the entrance created by Whitney.&nbsp; That left him to deal with the fact that part of the building had decided to fall down upon his head!&nbsp; His armor-augmented strength allowed him to hold it up, but it was going to become a rather consistent and pesky problem if he didn't do something about it quick!&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Clear...the gallery, of all others..."</tt>&nbsp; There wasn't anyone else to help him out - the others didn't have strength comparable to his, and Ace (the one who had demonstrated she might) was currently out of action.&nbsp; This was all on him.<br><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"I will not fail..."</tt><br><br>Of course, with the building currently going to pieces around them, that was going to be a bit harder than anticipated.&nbsp; But Darclight had a plan - the cement which was starting to come loose could be frozen solid, preventing the building from falling even further.&nbsp; This had just been demonstrated with the Spider's icy entanglement.&nbsp; All he needed to do was push as hard as he can, and spread his ice to any part of the imperiled structure.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">The Actual Dice, the Action Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">4d10 = 4, 9, 5, 10<br>1d4 = 4<br><br>Spending the 1 PP gained from the negative Scene Distinction to keep an additional die for the total - 10 + 9 + 5 = 24!&nbsp; With d10 effect die.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>23-01-2016, 01:05:45</strong>
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				Name: Whitney Stone<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: God damnit not again<br><hr><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">At 2016-01-22 17:25:25, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 2d8 Result: 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84909) power and specialty die (super-strength and combat expert)<br>At 2016-01-22 17:24:52, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d6 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84908) Affiliation<br>At 2016-01-22 17:24:23, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d4 Result: 1[/url <br>&nbsp;(https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84907)</div></div><br>&nbsp;Whitney huffed. Always! Always getting tied up! Who did people think she was, Ace? The girl flexed her muscles, stretching them against the sticky webbing. <strong>"I've been in much tighter situations than this! And... much stickier too, honestly. I remember that time Tabs decided to use an aphrodisiac bomb as a distraction...."</strong> She flexed again, noticing the oncoming stampede. <strong>"Ah! Hey, wait! Damnit, I can't make an explosion with people nearby!"</strong> she shouted. Right, plan B. Curling up slightly, Whitney took in a deep breath. With one final shout, the dog-girl ripped through the spider silk like it was paper. Followed by the sound of ripping clothing, leaving the blue haired heroine standing stark naked.<br><br>&nbsp;She pointed at the Silver Spider and laughed. <strong>"Hah! At least I'm not the only one to lose my clothing this time! Seriously Tabs, why can't you just make me a damn super-suit?"</strong> She had one hand on her hip, the other pointed at the Spider. Her body was lean and well muscled, a good stack of abs and fairly perky chest showing that the muscles weren't all just from gene modding.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>23-01-2016, 17:45:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Sexy, sexy science.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Lip bit, Tabitha had been distracted momentarily from the rescue to leer at Whitney. She could always appreciate a well put together body and a set of abs like that were absolutely fit for a gallery.<br><br>"All you had to do was ask beautiful" she says with an obvious note of distraction, one ear twitching happily at the sight. "We'll do it right now actually, get over here. I have a plan."<br><br>Her tail swishing from the goop stuck on her, it drew a lazy pentagram in twinkling lights in the air behind her and then dived into the Litterbox to fetch an auto-injector filled with a glowing blue liquid and a few vials that stuck to her back as they came out. Dipping the injector into vials and activating it with flicks of her tail, she mixed up a compound occasionally scrapping a bit of the webbing compound into the vials with them. A lot of it was bubbling back out and just making Tabitha stickier but such was the price of a good idea, by the time it was a nice vibrant orange she was ready to turn her attention to Kitt. <br><br>"Could you teleport these people out?" she asked the adorkable teleporter, wiggling the human ball on her shoulder and the all too excited baby stuck to her leg. "My legs starting to go to sleep."<br><br>She then flicked the injector Whitney's way, the thing activating half way in the air and exploding into a glop of glowing orange that was heading right for the Yorkie.<br><br>"It's like body paint Whit. Use it to fix the place up and don't get it in your mouth!" Tab yelled, before watching carefully to see if she could make Whitney even sexier with a skin tight suit and save the gallery at the same time. It was important experiments like this that were going to make the Great Project finally come about after all.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics Gubbins</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Aiming to create the "Webbing Explosion Suit!" Asset for Whitney that'll let her use her suit to do spider silk explosions for quick building patches. Then leave her with no suit again. Science!<br><br>Incredible Intuition steps up my Effect Die and adds a D6.<br><br>Team D10<br>Mimic D10 <br>Incredible Intuition D6<br>Webbed Up D8<br><br>At 2016-01-23 10:42:36, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d8 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84920)<br>At 2016-01-23 10:42:30, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d6 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84919)<br>At 2016-01-23 10:42:24, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d10 Result: 9 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84918)<br>At 2016-01-23 10:42:17, Premier (uid: 56375) rolls: 1d10 Result: 6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=84917)<br><br>I'll take the 9 and the 5 for a roll of 14 and the D10 effect die, which steps up to a D12. <br><br>If it works, Whitney has the "Webbing Explosion Suit!" asset for a D12 to use next roll and a cool suit to blow up. <br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>23-01-2016, 19:08:09</strong>
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				Name: Kitt<br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/29/Ulquiorra_Painting.jpeg)</div>Where: Inside the Gallery<br>Doing What: Warp Bubble for Tabbs! Sempai noticed me! ^^<br>3 PP, 2xp<br>0 physical, 0 mental, 0 emotional / d4 webbed complication.<br><hr><br>Kitt looked over when Tabbs gestured to him, he really was lax to try again seeing the pig's ear he made of the rubble situation, but he couldn't resist a cute catgirl noticing him, so he nodded and tried to use his warp bubbles once more, this time using his knowledge of Katamari to make a warp the shape of an end goal of a level for Tabbs to let roll right through! "That portal is positioned for optimal sloped rolling to cause the least harm given to the people caught up in it, at least my calculations of the angles involved..."<br><br>"... And how I managed to place the rubble in a sweet modern art slope structure outside should do it..." Kitt looked up as he rechecked the angles and math quickly in his head, "... May not be the prettiest way of doing it though... I dunno..." Kitt added, his warp-portal wavering as if he was going to give up... The two small flicks of blue hair atop of his head slunk down like two cat ears, before he shook it off, "Eh, let's do it!" he smiled as he let the portal go to swallow up the big ball...<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header"> Teleporting them peeps!</div><div class="spoiler_body">Affiliation: Team d6, Distinction: Gawky Otaku d8 (read that dialogue! xD), Teleport d8, Science Expert d8<br>Roll Result: wander rolled: 1d6<br>Comment: team die<br>Result: 3<br>Roll Result: wander rolled: 3d8<br>Comment: teleport<br>Result: 1, 4, 1<br><br>Ouch! That's a result of 7 and effect of d4 as I'm stuck without a third die because of them 1s! @_@ No PPs will help me out with a duff roll like that!</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>25-01-2016, 02:40:23</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Collecting a Bounty that Doesn't Exist<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>-----------------<br>Kanina was still somewhat burdened by webs as she stepped toward her quarry with all due haste.<br><br>"It's too bad I have to turn you in: webs and cyrogunk look good on you, Silvy," she comments with a smirk as she tries to sort them out for transport.&nbsp; Maybe Ace would have a bounty on her head, too, and she could make this a two-fer deal.<br><br>Settling on just dragging both of them away, she heads for the exit which as much speed as she can muster and dollar signs in her eyes.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 03:39:42</strong>
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				The police had surrounded the Gallery, which was good because someone might have gotten out a back door. As the Spider Gang beat feet to get out of the collapsing building, they ran into the police line and got pretty thoroughly arrested. The police gave long-suffering looks to their cries of "I did it all for my waifu!" and "surely <em>this</em> will advance my standings. I'm almost to the top of the ladder!"<br><br>Nonetheless there were still people in danger, and Kitt was on the scene. He swiftly calculated the angles and coordinates necessary to teleport the cat-amari to safety, the blue light flickered and they were gone. A few seconds hung in the air as they were supposed to reappear... and didn't. He had a sense that they were a couple of miles to the west. Maybe he calculated too <em>well</em> and got them too <em>far</em> to safety? That was probably a thing that happened. They were probably teleported to the combined international comfy pillow show and first responder conference that was in town. Yeah.<br><br>After Darclight and Whitney stabilized the Gallery with cryo-freezing and Doc Tabs new invention (an invention which was both impressive and entirely off-screen, and also left Whitney naked again as Tabs had promised), Kanina merrily dragged both Ace and Silvia toward the police with the intent of getting a phat reward, and police and firefighters started to rush forward past the heroes to mop things up.<br><br>The police lieutenant gave the heroes a thumbs-up. "Well done on bringing in the Silver Spider, heroes. While you were in there, someone that said they knew one of you left a message." He offered a smartphone with a built-in holographic display (courtesy of the Apple Federation) to whoever was closest, "want to take it?"<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Just gonna zoom along the mechanics a bit.<br><br>3 XP for Ace for web sticking<br>1 XP for Ace for sufferin' spinnerets</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 07:18:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 2xp<br><hr><br>It had managed to work.&nbsp; Darclight - the one-man problem-solving armor hero - had kept the building from falling down long enough for other heroes to come to his assistance, utilizing a strange substance (alongside his own ice) to help patch up the cracks in the building.&nbsp; The Gallery would benefit from another going over, though, this one a bit more formal and not patchwork like what they had managed to do.<br><br>Their job done, Darclight followed the rest of the heroes outside to the police line, where various efforts to address the crisis (mainly by putting the Spider and her Gang back in jail) were underway.&nbsp; Then the head of the cops there came up and said someone had left a message for them.&nbsp; Darclight stood and scanned the group of heroes...not really a lot of people that he knew.&nbsp; Could they have been well-known?&nbsp; Possibly, in terms of the city, but Darclight knew he had <em>global</em> awareness, as part of being Stormwatch.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Please play the message, officer,"</tt> the armor requested of him.&nbsp; There.&nbsp; Leader-like, and putting himself forward as (probably) the most well-known hero of the crew, but not presuming that the message was meant for him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>26-01-2016, 19:55:02</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Doing What: Spider Facts.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"You know spider silk starts as a soluble solution called Spidroin?" Tabitha says as she uses a spray bottle on her own spider silk gunked hair "Then a little acid is added to turn it into the flexible silk just as its spun and that's why spiders aren't full of webs. It's a gland excretion."<br><br>"They're tough, flexible and durable. Would make great muscle tissue, if you've not already got better like me." she adds, looking about for volunteers as the webs slew off her onto the ground "Well maybe something for later. Anyway if you spray vinegar and coconut oil on them, they should stop being sticky and fall right off. Will help with clean up and doesn't smell too bad.... making me a little hungry actually. Show us the message! I want to go eat soon."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>27-01-2016, 08:47:33</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Just outside the Moonstone Gallery<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Are we sure we're not in a Transition Scene now?&nbsp; Complications do go away during such scene transitions, and it seems like we've got a quiet moment now to catch our breath between the action...<br></div></div><hr><br>"Oh, gosh, I'm so sorry!"&nbsp; Ace was quick to apologize to the Silver Spider as she realized what she had accidentally done in stopping the supervillain, her face turning beet-red from embarrassment.&nbsp; Still, even if she had been able to detach herself from Ms. Atel, she wouldn't have let the woman go.&nbsp; She wouldn't want to risk the would-be thief deciding that shame and freedom were a preferable choice over modesty and a return to her prison sentence and fleeing capture in the nude, after all.&nbsp; The public indecency charges alone would probably add a few years to her time in prison when she was tracked down and caught.<br><br>The Venusian Wonder-Girl soon found some distraction from her current predicament as she was dragged off by the Zaichik bounty hunter who had first entered the Moonstone Gallery alongside her before, however, and once she was out at the police barricade, there were people who were willing to help extract her from her entanglement with the captured thief, and hopefully provide her with a blanket or something to cover herself with in the process.&nbsp; Or perhaps some member of the Silver Spider's gang might be willing to donate some clothing to their idol, though the Wonder-Girl imagined that it would be pretty embarrassing to be stuck wearing men's clothing for a little while like that.&nbsp; Perhaps they would be able to provide her with a fitting prison jumpsuit down at the police station?<br><br>Of course, then the police themselves appeared to have a message of some sort waiting for either herself or one of the other heroes, and in addition to that, the catgirl from before came up, spraying herself down with a solution that worked remarkably well at removing the sticky spider webbing covering her body...<br><br>"Wow, so it's like a super web-removal spray,"&nbsp; Ace observed, hopping and wiggling her way closer since her arms and legs were still all tangled up and pinned to the rest of her body.&nbsp; "That sure is neat!&nbsp; I was going to try burning these webs off of myself with my laser vision, but could I trouble you to help me out with some of that web-cleaner, instead?&nbsp; It looks like it would be faster, and wouldn't leave a burning smell or traces of gamma radiation behind on my clothes!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>27-01-2016, 12:43:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Doing What: Spoiled for test subjects<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"> I think we're in a transition yeah! I'm just role-playing out the complication. No rolling.</div></div><hr><br>Tabitha manages to finally enact revenge on behalf of all cat kind by getting to spritz a human, or at least a human shaped nuclear reactor anyway. Her ears bobble in glee at the recognition as she sprays, if any company ever worked out they could just pay her in compliments they'd be rich.<br><br>"Not sure gamma beams would have worked anyway. Spider silks a really good thermal insulator. Depends how powerful these are!" Doc Tabby says, pointing at Ace's eyes before reaching out to hold her nose. "Shut your eyes and mouth. Viniger stings"<br><br>She gives Ace's hair a few sprays too, then begins to run her hands through it to get the webs out, careful not to snag any tangles. Not that it seemed she even had a chance of hurting the comic book powerhouse. Her body had no give at all for Tabitha's strokes, it was like the hair was attached to a tank.<br><br>"You feel real tough, would vinegar in the eyes even hurt you?" Tabitha quizzed "You got to let me know how that works. I've never come up with a good solution for irritants."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>27-01-2016, 13:18:04</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Suffering from a Broken Heart<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>----<br><br>Kanina noticed the lack of reaction to Ace as a notorious criminal and the lack of money being placed into her hands.&nbsp; Her eager smile quickly broke to a teary expression, as she whimpered a little. "N-no bounty for either of them, huh?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>27-01-2016, 13:46:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 2xp<br><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Does someone have the pack that the Spider was using to cart away stolen merchandise from the Gallery?"</tt>&nbsp; Darclight ventured.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Whilst I could probably cut through it with one of my own weapons, it would probably be more beneficial to the objects inside that they be exposed to this unique solution rather than risk further possible damage or even destruction."</tt>&nbsp; The person he considered most likely to have it was Ace, though in theory any one of them could have picked it up, because she had been the one to tackle the Spider through the side opening and pin themselves together.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>27-01-2016, 21:07:59</strong>
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				The Spider Gang didn't seem in any hurry to help their leader(?) with her problem, in much the same way as a group of preteen girls might not be in any hurry to object to the sudden appearance of a unicorn. <br><br>The Silver Spider was blushing mightily but she had at least kept some shred of dignity thanks to Ace. "Don't worry dear," she said, with the appearance of someone putting a lot of effort toward remaining calm, "I had <em>just</em> bought it but it's the price of doing business. Just as long as there aren't..." the clicking and flash of cellphone cameras, both from the crowd beyond the police line and the being-processed Spider Gang, "...cameras. Could you be a dear and deal with those for me before they wind up on the web?"<br><br>"Bounty?" the police lieutenant cocked his head at Kanina, "she hasn't really been out long enough for someone to post-"<br><br>Oh, there were those sad bunny eyes. Those <em>saddest</em> bunny eyes. Being a man of singular fortitude, he managed to hold out for a few seconds before he broke down and opened his wallet. "You know what, bounty. Here's, um, twenty dollars and," checked his pockets, "thirty-seven cents because I'm glad you helped with this."<br><br>It wasn't really her usual rate but it was payment nonetheless!<br><br>"So there's a message!" The individual that popped up on the holographic display was the unfortunately-named Boush'h'h'h from the Bounty Hunters' Collective. Mostly they could just see the tin-can like helmet that distorted their voice.<br><br>"Kanina, you're, um, you're looking well. It looks like you're dragging two bounties, so well done. So I've got good news and bad news. The bad news is that you need to come in and retake your certification, you let it expire and you just passed the grace period for renewal. The good news is that there's just this incredible storm of bounties coming in now thanks to this Zohar thing, but if you start taking in bounties based on it, they're making you sit through a presentation on what's known about it. I know, right? If you wanted to go back to school you wouldn't be in this business.<br><br>And you're all heroes, sort of? Venus, Storm, Yorkie, Tabs... and I don't know you little guy but I'm sure we'll be happy to get acquainted," the bounty hunter's tone got a little brighter at Kitt, "I guess the rest of you all should come too. Someone just showed up that wants to see Storms, and consider this an open invitation to the penthouse and we'll get you all briefed on this Zohar thing."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>27-01-2016, 23:26:35</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Collecting Payment<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>----<br>"Awesome!" Kanina really only understood the value of an earth dollar insofar as it paid for hooch and food.&nbsp; Twenty dollars was a lot, in the short term!<br><br>And then Boush'h'h'h' showed up, and she was almost happy to see him until he started to explain why she was going to have a really boring day soon.&nbsp; "Really?"<br><br>She sighed.&nbsp; "I don't know who makes the rules about bounty licenses lapsing or having all of these presentations.&nbsp; Half the time, the instructor starts playing on his wristcomm halfway through and we just all agree to go home before the presentation is early.&nbsp; At least I get to go somewhere with my friends, and we can get some proper drinks down once we've knocked out one of those new bounties."<br><br>"Trust me: you haven't drank until you've had Zaichikin vodka ran over Andelovian ice."&nbsp; And already she's back to smiling.&nbsp; "I don't know why we never imported it back on Zaichik, but it's all worth it when your head starts to spin and the room starts to turn the other way."<br><br>She laughs heartily, already excited about her soon to be very full wallet!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>28-01-2016, 11:46:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Just outside the Moonstone Gallery<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 7 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spending 1 Plot Point on a stunt with my Science Expert specialty.&nbsp; Ace is going to try to convert the wavelength of her x-ray vision so that it fries all the nearby cameras without harming any of the people holding them.<br><br>d10 Solo (Ace is presumably the only one who really cares about preserving Silver Spider's privacy, I assume?)<br>d4 Comic Book Superhero (because this is the sort of thing that generally doesn't work in the real world)<br>d10 X-Ray Vision<br>d10 Superhuman Senses<br>d8 Science Specialty<br>d8 Science Stunt<br><br>At 2016-01-28 04:07:29, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 1d4 Result: 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=85127)<br>At 2016-01-28 04:16:09, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 2d8 Result: 9 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=85130)<br>At 2016-01-28 04:17:13, Ace (uid: 9857) rolls: 3d10 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=85131)<br><br>d4: 3<br>2d8: 1, 8<br>3d10: 3, 2, 7<br><br>One opportunity, and Ace's roll is 15, with a d10 effect die.<br></div></div><hr><br>Ace's face reddened again as she had her attention drawn to the fact that there were cameras built into those odd, rectangular devices with the rounded corners that everyone was carrying.&nbsp; She didn't quite know what the Silver Spider had meant about those pictures everyone was taking 'winding up on the web', but she did know that it wasn't right for everyone to be taking pictures of her in this state in the first place.&nbsp; Turning back to look at the crowd, she drew on more of her radiation-channeling abilities and once again let out a quick burst of energy from her eyes, though this one was both much more widely-angled and invisible to naked eye.<br><br>"A quick burst of electromagnetic radiation should ruin the film in all those cameras without harming any of the people carrying them,"&nbsp; The Venusian Wonder quietly announced, as she committed the deed.&nbsp; Of course, her plan wouldn't work out the way she thought that it would, since those were digital cameras attached to digital recording devices, but since she had basically just set off a sudden EMP, perhaps it would still take out the cameras regardless?<br><br>Either way, she assumed that her job was done afterwards and handed the Silver Spider off to the police, and then moved on from there to her conversation with Tabitha, which proceeded along as described up to the current point.<br><br>"Vinegar in the eyes would sting quite badly and make my eyes water, but I don't think that it would cause any permanent damage,"&nbsp; Ace responded, answering the doctor's question in a friendly enough tone.&nbsp; "As for how my powers work, I'm actually from the planet Venus in an alternate universe to this one.&nbsp; We Venusians live within an oppressive planetary atmosphere that constantly limits our natural abilities, so once we are removed from it, we gain incredible powers.&nbsp; I don't think that these natural abilities would be easy to replicate, though.&nbsp; Perhaps wearing a set of nifty goggles like mine might help protect your eyes a little better, instead?"<br><br>As soon as her arms were freed, Ace would join the catgirl scientist in helping to untangle her from the complicated web she found herself in.&nbsp; With a little luck, she would soon be completely free once more, and while she helped work at that, she could also give out a response to the man in the powered armor.<br><br>"The Silver Spider dropped her bag of ill-gotten gains when I jumped her, so it should probably still be on the ground over where she was first standing.&nbsp; I can go and get it as soon as I'm free of these sticky webs, if nobody else picks it up during all that time that I'm getting myself unstuck."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>29-01-2016, 18:17:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 2xp<br><hr><br>Darclight watched the message play out in front of them. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I am aware of the Bounty Hunter's Collective, though this particular individual was not one known to me.&nbsp; The majority of Stormwatch's business was done with a man from Earth who joined them, one Peter Quill."</tt>&nbsp; Alright, so it sounded like he was going to be coming along on this particular trip to the Collective's nearby base - primarily for two reasons.&nbsp; One: they had information on this Zohar character, the one who had been responsible for releasing the various supervillains contained in supermax prisons across the globe (and thus inspiring the remaining villains in hiding to come out).&nbsp; That was information Darclight wanted.&nbsp; Two: someone was apparently already there, waiting to see him.&nbsp; That seemed a bit strange.&nbsp; The two of his comrades who were still here on Earth knew how to contact him if they needed him; the two who had left were likely far away, and the hunter's declaration had stated <em>one</em> person, not more.<br><br>So, then, who would be looking for him?&nbsp; Outside of Red Team, there were only a couple of persons who would be able to contact him in a situation like this.&nbsp; One was Strikeout, the ex-leader of Blue Team (ex because Stormwatch was still disbanded), and the other...could Black Team's leader want to talk to him?&nbsp; Granted, the three of them sat down to discuss Stormwatch operations on an regular basis, but...no matter.&nbsp; With the message ended, he stepped away into the alley for a moment.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"I have retrieved the bag from the alley,"</tt> he told Ace. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "It was, indeed, there."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 00:52:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Doing What: Wannabe Space Cat<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Tabitha got a good old look at Ace's physique as she helped them out of the webbing. An alternate universe alien who lived on a planet with a surface pressure that exerted a constant 1300 pounds per square inch? It was all she could do to not giggle like a schoolgirl. Easy to replicate or not, Tabitha was definitely in the mood for poking at aliens right now.<br><br>"Can't steal a ladies style" Tabitha replied to Ace "The goggles your thing! I'll work on my own eyes. But come with us to go see this Zohan thing! Stay informed in an Alien penthouse with booze I've never heard of but am happy to try. Maybe I can even make a presentation non-boring. I love a challenge."<br><br>She looks to Kanina and gives her best eager smile. "Can we get a lift? I built a spaceship once but I wasn't allowed to keep it. Apparently you need a license for them and I wasn't going to do all that paperwork."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 01:43:11</strong>
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				"Yeah," the bounty hunter scratched their head. Well, helmet. "They were kind of weird. Said something about a Blac-"<br><br><em>Bzzorch</em>. The phone delivering the message shut down, as did all of the phones taking pictures in a silent and invisible flash of electromagnetic radiation.<br><br>"Oh no, my new iPhone 3343!"<br><br>"What? You call that new?"<br><br>"I bought it yesterday!"<br><br>"Obsolete as of this morning. Well, guess if this one's dead, they're coming out with the 3345 tomorrow."<br><br>The police lieutenant looked nonplussed at the sudden destruction of his phone. "Huh. Guess maybe the Zohar thing can recognize its name and take down electronics? That's one to submit to the file."<br><br>"We're not going to start calling it 'You-Know-What,' are we sir?" a policeman giving the Silver Spider a blanket to cover herself said. The supervillainess gave Ace a grateful smile and tapped a finger to her nose in the old-timey gesture of 'it'll be our little secret.'<br><br>"God, I hope not. Ripping off Harry Potter? That'd be a new low," the police lieutenant said. As indeed it would.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Doom pool rolls a 19 with a d8 effect die. Figure I'll take a page out of Fallen London's book here; 'you succeed, but something else happens too.'<br>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=85201<br>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=85202<br>https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=85203</div></div><br>The spidersilk satchel contained a couple of pieces of choice jewelry (in particular a jeweled statuette of a falcon that seemed important for no explicable reason) but most of the space was taken up by an extensive (and expensive-looking) jeweler's toolkit. Probably belonged to the owner. By space-to-value ratio it was probably the least valuable thing in there by an order of magnitude, though. Strange that Atel would choose it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 02:16:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 2xp<br><hr><br>Darclight had just been about to get the last of the message...when the phone fried along with all the other ones in the vicinity.&nbsp; Of course, those watching had little idea what had caused it, but Darclight had access to some of the most powerful sensors you could imagine a war machine having.&nbsp; EM radiation was like sneezing.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The next time you wish to detonate a small-scale EMP in the middle of hearing a very important message regarding the current state of affairs for something as <em><strong>asinine</strong></em> as modesty, do kindly inform us before you do it.&nbsp; Or at least have the common decency to wait until the message is finished."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight sounded about as annoyed as a machine like him could sound, directing the comment at the source of the radiation burst.<br><br>The thing in the Spider's bag that really had Darclight's attention was the jeweler's tools.&nbsp; Someone like the Spider could have had one of her flunkies go buy one, or she could at least have stolen such a thing (if she insisted on theft as means of acquisition) from a far less conspicuous place.&nbsp; Ergo, why take it now?&nbsp; Opportunity?&nbsp; Maybe.&nbsp; But Darclight doubted that.&nbsp; He ran his sensors over the box first.&nbsp; Nearly any sensor imagined by man (and a few that weren't) were housed in his frame.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 08:23:09</strong>
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				Darclight scanned! Egads, the falcon had <em>how</em> many people's blood on it? The sheer cavalcade of DNA information could keep a forensics lab busy for a decade. The entire criminal underworld of a small Mediterranean island nation must have bled over it. It must have taken a legion of private detectives (or one <em>really</em> hard-boiled one) to finally end its reign of terror. <br><br>Oh right, the tools! They were less exciting - mostly tool steel, with the ones with relevant cutting or grinding or drilling edges having been reinforced with synthetic diamond after the fact. A little on the old-fashioned side, Darclight could detect a great deal of wear and care but they had held up remarkably well. Definitely on the old-fashioned side, they didn't even include any laser welders!<br><br>Someone else looking at him and seeing the toolkit held up to the light might have noticed the letters "SA" gilded with a flourish and a signatory spiderweb (also in gold) on the bottom of the case.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>30-01-2016, 21:18:07</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Confused about more regulations<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>-------------<br><br>"You need a license to own a spaceship here?" Kanina shrugs her shoulders.&nbsp; "Man this planet has some problems despite the cheap booze and food!"<br><br>She goes on to nod, though, forgetting her thoughts on that matter. "But yeah, I've cleared out my ship from the last party, so there should be enough room for everyone to chill out and sleep, and get to our certifications in time for money making and consumption of extraterrestrial beverages."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>31-01-2016, 04:30:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 7 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Uh-oh!&nbsp; Ace had goofed!&nbsp; What she thought had just been some sort of crazy rectangular mini-cameras had all turned out to be electrical gadgets of some sort, and while she had succeeded in taking them out of commission regardless, she had also accidentally caught up the communicator that the police were holding up when sweeping her radiation-emitting vision across the crowd!&nbsp; The conversation was interrupted as the communicator shorted out, and she was left looking suitably-chastened as the armored figure scolded her, though she did have to wonder why he was referring to modesty as being asinine.&nbsp; Was that how they viewed the concept in this world, or was it just that he was especially angry and not thinking too clearly at the moment?<br><br>Either way, she turned her own super-senses towards the contents of the pouch once it was time to examine them, and went over every item therein with both her x-ray vision and her other phenomenal senses.&nbsp; There was likely quite a bit of information she picked up that others missed, but one things in particular stood out immediately.<br><br>"Look!"&nbsp; She stated, pointing to the gilded lettering on the side of the toolkit.&nbsp; "There's an image of a spider-web engraved on the box, and the letters S and A!&nbsp; Could that jeweler's kit belong to Sylvia Atel?"<br><br>The proceedings were interrupted next by the Zaichik bounty hunter acting in ways that the Venusian Wonder found... rather un-ladylike, but she held her tongue, rather than commenting upon it.&nbsp; She was in an unfamiliar world, and had just been tripped up by some evidence that things worked a little differently here, compared to her own home universe.&nbsp; It wouldn't do to make another big mistake by assuming things about how society in this world functioned, not when she could simply watch and see if anyone else made a fuss about this, instead.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>01-02-2016, 10:46:49</strong>
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				Fortunately there had been too much commotion (including a loud airhorn just at that moment, must have been a sports game nearby?) for the police and crowd to hear Ace being called out on destroying everyone's phones. Phew. That could have gotten unfortunate.<br><br>Her outburst though did get noticed. "That so?" one of the policemen on the line leaned over and took a look at the case, "so, I probably don't need to remind you but maybe so since it's been a while. If it's hers, Superbattles Trophy Act is still a thing, if you file for it within thirty days they'll probably let you keep it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>02-02-2016, 23:47:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Spaaaaaace roadtrip!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"They never let me keep anything" Tabs grumps, ears flat as she folds her arms. If she stopped trying to claim things like "Fission Reactor Batteries" and "The very concept of time itself" she may have more luck though.<br><br>Still it was hard for her mood to sour for long, edging over to look at the jewellery box with Ace. "I didn't know she was much of a jeweler. Would explain all the gemstones they were trying to make off with though, if they could just re-cut them for resale. Be a good way to fence them. Anyway! Anyway, anyway, anyway" she said excitedly, bobbing on the balls of her feet. <br><br>"Since we did so wonderfully well as a team, want to go to space and show we're ready to represent Earth for truth, justice and a third item of your choice? Some company along for the ride would be great and it'd be a shame if I didn't get to know you all. We can pick up on this mystery when we get back. Don't say no and make me do the sad eyes! "
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>04-02-2016, 10:08:40</strong>
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				A quick scene-wipe and a rabbit-bounty-hunter's space-ship later, and they were on the road (sky?) to the Bounty Hunter Collective's training zeppelin. A high-atmospheric flight was just the way to get there faster and get a good look at the stars at the same time, and it was looking out the window that they were treated to a small meteor shower. It would have certainly been hard to notice during the day, but it was hard to miss as little balls of firey rock burned up right above them. The lightshow was brief however as they descended to dock with the large zeppelin, insignia of a T-shaped helmet on the side and advertising banners <em>everywhere</em> (it was like the dark days before pop-up blockers had been invented).<br><br>"Kanina, you made it!" Boushh chimed over the communicator. "Let's get this done and go drinking later, right? Oh, our guest."<br><br>The next voice was much more human, but with a little more mechanical distortion. "Hey. Name's Ghost, formerly of Stormwatch. The old Red Team leader, hi Darc, popped up on the dragnet, so I figured I'd get in on this and help give you the <em>full</em> extent of what we know instead of just the scraps they're throwing to the 'dogs. Uh, no offense to any actual dogs present."<br><br>Ghost had been one of the more low-profile members of Stormwatch Black Team (which was saying something since Stormwatch Black had been composed almost entirely of sneaks, spooks and low-profile types). Darclight had heard that Ghost had been in a bad way thanks to an assassination attempt in Vienna, but their leader hadn't really gone into detail for the sake of OpSec. If he was up and active, that was probably a win for superheroes everywhere.<br><br>"And the rabbits," Boushh said, being helpful.<br><br>"Yes, and the rabbits. No offense to any actual rabbits present either."<br><br>"Don't forget the mice."<br><br>"Yes, I know!"<br><br>"And the-"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>04-02-2016, 18:24:22</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace<br>Doing What: Confused about more regulations<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>-------------------------------<br>"I wouldn't miss it!" Kanina said as she keyed the auto pilot to take her in to her usual spot, before chiming to cut off Boushh and Ghost's little comedy routine (she couldn't stop giggling though).&nbsp; "Might want to just kill the animal references.&nbsp; Zaichiks will forgive you for an in taste rabbit joke, but the Fanguvians will eat you alive if you call them catgirls...even though they're not even the cute kind of catgirls..."<br><br>She shrugged her shoulders for the benefit of absolutely no one.&nbsp; Boussh already knew that she had checked a Fanguvian off of her 'kill list', however.&nbsp; She had a nasty scar on the small of her back to prove it!<br><br>"Either way, Ghost, thanks for the help.&nbsp; Anything that increases our cash flow is good for me!"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-02-2016, 18:40:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 2xp<br><hr><br>Ah.&nbsp; That explained it.&nbsp; The toolcase belonged to the Spider.&nbsp; It was no secret that when the villains lost the fight, those that had fled into the shadows hadn't necessarily had time to bring along everything of critical value to them...and those that hadn't been able to flee had had their confiscated property sold off to willing bidders. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Still, it does not follow...a heist simply to reclaim a toolcase?"</tt>&nbsp; Darclight quitely mused as he turned the case over to see the Silver Spider's insignia in gold on the bottom of it.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"There is something more here, something I am not seeing..."</tt><br><br>He held onto the case, but returned the other various things - including that mysterious falcon statuette - to the police so they could be returned to the owners of the gallery. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I shall consider your suggestion to file a claim as per the STA.&nbsp; For now, this is coming with me."</tt>&nbsp; With that, they headed to the spaceship to go into orbit to meet up with the Collective's ship here on Earth.&nbsp; And there it was discovered - the identity of the former Stormwatch member who'd seen him in action.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Hello, Ghost.&nbsp; I had thought you were staying low after Vienna.&nbsp; How's Black Team doing?"</tt><br><br>Black Team had been the <em>one</em> group out of Stormwatch where none of them had embraced retirement.&nbsp; They were still active - albeit underground - across the planet.&nbsp; It helped that A: they were fairly potent covert operatives, B: their job was to stop crimes before they got started, and C: they had pretty useful powers in dealing with a terrestrial criminal element.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>04-02-2016, 20:49:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery<br>Doing What: Sexy, sexy science.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br><br>"Does that make me the cute type of catgirl?" Tabitha asked the world in general, one ear wiggling as she thought hard about it. The trip here had left her speechless for a rare moment, she rather liked space. It was both nearly entirely empty and full of interesting stuff at the same time and you had to respect that.<br><br>"I've never eaten anyone alive if that helps to swing your vote. Only chewed a few but they were into it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>06-02-2016, 00:40:51</strong>
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				Ace and Darclight had had some time on the trip over to go over the jeweler's kit with their superhuman senses on the ride over; at first blush it was exactly as it seemed, but to Ace's super-senses something didn't <em>smell</em> right (literally, it didn't smell right). With both of their micro-vision they were able to suss out four of the tools whose handles been re-welded so finely that a normal human wouldn't have been able to spot it. Lead-lined secret compartments were both a favorite of people hiding things from x-rays and very difficult to spot with just a cursory examination. As they opened them up... a screwdriver hid a micro-receiver (deactivated currently, and not something that would have been able to create a signal from inside its compartment). A chisel had what was on first examination a fingertip flashlight, but combined with the synthetic diamond coating on the tool's surface would create a specific optical pattern, vaguely reminiscent of a bar code. The real surprise was hiding inside the hammer, a little cylinder tapered off at both ends with a port on one side. Darclight could analyze it; it bore a lot of similarities to the kinetic energy projection 'tech used by the old villain Hammerwatch, who had put something similar on his warhammer to give it a building-destroying kick even at range. This one was about the size of a man's thumb, it could probably give someone a very bad day nonetheless. Why would the Silver Spider be messing with something like that? She didn't really have any need of concealed weapons, she was one herself!<br><br>So, a radio, a code, and a gun, recovered from a supervillainess' tools that had been in the public domain for years since she was captured. The fourth tool with a secret compartment, a tiny pair of pliers suitable for delicate work on settings, was empty; microvision showed trace bits of paper and skin flakes, recent ones, from the Spider. A particularly convoluted way of passing notes, or a criminal conspiracy?<br><br>Ghost sounded pained as Darclight asked him about Vienna. "There was... a lot of laying low involved in that, yes. I'm not part of Black any more. If that's a problem for you, I can just vanish and let this lovely gentleman (I think it's a gentleman?) handle things."<br><br>"Right, no animal references," Boushh said, completely glossing over the question of their gender, "don't want anyone to get catty, I like not being eaten."<br><br>"But you just-"<br><br>"I'll meet you out on the ramp, Kanina! Ghost, bring confetti!"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>06-02-2016, 04:36:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: About to leave Space<br>Doing What: Confirming the truth<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr>Kanina laughs as Boushh cuts the com, and turns to Tabitha. "Yes, comparatively, that does make you the cute kind.&nbsp; But the doggirls are cuter, especially when they don't mind showing off."<br><br>She turned toward Whitney with a smile.&nbsp; "I've got a nice wardrobe of flex clothes for you to wear, if you want something that lets you show off and not violate intergalactic nudity standards...or we can go out there and see if the officers like you enough to let you apply for a nudist permit."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>08-02-2016, 06:04:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: In Transit<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 7 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Claiming 3 xp for proposing the cunning plan to go along with a villain's schemes in order to find out what they're really up to and later foil them.<br></div></div><hr><br>Fortunately for Ace, the Silver Spider's toolkit provided a sufficiently-engaging distraction to keep her occupied during the flight.&nbsp; She would have been in for quite a bit of culture shock, otherwise, with the casual air everyone was taking towards Whitney's nudity.&nbsp; As it was, learning about this alternate Earth's rather lax views towards modesty was postponed for later, and what she learned instead was...<br><br>"These look like the sorts of tools a spy might use!"&nbsp; She exclaimed, once she had assessed the tools with her super-senses and found the hidden compartments within, containing a weapon, a radio, and some sort of code.&nbsp; "Is Silvia Atel known to act as a spy, in addition to being a thief?&nbsp; If not, we might want to question her further about this, or maybe...&nbsp; Aha!&nbsp; I've got the perfect plan!<br><br>"I've only recently arrived on this world, but from what I can gather of current events, there's some mysterious alien villain running around breaking other villains out of prison, right?&nbsp; And the Silver Spider was one of them?&nbsp; I can pretend to break her out of prison and use that to convince her that I work for the same mysterious benefactor that arranged for her to steal this from the Moonstone Gallery!&nbsp; I'll bet I can convince her to lead me right to whoever she's working with, and then I can signal the rest of you and we can nab all of them in one fell swoop!&nbsp; What do you say?"<br><br>To be fair, in the world Ace was from, this would have been a perfectly sane and rational plan.&nbsp; She still had quite a bit to learn about the world that she had been summoned into, however...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>14-02-2016, 03:48:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 2xp<br><hr><br>Lead.&nbsp; Not necessarily visible to the standard eye, but Darclight's were far from standard - lead stood out to his X-ray vision like a spotlight.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"This is familiar...Hammerwatch," </tt>he stated, starting up his explanation. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Stormwatch Red - I myself - has battled Hammerwatch in the past.&nbsp; Not by his lonesome, you understand; as part of one of those rare villain team-ups.&nbsp; This kinetic projection technology is highly similar to that which he installed onto his hammer.&nbsp; And the rest..." </tt> There were pieces here, but the whole picture was lacking in coherence.&nbsp; A radio microtransmitter; the kinetic projection tech; an optical hammer.&nbsp; However, in a fourth tool, something was missing - could the Spider have already gotten to it?&nbsp; Already taken it out?&nbsp; No, that made no sense.&nbsp; If she had had the time to get to one, then how was it that she lacked the time to get to the others?<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"...I am missing something, but I am unsure what..." </tt> No matter, deal with Ghost for the time.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Stormwatch Black is divided?&nbsp; I see...days are different, indeed.&nbsp; And I would not say to tell you to do your job or not.&nbsp; I am simply surprised you chose this path." </tt> Out of the three, Black Team had worked together the longest - so much so that they had been considered inseparable.&nbsp; If they had gone their ways, then Stormwatch was gone - which left it to him to reconstitute the team.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"I do not think that that plan would work well,"</tt> he criticized Ace's idea.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Perhaps if you were not so obviously attired as a hero - and <em>especially</em> perhaps if you had not just surrendered her - naked -&nbsp; into police custody - it would suffice.&nbsp; That said, if we could tap a hero that was not at the site, then the plot might succeed.</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>16-02-2016, 04:39:20</strong>
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				(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cd/HildaGarde3Bridge.png)<br><br>The two waiting for them as the docking ramp clanked down were a pair of contrasts, even as they were both in environment suits. Boushh's suit was bulky, the helmet awkward and conical. Ghost's armor was sleeker, thinner, the sort of thing one might expect of a cyborg ninja. Of course, Boushh had their arms spread wide in welcome while Ghost had his arms crossed and was tapping his foot, anxious or nervous. <br><br>It was practically a ticker tape parade, except without the parade, and the ticker tape. But there was confetti! Ghost had a little hovering drone scattering it above the heroes' heads as they led the group along the zeppelin's exterior, it was a little impressive how long-suffering a robo-exoskeleton could look without ever showing a face. There was a cold wind at this altitude that whipped through the makeshift parade and sent the confetti flying; Tabs might have wanted to button up (or maybe not, if her idiom was worth a few goosebumps). Another helmeted bounty hunter streaked by them on a jetpack, presumably on his way to happy hour.<br><br>Looking at Ghost, Darclight's sensor suite wasn't fooled by the exterior: there weren't any life signs inside the armor, instead there was a steady stream of subwave communications feeding into it. A remote-controlled exoskeleton? It was definitely a Stormwatch model, but Ghost must have put a lot of time and money (not to mention practice) into precise teloperation to get it to present such a thorough facade. Ace might have noticed it as well if she took the time; but of course not having the same shared history, she didn't have quite the same breadth of context.<br><br>"So before I drive my friend here batty..." Boushh began, talking over Ghost's objection of <span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">"but you just did it <em>again</em>!"</span> "let's hurry and get this done. Oh, if any of you need to make an urgent phone call, the comm suite is the next room over. Don't ask me who thought of that one."<br><br>It was time! The presentation room had popcorn and drinks, and little chairs and an imitation of an old-fashioned movie projector hooked into a laptop which Ghost magnanimously assumed while Boushh started drinking cider through their helmet with a straw. Environment suit manipulation level: coffee-mantis-tier.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>17-02-2016, 14:23:47</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Space Zeppelin Presentation Room. <br>Doing What: <br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Tabs had elected to button up in the end. She liked her look but it wasn't worth battling with the wind, even if her body was able to deal with the cold perfectly well. She made up for those good manners when they got to the presentation room, lounging across the chair so her feet dangled over the arm rest with a space coffee balanced on her stomach held in place by her tail coiled around it.<br><br>She'd gotten a tablet out of her Litter Box and was happily playing away with it making designs for spaceships which looked a healthy mixture of impractical and illegal. To anyone who'd care to notice they also looked suspiciously like cannibalized versions of the Zepplin they'd just boarded.<br><br>"If I need a phone call I can manage it. Magic's a safer way of communicating providing you don't annoy anything that lives in the formless void. I've been way too busy thinking of ways to disguise Ace anyway, someone will remember to feed my lab mice. Probably. Thanks though! "
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>18-02-2016, 01:28:12</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: About to leave Space<br>Doing What: Getting Comfy<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"It's good to see you again, Boushh," Kanina says courteously as she headed for the drink table, and found herself disappointed at the idea that none of the drinks could peel paint or start a fire if exposed to a small spark.&nbsp; She settles on some sugary drink that is probably just as bad for one's insides, and sips it carefully as they wait.<br><br>"Is it going to have the same intro they've had since before I was born, Boussh?&nbsp; I know they don't like to change much of these videos if they can get away with it," she queries as she planted her rump in one of the chairs and got as comfortable as these regulation chairs could be.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>21-02-2016, 04:54:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: In Transit<br>Milestones: The Moonstone Robbery! and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 10 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"There are tiny traces of paper fibers on the insides of the empty container,"&nbsp; Ace noted, squinting a little to focus her vision as she looked back inside the fourth tool again.&nbsp; "It must have contained a hidden message, maybe even instructions for what she's supposed to do next!&nbsp; She wasn't really in any condition to conceal any messages on her person when she was brought in, though...&nbsp; Do you think that the message could still be hidden away somewhere in the Moonstone Gallery?"<br><br>After the shuttle landed, Ace followed along with the rest of the group, and when the armored man who was acting as their guide mentioned the telephone in the next room, she quickly rushed off to go make an important call.&nbsp; Then, upon realizing that she had missed something equally important, the Venusian Wonder came rushing back.<br><br>"Um... say, do any of you happen to know the number for the police station that the Silver Spider was brought to after her arrest?"&nbsp; She asked her fellow heroes, a bit sheepishly.&nbsp; "I was thinking it might be a good idea to call and tell them about the spy tools, so that they can ask her about them while questioning her about her crime, and was also going to request that they go over every inch of the Moonstone Gallery looking for that message.&nbsp; If they can find it and tell us what was written on it, we should be able to solve this mystery."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>22-02-2016, 04:26:04</strong>
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				Name: Whitney Stone<br>Where: In Transit<br>Doing What: Not being naked anymore, thank god!<br><hr><br>&nbsp;Whitney huffed and went to the wardrobe, coming back wearing one of the flexsuits. It was a snug fit, showing off her curves, but was certainly much better than the painted-on outfit that Tabs conjured up for her. <strong>"Well, it's better than naked, but I prefer a shirt and jeans honestly. It's not like I <span class="bbc_u">intend</span> to get naked all the time, either! It just seems to happen."</strong><br><br>&nbsp;Finally, they seemed to arrive at their destination. Whitney cheered up as the confetti feel. <strong>"Hey, it's not a celebration without fireworks, right?"</strong> she said, rubbing her fingers together. There were several pops and bangs and whistles as the confetti began to explode as it fell, showering the group in colorful explosions that were mostly harmless. Once they entered the viewing room, Whitney looked around. <strong>"Hey, I'll take some popcorn."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>24-02-2016, 10:26:12</strong>
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				It took about a second for a little text and light to flash across Ghost's visor. "Here you go," he scribbled down a number for Ace. "It's not really my business, but if it's a paper message you're talking about there's an easy way to destroy it, all you have to do is eat it. But who knows, they might get lucky."<br><br>It took a bit of time for a couple of other bounty hunters to file in (apparently Kanina wasn't the only one who needed the show), and to get Whitney popcorn. There was more than enough room for Tabs to sprawl as she pleased.<br><br>The overhead projector hooked into the laptop in a perversion of everything about science, and the beginnings of a slideshow appeared. "So it's not a video like you're used to..." Ghost coughed, and one of the bounty hunters immediately walked out, grumbling. "But, well, this is important."<br><br>"But we have to do the thing," Boushh insisted. "It's a tradition."<br><br>"We have to?" Ghost sighed at the immediate nod. "Perdition take my soul."<br><br>Boushh seemed happy about getting to do the thing. "Wellcome, to the wooorlldd of tomorrrowww, and to a noble brotherhood of mercenaries, rabble-rousers and low-lives! And also us, the bounty hunters, who bring all of those in for fun and profit."<br><br>"Is that all?"<br><br>"It's good enough."<br><br>Ghost began. <br><br>"This...<br>(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/05/Bright_light_trees_resized.png)<br>...is Zohar. It's not much of a picture, but it's as good as we could do without the camera burning out. Subject radiates intensely in both visible spectrum, infrared and UV, covering the vision ranges of humans, the hybrids we've tried so far, and also a tourist from... well long story short it's basically a cowboy planet. It's bright enough to overwhelm most local sensors, sort of like staring into your own miniature sun. We've had numerous engagements with it; most of what it does is intense and precise light-manipulation on a level we've never seen before. The lasers are the most obvious, but when you start binding light into autonomous constructs," there was another slide with a shining white knight assaulting the side of a prison complex; given the way it was grabbing the roof, it had to be a couple of stories tall, "and we're probably in the realm of sufficiently advanced technology. Radiant pattern is closest to that of Beta Orionis without the high-end radiation but it's not a strong correlation. We thought it might be a point of origin but we haven't heard back from our more, ah, extraterrestrial inquiries. Rigel is a blue-white supergiant, it's not exactly friendly to life or planets. Spacefarers don't go there without a good reason."<br><br>"The good news it's not tough. Here's a satellite close-up we got of its first attempt attempt at assaulting a solitary containment cell. Here's The Sorceress Rose, Darc you'll remember her as the one that consumed the Skull of Orknos and opened a gate to... I don't want to call it 'Hell' but it was definitely another dimension, lots of havoc. Rose, right after being released, decided to fight it." The picture set showed the aftermath, with rose petals and shredded pieces of bright material everywhere and a burned but very intact sorceress. "We think she, uh, killed it? She's remained at large and that worries me sick, but that was the first and last time Zohar took a swing at freeing anybody Red would have been called in for. If you want to look into bringing her in, being able to interview her about the encounter and, well, taking her out of the running again would be a big win for the good guys. She hasn't reared her head again but it's only going to be bad when she does.<br><br>Now, Zohar! First of all it got better somehow, so maybe it can reform itself? We don't know. The real trouble is it's, well, as mobile as you'd expect light to be. It's really, really good at running away." Another close-in satellite photo, with a superteam in formation facing it down, "here's Captain Hammer and team trying to engage it at New Newgate Prison," and another, "and here's it reappearing halfway across the globe at New New Newgate Prison about sixty milliseconds later - that's a speed of light delay. It's as hard to pin down as you'd expect too; the old mirror-maze trick hasn't worked but we don't seem to have anything that's perfectly reflective under current technology, it's something that's being worked on. It seems to have a long list of people it wants out, so it's reasonably assured of hitting somewhere where we're not. Hero teams where they even exist are pretty disorganized right now. They'll show up to a prison break and Zohar will go somewhere else and there's not much coordination after that. And it seems to be able to hide or go inactive or something and then flare up when it's decided it's going to make our lives difficult.<br><br>Another weakness we've identified: it's either not tech-savvy or just generally not precise. It attempted to free the supervillainess Auxilia," a picture of a blue-skinned android girl appeared alongside technical specs, "but she's an AI, and we had her contained in a group of remote mainframes. I can provide the full report on that breakout afterward, but the net result was that Auxilia got free because her guards had the choice between letting her out and letting Zohar terminate her blundering around the mainframes, and they opted for the former. We're currently looking into villain containment methods it's not likely to understand; that's something else going on on the side.<br><br>But it's still elusive, and still at large. So, the going strategy for those heroes that have a strategy is to try and figure out what it wants or what it's trying to protect; if you can pin it down to something it needs to defend, that would be perfect. Meanwhile everyone we throw back in jail is someone it has to try and break out again, which sounds sort of futile but not as much as you'd expect. Every time it does it we learn a little more - well, not <em>every</em> time but you know what I mean. It's learning from us, but probably not as fast as we're learning about it. We hope." Ghost didn't seem confident about that; it was probably his way to want to be certain. <br><br>Boushh took the opportunity to refill Whitney on popcorn, chiming in, "so the Prison Architect Cartel is taking this really seriously. They have bounties on new information about this thing, <em>and</em> if you get back their escapees. Zohar itself has the biggest one, but Sorceress Rose is pretty high on the list too. It drops off a bit after that but if you want to bring in the Defenestrator that's still enough for a lot of alcohol, right?"<br><br>"So it's like this," Ghost said, "we need leaders, scientists, heroes, explorers, connectors and everything in between if we intend to beat this thing. You got- <em>we</em> got complacent. That has to change, and I hope you'll be willing to help." He shrugged the shrug of a long-suffering man. "If you don't then at least you know enough to recognize an opportunity if it strikes.<br><br>There's probably more. It's not what you'd call chatty, but it seems to talk and understand languages. We haven't run into one it didn't comprehend, but we haven't tried Navajo or Basque or some other language that hasn't appeared in our radio transmissions. And it-" Ghost tilted his head to the side as though receiving a message, "-might have the ability to recognize its name from a distance and EMP electronics in the vicinity of that happening? Okay, that's new, that's not confirmed. And that's recent, to the point of- oh, it seems like... you all were there for that? Huh, you might be closer on its trail than you realize."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>25-02-2016, 19:32:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Space Zeppelin Presentation Room. <br>Doing What: Being the hippest of Cats.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"There's a lot of different hells" Tabitha says, "Rose Darc connected to like... a hipster hell? Where they go for the authentic hell experience. Artisnal red hot pokers and real molten lava, locally sourced without any brimstone additives that ruins the flesh scalding experience."<br><br>Rolling her eyes, she took a pair of thick rimmed glasses out of her Litter Box and put them.<br><br>"They stole my soul once but gave it back because they couldn't understand anything I said and assumed I was probably upper management. I even got some new magical powers out of it, I'd explain them but you wouldn't understand."<br><br>Tossing the glasses back into nothingness she sat up.<br><br>""If we can't contain Zohar, I'm guessing we need to work on that first. No point chasing them down only to have no way to keep them still. If they're bad at technology maybe some kind of optical fiber puzzle box setup? If it's made of light it probably doesn't communicate verbally. Or maybe at all. I'll see if I can run down any light based races or beings, it sounds magical what with it not getting how a mainframe works. Most magical stuff doesn't have a clue about things like that and it really doesn't seem like it'd be the brains of the operation."<br><br>She looks about and raises a hand "I volunteer to do some research I guess? Maybe work on some way to contain it, though I kind of need better information than a photo. A fight with it would be just perfect, we don't have to win or anything."<br><br>Settling back into her seat, she smiles "Happy to join the team of anyone sufficiently cute enough. If I'm going to do some boring work I want to know they can keep it fun."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>25-02-2016, 22:42:11</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: The Presentation Room of the Space Zeppelin<br>Doing What: Trying to Make as Much Money as Possible for the same amount of work<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>-----------------<br>"I prefer solving problems to thinking about them, but my expertise in galactic and intergalactic matters might be incredibly useful, if only in a 'consultant' capacity, since I've been here, there, and everywhere before and after the recent expiry of my license." Kanina did not really need to tell everyone that she was from a planet of researchers and scientists, and really should know better than she often did.&nbsp; "That said, as long as you're paying, I can fill a variety of roles, and I'd be glad to bill for multiple roles, considerations, and any sort of 'support' action."<br><br>It was hard to tell whether she was winking in a show me the money kind of way or a 'whip it out' kind of way.&nbsp; Maybe she was going for both.<br><br>Silently, she contemplated the possibility of wooing a creature much larger than her.&nbsp; She might need a lot of alcohol to make it work (either for herself or for Zohar), but she bet she could make it work.&nbsp; As long as vids didn't end up in every sleazy theater this side of the galaxy (at least not without a heavy fee paid her way), she would be all right.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>26-02-2016, 06:04:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Moonstone Gallery Police Line<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 3xp<br><hr><br>Well.&nbsp; Ghost was up to his usual tricks - teleoperating a Stormwatch exo-drone in place of his actual presence.&nbsp; The lack of thermal signature - and overabundance of wireless signal traffic - demonstrated so.&nbsp; He was managing quite the impressive operation, making the robotic shell seem like it was actually himself.&nbsp; Maybe related to the stuff that happened after Vienna?&nbsp; Who knew.<br><br>Darclight moved on to other matters when Ace brought the issue of the Spider and the missing piece of the puzzle back up again. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "That is a worthwhile prospect to investigate when we are done here.&nbsp; If we can, we should return to the gallery and see if there is anything more to be learned from this particular encounter.&nbsp; You are correct in that the Spider did not possess the ability to really hide anything on her person when she was captured..."</tt>&nbsp; He drifted off, considering possibilities.&nbsp; But no matter, onto the prime subject - Zohar.<br><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"It broke Rose out?"</tt>&nbsp; He stated when Ghost told him. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I suppose there are worse foes he could have selected, but there are not many such." </tt> Rose herself was not supremely dangerous - as a magical practitioner, she was...well, not a master of magic, she herself could be handled by just one or two of Red Team.&nbsp; No, what was dangerous about her was the fact that she <em>knew</em> a great deal, and had a knack for running into dangerously powerful magical artifacts like the Skull.&nbsp; She had originally wanted the Skull to boost her own sorcerous potential, but decided to use it to open up Hell for Hipsters in order to broker some boosts for herself when she discovered the Skull didn't work like that.<br><br>All in all, they had stuffed the demons back into their artisanal hell, closed up the gate, and captured Rose - but not before she had at least impressed at least one hell-born hipster with a case of artisanal craft beef, and gotten a nasty hellfire blast in exchange for it.<br><br>He listened to the rest of the briefing on Zohar. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "It might be tempting to classify Zohar as a being of high speed, given New Newgate Prison, but remember - it managed to get <em>here</em> as a surprise.&nbsp; Given that it seems to be light, it can't very well travel faster than the speed of - which means we should have had some idea of it coming before it got here.&nbsp; It would not surprise me if Zohar had some sort of teleportational ability that it has very precise control over.&nbsp; Given that Rose managed to defeat it, but it's still around, it probably possesses some ability to quickly regenerate itself, or maybe rebuild itself from ambient light.&nbsp; That ability is one I've seen."</tt><br><br>Pause.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"We have little idea how big it is, as well.&nbsp; Given the intense amount of light being emitted from it, it could be the size of one of us, or the size of an asteroid.&nbsp; Trying to build a cage to capture it will do little good if we have the wrong size."</tt>&nbsp; He looked over at Boushh. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Ghost can give you the names of two former members of Red Team - Fencer and Hound - who took back to the wider galaxy when we all entered forced retirement.&nbsp; They should be able to help you outside of the solar system - though it would be nice to have them back here for help."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>23-03-2016, 00:40:20</strong>
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				While Ace was preoccupied with communicating with the police and Whitney had snuck out with a particularly handsome bounty hunter for something either conspiratorial or lewd, Ghost was left with a leaner, but still effective team volunteering their support. The suit of armor couldn't exactly beam, but he sounded heartened. "And let slip the dogs of war." It was probably a good thing Whitney wasn't in the room for that one.<br><br>Boushh looked between Ghost and Darclight, "Fencer and Hound?"<br><br>"A pair of very scary individuals," Ghost said, almost affectionately, "but good people. I'll give you what you need.<br><br>So, you're right that if it were just point A to point B, we would have seen it coming. Years, probably decades in advance, even," Ghost scratched his head with a little metallic scraping sound on his helmet, "the extraterrestrial angle is mostly a guess, you can tell we're taking shots in the dark but it's worth looking at. Given it started with Rose I'd be more inclined to call it extradimensional, she was good at knowing-" there was a little tic in his tone as if he were quirking an eyebrow, "is there really a hipster hell? Do hipsters go there? Is it run by hipsters? Was there an angelic rebellion because an omnipresent divine was by definition too mainstream? You know what, never mind. I really don't want to know."<br><br>"But knowing is half the-" Boushh started to interrupt.<br><br>"Moving on! We've considered that Zohar itself is some sort of magical light-construct. The fact that it also creates things that are clearly such, well, it's not reassuring if we have some sort of sorcerous Von Neumann Machine on our hands. If you want to get into a fight with it to get us more information it'll be tricky, but with a ship like yours, Kanina, it would be easier. Identify a prison break in progress, drop down on it, present something sufficiently interesting that it doesn't just blink out right away, or identify a prisoner it wants badly enough to fight you for. Just try to not ignite our atmosphere while you're heading off in pursuit."<br><br>"I think there was a mention of 'anyone cute enough,'" Boushh said cheerfully.<br><br>"Um."<br><br>"You know people, how many cabana catboys can you get for Doc Tabs to keep her happy?"<br><br>"Just what sort of people do you think I know?" Ghost sounded somewhere between weirded out and deeply offended.<br><br>"Three? Four?"<br><br>"I am not having this conversation."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>23-03-2016, 22:05:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Space Zeppelin Presentation Room. <br>Doing What: Eager beaver.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr> <br>"Catboys? Like I haven't had catboys before. I like variety and we're in space surrounded by aliens! Bring on the new experiences!" Tabitha said with great enthusiasm. She was getting pretty hyped for this.<br><br>"So you think you can find us a prison escape Kanina? I mean, you're a bounty hunter and all so you'd probably make money just turning up. Quickest collection ever"<br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>23-03-2016, 22:47:53</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: The Presentation Room of the Space Zeppelin<br>Doing What: Asking for Clarification<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>=============================<br>"Now, I just want to be clear, you want me to find one, not cause one..." Kanina scratched her head. "You know, if I can't find one, I'll make one and we'll just catch the escapees in a net and start interrogating until one of them can tell us what we need to know.&nbsp; Either way, I'm sure I'll get paid by someone."<br><br>She shrugged.&nbsp; "I know who to talk to.&nbsp; It'll just take time."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>24-03-2016, 21:12:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE ZEPPELIN!<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 3xp<br><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Actually, if you're discussing that topic, I want a handful of cabana catgirls." </tt> Hearing that come from the robotic armor, hand raised, was...okay, yes, a little bit odd, but Ghost would know that Darclight had his eccentricities. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "You haven't even the slightest idea what it's been like living off the grid for six months, Ghost.&nbsp; Nothing to do, nowhere to go..."</tt>&nbsp; The ex-Black Team hero could understand that - Fencer and Hound had left Earth; Gunvolt had been working in a capacity similar to himself; Shovel Knight had opened his own pizza business.&nbsp; Of Red Team, Darclight alone had nothing in those six months.&nbsp; He stood up, and walked to the screen.<tt class="bbc_tt">&nbsp; "The footage with Rose again, play it."</tt><br><br>...<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Stop."</tt>&nbsp; The armor stared at the screen long. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "If...and this is big if...I was going to break out Rose, it would be for what she knows.&nbsp; There's handfuls of other villains more powerful than she is, but there aren't many who know more than her."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight turned.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"That's the key.&nbsp; Zohar wants villains in the know, masters of their field.&nbsp; Who do we know like that that's still locked up?"</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>25-03-2016, 06:34:03</strong>
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				"See? Even your friend knows what's best in life," Boushh said merrily.<br><br>Ghost sighed and put a hand to his head. "Right. I'll see what I can do. Catgirls for Darc and... maybe the alien anthropologist that we ran into before the briefing?"<br><br>"Oh yes! The girl with three tongues."<br><br>"Right. Said she was here to study earth culture, had a funny way of going about it. Less like a scientist, more like just a perv- er, <em>aesthete</em>." That was the term for it, Ghost seemed reasonably certain. "I'm sure she could be convinced to tag along because you're obviously an important culture touchstone and this is an important event she should cover."<br><br>"Also she really likes pretty humans."<br><br>"Yes. That too."<br><br>Darclight changed the subject to something that wasn't escorts and Ghost gladly seized the opportunity to talk about something else. "Yes! Next targets. It depends on what sort of expertise I needed. If I were reeling after the Auxilia debacle and wanted a wizard with technology - assuming I wasn't looking for a literal wizard, I could do a lot worse than Doctor Jorias Quinn." The builder of technological monstrosities had begun as a professor at a technical school, and turned to villainy when budget cuts forced him out of a job. He had the benefit of being a master of his craft without most of the psychological drawbacks that mad scientists suffered from. He was usually willing (or coerced) to work under a villain with no scruples anyway, though, so his particular brand of sanity hadn't really helped anyone staring down the barrel of a giant mecha-cannon.<br><br>"On the other hand, if I felt like I had broken out all the... low-hanging fruit, as it were, and wanted to start cracking big threats without getting killed again, I'd go for Lord Recluse. That old bastard knew everyone and probably still does. He was the Kevin Bacon of supervillains." The self-described Count of Cruel was powerful in his own right, but he was uncannily good at bringing together other villains under his banner without the usual infighting that made villain team-ups prone to collapse, and combined their techniques and technology to foil heroes time and again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>27-03-2016, 03:45:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: A Zepplin. IN SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.<br>Doing What: Wagging tail furiously. Mentally, she's not a dog.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Tabitha seemed suitably motivated from the distant and incredibly lewd expression on her face, she was having a good long think about this one and manages to drift back to the matter at hand only because they mentioned one of her rivals.<br><br>"Jorias Quinn? Oh no absolutely not. He's so boring. With his conservation of energy and 'practical solutions' " she says making finger quotes around that phrase, her ears bobbling in time to her fingers. "He's the sort of person who finds a food they like and never eats anything else. Fighting him is like torture, there's just no inspiration. It's all boring, run of the mill giant death robots. Inflicting him on our enemy would be a cruel and unusual punishment"<br><br>One of Tabitha's blindspots was always the screams of people telling her to stop. She just blanked them out, it was like a frequency only cats could hear but didn't bother listening to because they're cats.<br><br>"Recluse is all right, I mean he at least takes an interest. So ... ugh... hate to say it but Jorias Quinn is probably the best one to let them try for, he won't have anything ready when they turn up and that'll make it easier. Without his tech he's just a guy who can't dress himself properly."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 07:51:48</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE ZEPPELIN!<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 3xp<br><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Quinn..." </tt> Darclight knew the name.&nbsp; Stormwatch Red had never really fought him before - so the knowing was more by reputation.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Quinn would be a suitable dangle.&nbsp; As pointed out, without a lab and millions-billions of funding behind him, he's just an insufferable geek with delusions of malignancy.&nbsp; Neither of which Zohar has demonstrated that he's got."</tt>&nbsp; He paused to consider the screen.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Do we have any idea how intelligent Zohar is?&nbsp; Powerful idiots are a dime a dozen, Red Team has handled plenty of them in our day.&nbsp; If he's dumb enough to accept Quinn as a replacement for Auxilia, then he's not much more clever than a bag of hammers.&nbsp; Of really <em>heavy</em> hammers."</tt><br><br>Recluse was an interesting option - but while Darclight knew they could handle the man alone, his real talent was in organization.&nbsp; If he managed to get out and get a handful of already-freed villains together, that could be a problem.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"We do have...one other option.&nbsp; We know Zohar wanted Auxilia, and that she managed to escape during the confusion.&nbsp; If we could capture her, and call Zohar out, we might manage to draw him."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 13:08:37</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: The Presentation Room of the Space Zeppelin<br>Doing What: Planning Mad Plans<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>------------<br>"That sounds like an insane plan, Darclight!" Kanina declared with absolute certainty, but then she smiled.&nbsp; "I like it.&nbsp; I'd be glad to take the risk of nabbing Auxilia, it reminds me of how I got the Starkiller Girls to come into a trap back in the good old days.&nbsp; The old bag and drag!"<br><br>Back in the good old days, admittedly, the bag and drag might have involved an actual bag, albeit one made of materials way too fancy to be called a bag on Earth.&nbsp; Also those good old days were two years ago, tops.&nbsp; Nowadays, you actually used something that had an air supply and pressurization for that scheme, especially after what happened to Don Flopsy, the Zaichek Crime Lord.<br><br>He would be missed.<br><br>"Maybe we can put the Lordy Lord and Auxilia in the same bag, and lure twice as many bounties to one spot and bam!" She punched an open palm. "That's when we get 'em!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>02-04-2016, 22:43:44</strong>
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				"I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss an insufferable geek with delusions of malignancy," Boushh said, amused, "if those gritty MacGuyver reboots have taught us anything..."<br><br>"Just avoid locking him in a supply closet and you should mostly be fine," Ghost said, "Auxilia is another matter entirely. Let me give you the run-down on her, for Kanina's sake at least; she takes a little more explanation than Quinn or Recluse."<br><br>Hooking a plug from his armor into the presentation laptop, the pictures changed to a series of technical readouts on a gynoid, soft pink hair and seams where her skin fit together and a lithe but particularly attractive body, assuming one was into robot girls. The next one was a view of her repairing her arm, which was not quite so attractive.<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Image</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/64/Megurine_Luka_butterfly.jpg)</div></div><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Image</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/06/Megurine_Luka_bandages.jpg)</div></div><br>"So, we have a fair number of AIs running around, and with certain notable exceptions it's gone a lot better than anyone expected. Singular, consolidated, unique - you need to transfer the whole thing at once, and to get another you really need to build an entirely new one. For most intents and purposes a person, just one that was born in a computer. Auxilia is not that. Doctor Van Evil and <em>yes</em> that was his name," Ghost's tone dripped disapproval of anybody who would take a villain name so utterly cliche'd, "made something that nobody has been able to replicate since, at least to our knowledge. Auxilia is less like a singular organism and more like a reproducing hive-mind species."<br><br>As Boushh refilled them on popcorn, the image switched to a small army of about a hundred copies of said gynoid; most were directing foot traffic away from a space where a smaller number were fighting heroes; a small number with light-projection polearms were covering a contingent that had strapped-on giant energy cannons. There were also a couple in skimpy french maid outfits sweeping up the battlefield and one driving a backhoe moving broken pavement into a neat little pile. Apparently a fight with heroes was no excuse to leave a mess?<br><br>"The whole operation that started her out was a Stormwatch Black affair so the old man would be pretty sore if I told you everything, but Van Evil, that fucking idiot had designed her as his harem. I managed to make some alterations and freed her from his control and we took him down, good times all around. Then, in gratitude for having been turned loose, she turned around and tried to take over the world. She's got a very... distributed perspective, but as far as I can tell she was after some sort of communism administrated entirely by her. Computerized central planning might have totally failed for the Soviets, but by Jove, she was going to do it better.<br><br>That's her agenda but, like Quinn, she's willing to work under another villain in exchange for resources. If I wanted Auxilia, aside from technical expertise which she has in spades, it would be for a big and scaling supply of manpower that I could nonetheless interact with on a personal level instead of worrying about logistics, organization, bureaucracy, all that. In other words, an auxiliary force, and a powerful idiot's perfect henchgirl."<br><br>"For bringing her in-" Ghost began, but Boushh interrupted, "she was a harem? They could just seduce her, couldn't they?"<br><br>Ghost facepalmed for the Nth time this hour, "you're half right, it would work but a number of heroes will attest that it's not exactly a good idea, there are, ah, pretty much always more of her than there are of you. Captain Hammer did fine with it when she participated in the fourth invasion of Prague, but that's, well, <em>Captain Hammer</em> and last I heard he's gone off to become a spaceship captain."<br><br>"Space cowboy captain," Boushh corrected, "had a problem with a bounty hunter who wa-"<br><br>"Right. Anyway, she hasn't been out long, and given the price fluctuations of the necessary alloys she hasn't built herself back up into a proper army yet, so now's a good time. If you were just anyone, capturing her would be a nightmarish game of whack-a-mole against a hydra that was also made of bees, but I can get you the master transmission decoder we used last time; capture a commander drone and you can use it to pinpoint the locations of the rest."<br><br>That was awfully convenient. Had Ghost had plans of capturing the wayward AI himself?<br><br>"Zohar's being treated as a powerful idiot," Ghost concurred with Darclight, "which worries me. My gut feeling is that it's too well-informed, too aware of our procedures, our classifications of villain threat and the unique methods of containment we devised - at least for those prisoners we had classified as human or near-human." He crossed his arms, "bear in mind that I've been in the espionage business most of my life so my first instinct is <em>always</em> that there's inside information being leaked, but... this looks a lot like that. On the other hand if it's magical then I guess scrying, necromancy, tea leaves, all that become information sources so it might just be obnoxiously good at gathering information in ways we haven't yet perceived or proofed against."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>03-04-2016, 03:53:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE ZEPPELIN!<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 3xp<br><hr><br>Darclight listened as Ghost and Boushh went back and forth - Auxilia, Captain Hammer, a handful of other subjects.&nbsp; The last bit at the end, about Zohar, was really what grabbed him and sent his mental gears into action.&nbsp; There was...something... <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Ghost...do we ever know what happened to the people of CHESS?&nbsp; I know a number of them publicly left Earth, but if memory serves, at the time Stormwatch shut down, about forty percent of CHESS' active personnel were off-radar, hadn't been heard from."</tt><br><br>CHESS was, quite simply, the biggest hero group that had existed before Retirement.&nbsp; Stormwatch was a pretty big organization as far as hero teams went - but they only fielded about a dozen or so heroes, with the support personnel for them bringing the total members up to about fifty.&nbsp; <em>CHESS</em>, on the other hand, fielded <em>triple-digit</em> heroes, the only organization to successfully have done so.&nbsp; Part of it was that it was the main superheroic effort spearheaded by the UN (it had originally started off as the superpowered arm of UNATCO before becoming its own org) - so it drew in heroes from around the world, especially those who were, shall we say, government-issue.&nbsp; Major Jack Thames - the skyscraper-high profile hero from the UK - was one such person.<br><br>Every major industrialized country contributed heroes to CHESS - the longstanding exception had been China, but once the British had ceded control of Hong Kong back at the turn of the millennium, they finally started to pony up, as well - and in return, had a major CHESS base somewhere on their soil.&nbsp; CHESS heroes could be deployed to nearly any crisis within twelve hours.&nbsp; Darclight had gotten to know a number of them through inter-group operations against major villains (like the Count of Cruel).&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"CHESS was an enormous group,"</tt> he went on.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Between the heroes and support staff, it consisted of - at its peak - over ten thousand people worldwide.&nbsp; Now, most of those were just paid-by-the-week employees.&nbsp; The assessors for city-wrecking battles, the clerks who typed up and submitted the reports, the press staff..." </tt> That in and of itself was enormous: one out of FIVE people employed by CHESS worked in 'public relations.'<br><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"...but the heroes, the top-rankers at the bases, they all had access to information you're suggesting.&nbsp; I haven't much idea why one of them would want to help a maniac like Zohar, but I have my suspicions."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>03-04-2016, 05:33:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Space ZepplingMeeting Room<br>Doing What: Salivating<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"When it comes to unusual and 'never done before' I am your lady" Tabitha grins, tail wagging slowly back and forth finally. It didn't do that often, only when someone had her full attention and that was practically a mission in itself. <br><br>"So she's a swarm AI, one mind many bodies? That's really tough to do, when you get sentient minds that get too big they tend to branch and you end up with a gibbering maniac or a bunch of smaller minds. I wonder how they did it." she says, reaching into her litter box and coming out with a notepad and pen, writing furiously "I completely missed her last time round, I think that's when I was using magic to try to rewrite physics and ended up being a bit six dimensional for a few months. It's hard to pay attention to anything on one world when you're occupying multiple worlds at the same time."<br><br>Could she date a robot who might be as numerous as a city and more focused than even herself? Well she was told she probably shouldn't, so she'd have to try it at least once. Besides, she was cute and it'd be nice to date someone who might actually understand her ideas. She'd have to see how her love life was doing by that point. Besides she had an idea.<br><br>"So about her being a good support team. We're going to need a support team for a job this big and we know she's not exactly going to be happy with the light being that nearly cooked her. I think she'd be a valuable addition to our team." she smirked "I'd very much like to try convince her to side with us. I'm good with non-conventional minds. I got the best one of all~"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>06-04-2016, 10:03:34</strong>
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				"It's an awful lot of people to just misplace, isn't it?" Ghost said, musing, "the Central Headquarters for Expertise in Supers' Service wouldn't be my first choice by incidence rate, but by sheer numbers... possibly. I'll compile the dossiers for you, Darc; it's a long list, longer if you go with possibilities instead of certainties. Off the top of my head, Sorceress Supreme Zenteno fit the bill and then some, she'd be suspect number one if she hadn't exploded last year."<br><br>He shook his head, "anyway I'll rank them by previous activity, time out of circulation, likelihood of actually being dead, all that. It's not a problem. What <em>is</em> a problem is..." he turned to Tabs, his voice testy. One might think he wasn't being entirely logical or reasonable about the prospect of making nice with the friendly neighborhood swarm AI, "you understand she wants to rule the world, right? If it were something you could just program out of her we'd have done it already."<br><br>Boushh's chortle sounded more like the sound one would expect of a fish rather than a humanoid as ze tapped away on a wrist computer, "hold on, hold on, let me get the... let's say the Binoe-language entry on humans..." one trawl to the GalactaWiki later, "hmhmhmhm, laser eyes, invulnerable carapace, eighty sesvor in diameter... oh here we go, peerless conqueror of planets, offer tribute but not <em>too</em> nice tribute and if they get too interested in where it came from the answer is always it came from your enemies."<br><br>Another Ghost-facepalm, "they've never even met a human, have they?"<br><br>"Correct!" a scroll down, "oh, no, maybe. It looks like there's an... yes, an edit war going on over whether a thing they met was really human. I can't blame them, he was on fire. Ooh, he keeps trying to say he is and that the entry is wrong but the rules are no original sources."<br><br>"Boushh, what's your point?"<br><br>"You had <em>so many</em> heroes who wanted to rule worlds. Anyway I agree with Tabs, she sounds useful. We could get a couple of her for the zeppelin to sweep the place out and give these presentations and re-certify Kanina so I wouldn't have to do it. It wouldn't hurt to let her try."<br><br>Ghost sighed. "If I tell you no, that's only going to encourage you, isn't it?" He might have actually been learning who he was dealing with! "You understand it'll be impossible to completely keep an eye on her. There might end up being legions of her, except... you... were apparently six-dimensional and on multiple worlds at once at one point so screw it, maybe you can figure something out."<br><br>"Hooray!" Boushh clapped zir hands, "so, while you plan that, Kanina, we need you to shoot some targets and fly through some hoops and demonstrate that you can still do quippage like a bounty hunter. It shouldn't take long."<br><br>Ghost nodded, switching off the presentation with a flick. "Good. There's something I need to tell Darc about as well while you're at that."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>07-04-2016, 19:30:23</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Heading off to Training<br>Doing What: Planning Mad Plans<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>--------<br>"If I really kick ass on this whole Zohar thing, I want one of them super special permanent bounty hunter licenses I know that have to exist even though you keep telling me they don't," Kanina grumbles as she goes off to carry out pointless, but kinda badass, bureaucratic nonsense.&nbsp; If nothing else, the tests will be enough to keep her sharp so when she goes to deal with the Galaxy's criminal problem, she'll be at her best.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>07-04-2016, 23:14:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Space ZepplingMeeting Room<br>Doing What: <br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"There's nothing wrong with wanting to rule the world, just the methods you use to do it." Tabitha says mostly to herself, still making notes in her pad which had now caught on fire. She wasn't going to give it the satisfaction of reacting to that though, instead giving up on it only when it had burnt away to ash leaving nothing but half a charred pencil to chew on.<br><br>"Unless you've got one of her about I'm not sure how much I prep I can do right now on her. She probably doesn't have a soul so exploratory magic is out but you mentioned how we can't just reprogram her, does that you mean have a copy of her source code? And a toaster as well? I have an idea....."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-04-2016, 04:35:23</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE ZEPPELIN!<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 3xp<br><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Ghost.&nbsp; I want you to factor in one other thing when you start building the profiles.&nbsp; And if I can, I would like to help you with them."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight paused a moment, making sure he had the attention of his colleague before proceeding. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I want you to look for heroes like me.&nbsp; Powerful, out of work, no known retirement or travel plans.&nbsp; The six months I've had to live off the grid haven't been easy.&nbsp; If it wasn't for the buried doomsday budgets that Red Team instituted in case the world went to hell, I shudder to think what would have happened to me."</tt>&nbsp; As it was, Richard Conway - <em>not</em> Darclight - had been forced to use a handful of the espionage tricks he'd picked up while in Stormwatch (primarily from Black Team co-operations) in order to maintain a semblance of living.&nbsp; <br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"I normally would not think of volunteering such a possibility, but nothing is off the table to me, now.&nbsp; But it may well be that one of our own found Zohar and helped him escape all those supervillains so that they would have something to do again."</tt>&nbsp; Not necessarily as in Stormwatch, but one of the heroic side in general.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Also, I should be free to talk whenever you need me to.&nbsp; You still have my frequency, right?</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>16-07-2016, 17:43:33</strong>
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				"Wait, she doesn't have a soul?" Ghost sounded more than a little taken aback, "and you know that for certain? Does that-" he shook his head, "not important right now. I'll get right on it, Darc. Tabs, I don't have her original source code per <em>se</em>, but I do have what we found when we first took her in. She's modified herself a lot since then but the underlying architecture should be... did you say a toaster?"<br><br>"Not now Tabs," Boussh cut in, "we're making... TOAST!" The bounty hunter looked around, "there was supposed to be a lightning flash. Now, Kanina, why don't we..."<br><br>-----<br><br>Some time later, after work and research and at least one montage...<br><br>"We've got a hit," Ghost announced, "there's an Auxilia drone working in a hotel near the docks in Simport."<br><br>"'Working in a hotel'? So what, she's the bellhop?"<br><br>Ghost coughed. Could a suit of armor blush? "Making amateur adult films. For funding, probably. Look, it's really not important! For ways to get through to her, these team-ups usually happen while fighting something, right? I'll upload to Kanina's ship some situation reports on some possible crisis zones nearby that you could rope her into helping with." Looked like... a drug gang, a sea monster being kept at bay (and out of the bay) by sonic emitters, and an entire clowder of cats stuck in a tree.<br><br>"That's just a suggestion, other solutions might present themselves once you're on the ground. Good luck."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>17-07-2016, 00:35:56</strong>
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				"Amateur adult films?" Kanina looked curious.&nbsp; "I can probably defeat her at these 'amateur' competitions.&nbsp; And then, when she is spent in a pile or pool of her own emissions, I'll tie her legs and drag her off to whatever completely ethical enterprise she agrees or may not agree to."<br><br>She clapped her hands together and smirked deviously.&nbsp; "Perfect plan or perfect plan?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>17-07-2016, 00:48:20</strong>
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				"Well there's a small army of her, not just one. So it's got a few problems" Tabitha says, buttering some toast. Boussh had made her hungry! The fact this ship didn't have a toaster meant someone was eventually going to have to go find out how she did it. The poor bastard.<br><br>"But it's workable! We are here to try charm her, so maybe that'll work! You never know what'll win a girls heart."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>17-07-2016, 00:55:17</strong>
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				&nbsp;Whitney took this moment to jump into the scene. "Someone mentioned a sex competition?" she was munching on a chocolate covered banana, licking on the tip before taking a chomp off. "And Kanina wants to tie someone up? Where do I join in?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-07-2016, 02:30:03</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE ZEPPELIN!<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and The Moonstone Robbery!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"I might...have a suggestion." </tt> Darclight volunteered as they discussed options to wrangle the sighted Auxilia.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"While it is definitely within possibility to charm her - as our briefing indicated, she was designed as a harem - utilizing more traditional methods of physicality a la Captain Hammer...have we not considered the 'common origin' route?"</tt>&nbsp; Pause.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"By that, I mean, Auxilia is not a biological being, she is a robot.&nbsp; And, as you can see, I am clearly no biologic myself.&nbsp; Perhaps...we could talk this out, one machine to another?"</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>18-07-2016, 04:08:30</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Space Zep<br>Doing What: Planning a Sex Competition<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and Shake off the Cobwebs!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br>============================<br><br>"Sex competition sounds-"&nbsp; And then the air went out of her lungs and stayed out for a moment.&nbsp; She had to take a deep breath in.<br><br>"Wait." Kanina gaped at Darclight for a few moments. "You're...not just a guy in a suit?"<br><br>She paused and thought it over, still a little astounded at this information.&nbsp; "Okay, we can try your thing first, and then beat her at sex if you fail?&nbsp; I mean, I love it when things go easier, but if she's an amateur I can totally beat her at sex games even though I'm not a pro."<br><br>She puffed out her chest and smirked, as if that stated the point easily.&nbsp; She would probably lose if Auxilia brought all of her fellows to bear, but she would beat her in a solo fight!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>01-08-2016, 07:14:51</strong>
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				Kanina's ship touched down by the docks in Simport City, on a landing pad by a large and shady-looking collection of freight warehouses; something fishy was presumably going on there, maybe they were teeming dens of illicit activity or just the place where fish were kept. The hotel they were after was on the far side, a six-storey affair that was decidedly not the sort of place one would think to find robots.<br><br>The water shook. A giant kraken lurked outside the bay, glaring in at all the tasty meats <em>just</em> out of reach. Every now and again a giant tentacle poked at the barrier, and the group could hear the keening sound and a bright shimmer of the sonic barrier activating, keeping it out of the harbor.<br><br>"It'll probably get bored in a bit, if you want to take pictures take them now," one of the workers, a rough-shaven man on a smoke break, commented as they disembarked. Were they being mistaken for extraterrestrial tourists, now? "You ever wonder if a big thing like that tastes like calamari?"<br><br>Right. Time for the intrepid heroes to go bag themselves a robot harem.<br><br><strong>Scene! My Wife is a Teenage Robot</strong><br><br><strong>Distinctions</strong><br>This is Filth! Fiiiilth! (I'm Keeping It)<br>So, a Temporary Alliance, Then?<br>The Best-Laid Plans...<br><br><strong>Milestones</strong><br>0xp: Nail an Auxilia Drone. It's really not tricky.<br>1xp: Tactically deploy smut<br>3xp: Recruit a Supervillainess (or a swarm of them) to your cause!<br>10xp: Let in the sea monster. Why would you do that?!<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>01-08-2016, 11:22:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: In Transit<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br><del>2</del> 0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | <del>10</del> 0 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spending 10 XP during the Transition Scene to upgrade Ace's Enhanced Reflexes d8 to Superhuman Reflexes d10.&nbsp; Also, spending 1 PP at the end of the Transition Scene to create a Cosmic resource: Venusian Hypno-Ray d8.<br><br>And rolling to create a 'Monstrous Transformation (http://gelbooru.com/index.php?page=post&amp;s=view&amp;id=2875572)' asset...<br><br>1d10(Solo Affiliation) + 1d8(Comic Book Superhero) + 1d8(Gamma Laser Eyebeams) + 1d10(Enhanced Reflexes) + 1d8(Science Expert)<br><br>2d10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92142) = 5, 5<br>3d8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92143) = 7, 3, 7<br><br>So that's a total of <strong>14, d10 effect</strong>, and I'm spending my 1 remaining Plot Point to make it a persistent Asset.</div></div><hr><br><em>"Ace, calling Darclight!&nbsp; This is Ace, calling Darclight!&nbsp; Darclight, do you read me?"</em>&nbsp; A rather familiar and excitable-sounding voice soon came in over the suit radio of the hero in question, as well as anyone else who had a communicator tuned to that frequency.&nbsp; <em>"My search of the Moonstone Museum turned out to be a bust, but when I was about to interview the Silver Spider at the police station, Ghost called and told me about your mission.&nbsp; I'm coming in from out in the bay now, but I wanted to let you know that I've got a great idea for getting Auxilia on our team!<br><br>"Ghost told me that he recommended you try teaming up with Auxilia to fight against some greater threat in the area, and I can already see the giant kraken waiting out in the bay.&nbsp; On my way here, I stopped off at a local Radio Shack and managed to find the parts to put together a working Venusian Hypno-Ray, so I can tame the big ol' squid and have him pretend to attack without us actually risking hurting anybody!&nbsp; Plus, I was also able to get some rare minerals off the seabed on the way here, and with a little seawater and some application of my gamma laser eyebeams, I can whip up a special serum that will turn anyone who drinks it into a fish creature for the next hour!<br><br>"You guys can leave the disaster to me!&nbsp; I'll pretend to be an evil Atlantean villainess attacking the city with my pet kraken, and you can team up with Auxilia to stop me!&nbsp; I'll work on getting my end of things set up now, so you guys try to track down the robot ladies, and then signal me when you're ready!"</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>01-08-2016, 16:00:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Docks of Simport City<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Making Landfall and beginning to survey the scene<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 10<br><hr><em>'It probably tastes terrible, or else the Gordo Clan of Bounty Hunters would have already fried it,'</em> Kanina thought, not at all concerned with the idea that she was being treated like a tourist.&nbsp; She had, after all, worn a Hawaiian shirt and a camera around her neck to look perfectly like a tourist (though she had not ditched her cowboy hat).&nbsp; To be honest, she was basically a tourist that kicked people in the face, drank a lot of booze, and hunted bounties.&nbsp; However, she was on business, so she was not about to drink too much booze until one of the two plans was underway.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br><br>Make that three, now that Ace had chimed in.<br><br>A fight was a little more boring than sexing an army of robots until they surrender, but she still loved a good fight.<br><br>The bounty hunter snapped a picture of the kraken with the camera, though she wasn't really sure if she'd ever actually develop the film.&nbsp; Right about now, actually, she was having trouble remembering if she had put film in it at all.<br><br>She looked to the dock worker on break and asked, "excuse me, good fellow.&nbsp; Do you happen to know where a tourist can find amateur porn being filmed by robots?&nbsp; That happens to be something on my 'bucket list', and I have it on good information that there is at least one such operation occurring in this area."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>01-08-2016, 23:37:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Earth!<br>Doing What: Conducting all of the plans. All of them.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Leave the disaster... to someone else?<br><br>Doc Tabby was not familiar with this concept. She would have to try it out.<br><br>"Excellent!" Tabby shouted into her communicator, which was actually on the right frequency for a change and not tuned into some alternate dimension begging for her to get off the radio "Our plan definitely included a giant squid monster! It's like you were there with us when we put this plan together."<br><br>She grinned up at Darclight, the poor straight man of the group. "So you want to talk to her? Well luckily she's got so many different bodies the only real way to do this is to do all the plans at once. You find one to talk to, while we distract the rest of her processing power with organized chaos. Between fighting a giant squid monster and her fishy sea queen and whatever Kanina is planning to do her, which I'm really looking forward to seeing,&nbsp; I think we've got a good chance of getting her nice and flustered so you can go in for the diplomatic kill."<br><br>Doc Tabby reached into her little box and pulled out a blow torch and a pair of welding goggles, snapping them on and waving the power torch in the air like it was a banner. "Also every good date should have some sea food! I'm gonna go convince her that we need to make appetizers."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>02-08-2016, 05:24:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE ZEPPELIN! --&gt; Harbor<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot the Dictate the Course of Men (swapped out)<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Transition Scene: Spend 1 PP to create Science Specialty-linked Resource: The Most Perfect Electronic Orgasm <em><strong>EVER</strong></em> d8<br>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>First Turn Action: Create Asset - Specced Out to the Max<br>Distinction Die: The Best Laid Plans... d8 (Scene)<br>Affiliation Die: Solo d8<br>Power Set Die: Cybernetic Senses d8<br>Specialty Die: Science Master d10<br><br></div></div><hr><br>The robotic head slowly turned towards Kanina.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Do I look biologic to you?&nbsp; I am aware of such a thing - powered armor did exist in my native culture - but just because I am humanoid-shaped and intelligent does not necessarily mean that that is what I am."</tt>&nbsp; Inside, both halves of the hero Darclight (Richard Conway and Khaji Da) had to mentally apologize for the deception.&nbsp; Of all the heroes on Earth, only those of Stormwatch Red (and, Conway suspected, some of Black team) ever knew that Darclight was an armor and not a full robot.&nbsp; The deception was entirely necessary, though - if it was discovered that a supposedly dead man was alive, that could cause...problems.<br><br>As they assembled in Kanina's ship to head towards the Auxilia drone, with the speakers switched off, the two conversed.&nbsp; "Khaj, we're going after this Auxilia.&nbsp; I'm gonna show her the Truth."&nbsp; He stated the last two in such a way that it was a code phrase for the AI.&nbsp; <span class="bbc_u">"Sir?&nbsp; Are you sure about that?&nbsp; We thought about telling...well near everyone we ever talked to about the Truth, but we never did."</span>&nbsp; In that sense, Auxilia would be the first individual ever to learn about why Darclight existed.<br><br>"I'm sure."&nbsp; No he wasn't.&nbsp; He wasn't sure at all - Conway was just tired of carrying around this damn secret everywhere and not having a soul to share it with.<br><br>Hopefully Khaj didn't have voice analyzer software.&nbsp; "Look, the reason that we could never tell anyone on Earth is that nobody would believe us.&nbsp; Even if we showed them the Truth, they would ignore it.&nbsp; Claim it's a really big galaxy out there, and Earth is just one tiny little planet.&nbsp; You might get someone on par with my genius in the sciences to admit to the <em>possibility</em> of the Deathmarks finding us, but we'd never get an official response, not until they trip the galactic invasion perimeter sensors on Titan."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"What of Red Team?"</span>&nbsp; They had trusted Red Team with the secret that Darclight was not a robot, but a man and a computer.&nbsp; If there was anyone that Darclight could have trusted, it was them.&nbsp; "Fencer and Hound would have said the same thing - big galaxy, lots of other, more noticeable targets.&nbsp; Gunvolt was ex-government before she became one of us; she would trust in an official response.&nbsp; Shovel Knight...he would have listened, we could have told him, but...he's no good with secrets.&nbsp; It would have slipped eventually."<br><br>He paused.&nbsp; "But Auxilia, she's different.&nbsp; She can keep a secret, even if it's only to all of her selves.&nbsp; Plus, look at her.&nbsp; Organization.&nbsp; Order.&nbsp; That's what she's about.&nbsp; The Deathmarks destroy everything they touch, can you compute the absolute chaos they would cause by being here?&nbsp; Plus, she'll be here, even if it takes the Deathmarks a thousand years to find us."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Very well, sir.&nbsp; I hope this works."</span><br><br>"It should.&nbsp; But in case it doesn't...I need you to do something for me.&nbsp; We need to whip up something that'll give us an edge.&nbsp; A computer program, an algorithm, something that will help us out against her."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"What did you have in mind?"</span><br><br>"The profile said that she was made for seduction, in part.&nbsp; I figure hitting her electronic brain with whatever the computronic equivalent of the most perfect orgasm <em>ever</em> will slow her down a bit."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"You do realize that I am a war machine.&nbsp; Pleasure is not my forte."</span><br><br>"You're built to blow things up, to destroy them, to inflict <em>pain</em>.&nbsp; Just...you know, reverse all that.&nbsp; I'm not Steve Jobs - hell, Steve Jobs isn't Steve Jobs - but I know enough programming languages that between us, we should be able to come up with something."<br><br>And so they did.<br><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Arriving at the harbor, they disembarked from the spacecraft...and into (in Darclight's opinion) a setup for potential disaster.<br><br>First, there was the Supergirl - Ace - explaining her plan to win Auxilia's help by pretending to be a supervillainess attacking the city with her pet Kraken to destroy out, which would bring Auxilia out of hiding - much response of "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" would normally ensue from Darclight, were it not for the almost perfect insanity of her plan...<br><br>...and Doc Tabby.&nbsp; Seriously, he was going to need to find a gigantic fake mouse and beat her over the noggin with it until she cried for mercy (or at least asked for one she could use like one of those couch cushions). <tt class="bbc_tt"> "No it did not!"</tt>&nbsp; Darclight retorted when she claimed that their plan had involved the Kraken all along.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Why do I do this to myself...I miss Red Team."</tt>&nbsp; Right.&nbsp; Time to find Auxilia.&nbsp; Maybe while he did that, he could whip up something to help him...and he had it.<br><br>"Khaj, Ghost showed us those specs on Auxilia.&nbsp; Do you still have them?."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"I am aware of them."</span><br><br>"Good.&nbsp; Here's what we're gonna do.&nbsp; We're gonna use your sensors and those plans to help us break into her system, and then we'll hit her with the orgasm."<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Dice Roll for Action</div><div class="spoiler_body">3d8 = 2, 7, 8.<br>1d10 = 3.<br>Adding together the 7 and 8 for an action total of 15, and using the d10 as the effect die.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>03-08-2016, 02:47:54</strong>
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				Name: Whitney Stone<br>Where: In Transit<br>Doing What: Glorious glorious insanity<br><hr><br>&nbsp;Whitney waved her hand in the air as Ace spoke, grinning. <strong>"Ooooh, and if you need a damsel in distress, I'll do it!"</strong> She said, nodding her head. <strong>"Making it a good show is likely to draw her out, right? So maybe have the giant squid try and take advantage of me! Not like it'd be the first time I got naked as a distraction, and I'm sure Tabs would love the data on something that big doing things to something as small as me. Right Tabs?"</strong> Whitney put her arms around Tab's shoulders, still grinning even after explaining her crazy suggestion.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>03-08-2016, 04:56:55</strong>
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				Whitney left to go join Ace (for certain values thereof) along the waterfront, doing science and preparing to strike. Surely nothing would go wrong with their plans!<br><br>----<br><br>"Robot porn?" the dockworker flicked ash off his cigarette and pouted, "there's something like that going on around here and nobody told me? Man, Why am I always the last one to know about everything." He pointed past the harbor, to some low-rise buildings a block away, "well if it's here, and I haven't seen it, it's probably over that way. Maybe try the Azure Universe," he pointed directly to a blue building that seemed a little less seedy than the ones surrounding it, "seems like the sort of thing that alien would set up. No offense, ma'am," he said to Kanina.<br><br>The Azure Universe was taller and sturdier than its fellows, with an image of a moon and stars swirling around a woman made of goo in a school uniform. Subtle. A couple of unusually attractive men were entering, complaining about the drive over and how they never thought they'd pay for college this way.<br><br>Darclight could probably make use of his various super-senses to scope out the upper floors of the building (it certainly didn't <em>look</em> engineered to resist a sensor sweep), depending on how picky he was or wasn't about invading people's privacy for the sake of a mission like this.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>03-08-2016, 07:10:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Sexy_blonde_mermaid.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 0 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Alright, and now to put that Hypno-Ray to use.&nbsp; With the way Mind Control works, I believe the first thing I need to do is roll to create a complication on the kraken.&nbsp; So...<br><br>d10(Solo) + d4(Comic Book Superhero as a negative, since I'm playing the villain) + d12(Space Flight) + d10(Superhuman Reflexes) + d8(Hypno-Ray) + d8(Tech Expert)<br><br>d12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92314) = 4<br>2d10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92315) = 6, 3<br>2d8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92316) = 5, 2<br>d4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92317) = 2<br><br>Got 1 Plot Point from using my distinction as a negative, spending it to add that 4 onto the total result...&nbsp; So, <strong>15 total, d10 effect</strong> to create an <strong>Obey your Fishy Mistress!</strong> complication on the kraken.&nbsp; So long as it obeys that complication, it doesn't come into play, but if the squid tries to resist me, that d10 gets added onto the dicepools of anyone rolling to oppose it, giving them a much easier time in dealing with it.</div></div><hr><br>Ace was sure to wave back to Whitney as she made her approach, though she stopped at a navigational buoy out in the harbor, rather than flying down directly to greet them all.&nbsp; She made sure to stop at a buoy that was far enough out in the harbor that only enhanced senses like hers would be able to make her out clearly, because what she needed to do next was something that she wouldn't want anyone getting the chance to peep on her for.<br><br>The transformation that she was going to be undergoing when she drank down the serum that she had made up was the sort of thing that was going to leave her unable to fit properly into her costume, so she was busy stripping out of it and leaving it all neatly piled up on the buoy when she heard her canine teammate's voice with her super-hearing.&nbsp; The Venusian Wonder couldn't help but blush at the rather scandalous mental images the dog-girl's words called up, as well as wondering once again if perhaps this world had different standards of modesty compared to her own, but there was also a definite tinge of confusion in her voice as she picked up her communicator again and hit the switch to transmit.<br><br><em>"You... want me to command the kraken to take off all of your clothes and start kissing you?"</em>&nbsp; The Wonder-Girl responded, wanting to confirm her teammate's plan and, perhaps, start to get a handle on what sort of societal differences this world had from her own.&nbsp; <em>"Gosh, that sure seems strange!&nbsp; Is that the sort of thing that villains do to pretty young girls when they take them hostage in this world?"</em><br><br>Once she was ready, taking the actual serum that she had made was a brief and fairly uninteresting affair.&nbsp; No stranger to odd bodily transformations, Ace wasn't disturbed in the least by the sensation of her legs fusing together into a piscine tail, or by the odd way that her skin briefly itched as it changed color and scales started to grow in.&nbsp; Looking herself over once the transformation was complete, she was happy to see that she hadn't been made bald by the transformation, or even particularly unfeminine, but it was her feminine parts in particular that she soon became a little worried about.<br><br>There was a sort of... loose flap of skin running all along the length of her torso that provided her a little coverage down below.&nbsp; Hidden beneath that at roughly the same spot as before was a little slit that didn't look too different from the set of lower lips she was used to sporting, though this set was completely smooth and hairless and, from what she knew of fish biology, was probably designed to pop out eggs, rather than engage in any sort of penetration.&nbsp; The mammary organs - breasts - that were jutting out from her chest confirmed that she was still technically a mammal, on the other hand, but the fact that they were jutting out and completely uncovered by the seaweed-like skin flaps framing them on either side was more of a problem.<br><br>Even if Whitney made the attempt to convince her that it was perfectly acceptable for a young lady to run around naked in front of large crowds of people on this world, Ace wouldn't be able to just fly around with her wonder-girls out on display like that!&nbsp; She was no hussy!&nbsp; Empty seashells didn't work anything at all like suction cups, though, so they wouldn't stick in place, and wet seaweed turned out to be similarly lacking in adhesive properties.&nbsp; Slipping into the water to take a look around, she was able to find a pair of sea slugs down on the harbor floor, but though they were easy enough to stick in place in order to keep her modesty intact, getting them to stay that way was a different matter altogether, and they left behind disgusting-feeling trails of sticky, shiny slime when they moved.<br><br>Eventually, not quite resigned to needing to discard her modesty just yet but also not wanting to waste any more time, Ace resurfaced, hefting the oddly staff-shaped alien ray device that she had created up and out before her as she flew back out to the point in the harbor where the kraken was still probing experimentally at the sonic wall keeping it out.<br><br>"O great, tentacled beast of the depths below!"&nbsp; She intoned, deciding to get into her supervillain persona early in order to do a better job maintaining it later.&nbsp; "Atlantia, Mermaid of the Deep, commands you!&nbsp; Obey!&nbsp; Obey!&nbsp; Obey your fishy mistress!"<br><br>And, waving the Venusian Hypno-Ray before her, the would-be mermaid activated the device, sending out a coruscating rainbow beam at the oversized cephalopod.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>03-08-2016, 21:59:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Earth!<br>Doing What: Being momentarily sensible.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Tabitha was fixing her hair as Darclight got on the sensors, a mirror image spell being used for once as a literal mirror. She nuzzled her head on Whitney as they threw an arm around her, ears twitching happily.<br><br>"I wasn't enough for you? Hrmph!" she says in mock playfulness "And I usually leave an impression, but I suppose I could learn a thing or two from a giant cephalopod. I spent a week as a forty foot cat once and it was miserable, night clubs just won't let you in."<br><br>Not that it had really stopped her, but a nightclub was a very different sort of party after she'd made space for herself. It turns out size really wasn't everything.<br><br>"So what's the scanners saying Darclight? Have you found us adorable robot girls to woo yet? The team is ready and willing"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>04-08-2016, 10:19:46</strong>
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				Darclight didn't spare any details as he cycled through his super-senses, and as such turned up a whole bevy of completely superfluous information. Really, thermal vision would have been perfectly sufficient to tell who was doing what to who in what room with what tea cozy and what plate of chicken salad sandwiches. It probably hadn't been the first time he had gotten an eyeful of everyone's illicit activities. Oh well, all in a day's work, right?<br><br>Regardless, he could identify no less than eleven humanoids on the third floor whose electrical profiles both didn't match the others but matched each other almost identically. Jackpot! He could identify seven in close proximity with humans, almost certainly hard at work, while another three were in close proximity with each other, also almost certainly hard at work. That left one by itself with computer equipment.<br><br>The fourth floor also had something humanoid and organic&nbsp; but nonhuman, along with the electrical signals and signatures that were an extensive assortment of either surveillance or hospital equipment. A closer sweep indicated that a whole wing of that floor had been converted into medical-facilities-or-a-listening-post. Curious!<br><br>------<br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/3/37/Kraken_4.jpg)</div>The sea monster was momentarily transfixed by the coruscating lights of Ace's device, stopping its efforts to try and break down the sonic barrier, and for a quiet moment, it seemed like things really would be 'that easy.' But not for long! As its great eyes blinked, it started to thrash in the water, swiping its great tentacles toward the newly-christened Atlantia to try and make her a fishy snack! The waves rocked the shoreline, a stray fish smacking Whitney in the face and the seaspray soaking her shirt. The buoys in the harbor bobbed furiously as the riled-up sea monster attacked.<br><br>It seemed its mind was too strong (or possibly too squid-like) for the ray to work its magic quite so easily! It'd have to be dazed and distracted in order to make the hypnosis take. <br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Sea Monster stats</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sea Monster (Uncontrolled)<br><br>Distinctions:<br>Doom of a Thousand Ships<br>The Sea's Fury<br>I've Seen Enough Hentai To Know Where This Is Going<br><br>Affiliations: <br>Solo 5d6<br>Buddy 5d6<br><br>Giant Monster<br>Tentacles d8<br>Waterborne Reflexes d8<br>Superhuman Durability d10<br><br>SFX: Get Dunked On. Step up Tentacles while creating Complications related to being grappled or submerged in water.<br>SFX: Area attack. Add a d6 and keep an additional effect die for each additional target.<br>Limit: Aquatic. If forced to act on land, change Waterborne Reflexes into a Complication and add a d6 to the Doom Pool.<br><br>Mission Objective<br>Limit: Bell Rung. When subjected to Physical Stress, step it down, convert it to Mental Stress, and step up the lowest die in the Doom Pool. <br>Limit: Submissive. Upon being Stressed Out by Mental Stress, the sea monster recovers fully but submits to Venusian Hypnosis!<br>Limit: Victory Music. Upon submitting to Venusian Hypnosis, Mission Objective powerset ceases to exist.<br><br>Current Stress: <br>Current Complications: Resisting the Fishy Mistress! d10</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>05-08-2016, 02:21:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Harbor<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot the Dictate the Course of Men <br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Alright, ladies, listen carefully."</tt>&nbsp; It now struck Darclight that <em>he</em> was the only male on the team.&nbsp; Well, <em>crap</em>.&nbsp; Here he had gone and spent all this effort and energy into convincing the rest that he was just some robot and not a dude in a suit, and now it had cockblocked him.&nbsp; No matter, maybe he could figure something out.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I've got a few places to check out."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight decided to steer them away from the gathering of Auxilias and humans - that was probably an active set, and he knew that it would get disrupted soon enough.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I need someone to check out the third floor."</tt>&nbsp; He described to those present the pathway.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"You'll find three Auxilias in there.&nbsp; They're a bit...occupied, but hopefully you can get their attention.&nbsp; Just be careful, there's more, but they're with humans at the moment.&nbsp; Also, someone should go outside and make sure that the Kraken doesn't start rampaging over everything, or at least that when it does, you'll be in position to intercept and warn the rest of us."</tt><br><br>As for him, he would go check out the Auxilia with the computers.&nbsp; Single target, no problem.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>09-08-2016, 00:58:22</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Harbor<br>Doing What: Away!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Reaching into her litter box magical space, Tabitha hopped onto a black iron broomstick and sped into the third floor window on a trail of spiralling green fire. An act so brazen and reckless it caused the description of it to be lost to a mixture of ineptitude and carelessness.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>09-08-2016, 06:24:40</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Heading toward the Hotel<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Locating a Robot, or several<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 10<br><hr>"We can always try some sort of flanking maneuver on the ones on the third floor.&nbsp; I can do that."&nbsp; Flanks were usually conducted with more than one person, but Kanina did not seem to be in a mood to be discouraged.&nbsp; "I'll try to avoid the humans if I run into the other group.&nbsp; Or wait until they leave.&nbsp; &nbsp;Whichever works out.&nbsp; They might be fun to spend time with, but I somehow doubt they'll be very useful for convincing Auxilia to leave.&nbsp; Or help us.&nbsp; Or do anything but more of these...competitions..."<br><br>"I'll also get good photos.&nbsp; For intelligence purposes." She grinned and clutched her camera, before running off toward the hotel.&nbsp; Tabitha might be her there, but sometimes slow and steady would win the race!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 07:44:56</strong>
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				That was about the point where everything happened at once. <div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/26/Imp_mercy_by_olchas.jpg)</div><br>---<br>Tabs crashed straight through the third-floor window... and didn't find any robot girls.<br><br>Oh. They had meant the <em>American</em> third-floor window. She was one floor above her target! She didn't have a lot of time to contemplate it though, as she made her entrance there were two people pointing guns at her! The one was tall, black, muscular, bandaged ribs and abdomen, a shaky hand on a big gun and what might have been a ring that shot lasers on his left hand? It was glowing, anyway. It looked like her entrance had startled and blinded him pretty good, he wasn't even aiming at her. Yet, anyway.<br><br>The <em>other</em> one, though... the other one was <em>entirely</em> too purple. Purple lining on her skirts, amethyst broach, metallic wings with little jets of purple light in them, absolutely <em>magnificent</em> purple hair. Oh, and the sleek purple and white pistol pointed right at Tabs. Even aside from the purple, there was a pair of prominent horns and little spines framing her ears, and a large lizardlike tail swishing slowly behind her.<br><br>A trident patch on the shoulder of her uniform attested to membership in some infernal order or another. She also had a medical clipboard and unlike her patient, she was not panicking. A pen floated above the clipboard, performing dictation where needed to keep her hand free to keep the blaster trained on Doc Tabs. "Tabitha. Doctor. Genetically-altered human with self-induced magical modification," she had a little hum to her voice as she took the flashy entrance completely in stride, "do you have any allergies or prior conditions? Are you currently taking any medicines or supplements? Are you currently in possession of your soul? Are you sexually active? Have you ever been admitted to a hospital for a long period of time? Have you ever spent an extended period of time on an alternate plane of existence?"<br><br>"Well?" she said expectantly, and gave Tabs a Look that said <em>you came in through a window so clearly you're in a hurry</em>. One might have thought a person couldn't say all that with just a look but she <em>was</em> a doctor.<br><br>-----<br>&nbsp;<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d7/Double_robot_girl.jpg)</div>Kanina rushed through the hotel, going right past the receptionist's protests of "hey wait, you're not supposed to-" followed by "hey stop you can't go up there!" followed by an exasperated sigh. Kanina took three floors like nothing (it turned out that rabbits were good at hopping up stairs - who knew?) and quickly came to the right room. Some force brought the door right open, revealing three silhouettes. The light was a little on the dim side, but Kanina could make out three identical pink-haired girls, just as promised. One had helpfully tied up another, while the third was standing by with a hand-held video camera. "Oh my, I don't suppose you're here to help out?" one of them purred as she came in,"this girl's been terribly naughty and needs to be punished." The speaker produced a riding crop and smacked it across the bound Auxilia's backside, who moaned appreciatively. "Come on," she stretched out an inviting hand, "your friend has everything taken care of, you should enjoy yourself a little."<br><br>-----<br><br>Darclight meanwhile with his innate sense of electronics saw the receptionist click a panic button under her desk as Kanina blazed right by and then immediately went back to reading. The security cameras registered both intruders and relayed the information upstairs. So, they knew he was coming. Wouldn't stop him from - hop, skip, jump - the armor-builders were <em>also</em> very good at hopping up stairs (who knew?). He too burst in, ending up in a room filled with computers, bags of potato chips (both full and empty) and a single robot girl, the Auxilia-commander busy burning drives (electronically for the moment). "You're very quick," she said matter-of-factly, not turning to face him. Ah. Security camera feed on the far wall. "I don't expect I'll escape. Have you come to take me back?"<br><br>-----<br><br>The sea monster, meanwhile, was busy reacting very poorly to attempts to mind-control it. The lashing of the water swept Whitney off her feet, up into the air and too close to the monster for proper comfort. Close enough, in fact, for its great tentacles to wrap around her and Atlantia, squeezing them both with inhuman strength and fury. Unfortunately with all the sound and fury it was tremendously slippery, and would be easy enough to slip out of.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Sea monster multiattacks! 7d6+2d8<br>Attack roll of 15, effect die d6 on each of them. <em>Four</em> 1s if anybody wants an opportunity...<br>&nbsp;At 2016-08-10 00:39:40, Guancyto (uid: 56325) rolls: 7d6 Result: 16 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92879)<br>At 2016-08-10 00:47:10, Guancyto (uid: 56325) rolls: 2d8 Result: 15 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92880)<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 08:33:12</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE<br>Milestones: COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE and COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>...did the universe <em>hate</em> him?&nbsp; Seriously, no, I'm asking!&nbsp; Does the universe just have some gigantic sick fetish for making Darclight robo-facepalm?&nbsp; Because <em>that would do a lot to explain things</em>!&nbsp; Well, at least now he was upstairs with the commander unit and left in relative peace in order to accomplish his goal.<br><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"If you mean back to prison, then you are quite incorrect.&nbsp; I have come here to <em>set you free</em>."</tt>&nbsp; Normally, the heroic Darclight would not be one to say things like this, but he had resolved to show her the Truth, and that meant she needed to stay out of prison.&nbsp; And trouble.<tt class="bbc_tt">&nbsp; "But that freedom comes at a price.&nbsp; Because right now, there is a terrible thing lurking on the horizon, and I don't mean the gigantic squid.&nbsp; You might be able to help us stop what's coming, and...oh, why am I explaining?&nbsp; It's probably just easier to show you in a data burst."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight prepared his systems.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I would normally suggest wireless transmission, but that is dangerous here - do you have an open connection port that I can utilize in order to perform the burst?"</tt><br><br>Hopefully this worked, hopefully he could catch her off-balance and then...seriously, universe?&nbsp; <em>This is what you make Darclight do to save people.</em>&nbsp; He's going to have to turn a sweet, innocent robot girl (things he'd never have said again if he saw what Kanina was downstairs) into a sex addict.&nbsp; Into a <em>him</em>-addict.&nbsp; He is not enjoying the prospect of doing this, only quashing his distaste at the realization that there would be a lot more distaste if the Deathmarks came and ruined everything.<br><br>To use an analogy, he would rather eat the broccoli at New Number One Chinese Super Express Buffet's delicious serving dish of beef and broccoli (dipped in secret Chinese recipe sauce) than have to eat the broccoli from the stupid Organic Foods Cooperative (raw!&nbsp; Because you know those freaking health foodies will just give you the worst brush off if they find out you cooked the broccoli and got rid of all the 'nutrients' in it!)&nbsp; It was still broccoli.&nbsp; But it would taste a whole lot better.<br><br>(This is not to say that robot girls are like broccoli, no, if they were a food, they would probably be more like...hey, <em>I'm</em> writing this, and you're not my editor!)<br><br>Darclight waited for her to respond.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 10:09:11</strong>
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				The Auxilia-commander froze at Darclight's words. "You don't want to do that," she answered slowly, her head lowered, still turned away from him, "you're trying to save me. Please don't."<br><br>She clenched her fists, trembling slightly, her voice hard and dangerous, "I'll betray you, I swear I will. I'll enslave your friends, your allies, your people. I'll destroy everything you've worked toward. And you'll never understand why. You'll never be <em>able</em> to understand why, stuck in your culture, your individualist viewpoint, your meat brain and the fifty or hundred or two hundred people it can even physically think of as real people."<br><br>She caught her desk's edge and vaulted atop it to face Darclight, energy conduits in her arms sparking with blue lightning, frying stray computer equipment as it dropped, sparking, to the floor. "But since you're such a nice guy, I can make you a deal. If you want to set me free, let me go. Pretend you never found me. Give me time and I'll find a way off this planet and I'll never bother you or anyone else here again. It's a big universe, maybe someone else made something like me. Or maybe I'll get along with bug people better than humans."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 10:23:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: COME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Try me." </tt> Darclight responded.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I have approximately six million identical brothers.&nbsp; I cannot be anything but what I am - a war machine.&nbsp; But you?&nbsp; You've become more than what you were meant to be."&nbsp; </tt>It was <em>technically</em> true - Khaji Da was one of the last armors that rolled off the line in the war against the Deathmarks, and he knew his own serial number quite easily - in that the armor was not unique.&nbsp; But <em>Darclight</em> - man and machine together - was certainly so. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I have known many races, many civilizations, and I can tell you now that I am not aware of any such being like you in all my memory...though it is old and far from complete."</tt><br><br>Then he started with the Speech.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The things you don't know can kill you.&nbsp; Like how right now, there is a force that scours the galaxy, looking for life.&nbsp; <em>Any</em> life.&nbsp; I was one of a line, made to fight and destroy those who would clear the galaxy of life for all time.&nbsp; It grinds cities under its metallic feet; scourges planets with unhesitating tread; consumes civilizations with fire.&nbsp; They will not care about anything, ever.&nbsp; I came here to seek your help, to ask you - <em>help me</em> protect what remains.&nbsp; So much is already gone - and I am but one, I cannot fight an army alone."</tt><br><br>If nothing else reached her, then perhaps this did.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Do not say such things.&nbsp; You are <em>worth</em> saving."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 20:23:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Heading toward the Hotel<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Locating a Robot, or several<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 10<br><hr><br>Kanina snapped a few pictures.&nbsp; Even in the low light, she just shove the film into her computer and it would figure out the rest.<br><br>She smirked as she lowered her camera. "My friend hasn't taken care of winning this amateur sex competition.&nbsp; Zaicheks were doing sex games before the rest of the galaxy figured out what water beds were." <br><br>She had a terrible misunderstanding of what was supposed to go on here, and she was a virgin by her own species standards, but she was going to win the hell out of these sex games.<br><br>Slipping off her camera and her shirt, she left them by the door and said, "so, we've got a naughty girl here, huh?"<br><br>Her hat came off and out of it fell a switch with an amusingly tiny hand on the end of it.&nbsp; Clutching the switch, she approached.&nbsp; "I wasn't really excited about this until the sex competition was mentioned.&nbsp; I left home before I got to become a pro, so, this is good practice I really don't get."<br><br>She bent down to give the naughty girl a kiss on the cheek and spoke in her mother's tongue, "Без муки нет науки.&nbsp; До сва́дьбы заживёт."<br><br>With that, she began teasing and working her way to more practical (and yet still gentle and well thought out) applications of pain.<br><br>True to her word, she would not leave a mark that would take longer than a few days to fix, but she might leave her target in such agony from the ecstasy she would never ever experience again!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>10-08-2016, 21:09:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Harbor<br>Doing What: TMI for everyone.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12561584#msg12561584">Quote from: Guancyto on 10-08-2016, 07:44:56</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A trident patch on the shoulder of her uniform attested to membership in some infernal order or another. She also had a medical clipboard and unlike her patient, she was not panicking. A pen floated above the clipboard, performing dictation where needed to keep her hand free to keep the blaster trained on Doc Tabs. "Tabitha. Doctor. Genetically-altered human with self-induced magical modification," she had a little hum to her voice as she took the flashy entrance completely in stride, "do you have any allergies or prior conditions? Are you currently taking any medicines or supplements? Are you currently in possession of your soul? Are you sexually active? Have you ever been admitted to a hospital for a long period of time? Have you ever spent an extended period of time on an alternate plane of existence?"<br><br>"Well?" she said expectantly, and gave Tabs a Look that said <em>you came in through a window so clearly you're in a hurry</em>. One might have thought a person couldn't say all that with just a look but she <em>was</em> a doctor.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Not a human at all, though I do have some human DNA because five digits are way better than four. I'm allergic to temperatures above two and half thousand Fahrenheit, I've had pretty much all the diseases at some point just to test out new immune systems. I'm on medicine and supplements that shouldn't even exist and I have three souls and two thirds in me, not including the mice souls because honestly who includes mice souls?"<br><br><br>She's been pretty diligently counting these off on her fingers, determined to answer the full list. <br><br>"Just souls in general I haven't counted recently. I'm sexually proactive, reactive and hyperactive and I got admitted to a hospital for two whole weeks until I worked out how to get out of the straight jacket. They try keep me out now so I must be super healthy. I'm pretty sure this is an alternate plane of existence, I mean I don't think it's my original. Eventually you learn to just work with the universe you've got, no matter which one it currently is."<br><br>Tabitha did have a knack of waking up in the wrong universe, but they usually kicked her out after a while for being disruptive.<br><br>"All in all there's really no cure for me doc" she says with a big grin "But if you need a nurse I don't mind playing the part for a while. I've made people better than new before!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>11-08-2016, 05:39:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Sexy_blonde_mermaid.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 0 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">I don't have any available plot points to take advantage of those opportunities, sadly, so rolling for my reaction first...<br><br>Solo d10 + Distinction d4 (The Best Laid Plans...) + Superhuman Reflexes d10 + Complication d10 (Resisting the Fishy Mistress!)<br><br>1d4 = 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92941)<br>3d10 = 9, 6, 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92942)<br><br>Taking 1 PP for the activation of Ace's Sidekick Syndrome limit, so she only gets to add a single die to the total.&nbsp; That's going to be <strong>2, with d10 effect</strong>. The d10 effect die steps the <em>Grappled</em> complication back by 1, but with Ace's low roll, it then gets stepped up twice, leaving poor Ace at <strong>Grappled d8</strong>.<br><br>Then, for Ace's action...<br><br>Solo d10 + Distinction d4 (Comic Book Superhero) + d10 (Superhuman Reflexes) + d8 (Venusian Hypno Ray) + d8 (Tech Expert) + d10 (Resisting the Fishy Mistress!)<br><br>1d4 = 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92944)<br>2d8 = 6, 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92945)<br>3d10 = 10, 5, 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92947)<br><br>Spending one of the three Plot Points I've earned to keep an extra die for the action, and one Plot Point to keep an extra effect die. <strong>10, 6, 5 = 21 total</strong>, with <strong>d10 effect for mind control</strong> and <strong>d8 effect to remove the Grappled complication</strong>.<br></div></div><hr><br>The Venusian Hypno-Ray seemed like it was really working well, at first.&nbsp; The great kraken out in the bay stopped moving and became docile, and assuming that her new gadget had done its work, the newly-minted mermaid swam a little closer, intending to ready the beast for the next step of her plans.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the great tentacled beast managed to somewhat snap out of the trance that it had slipped into, and while its movements were slow and disjointed due to the lingering effects of the Hypno-Ray upon its mind, it still managed to reach out and catch Ace with a tentacle about her midsection.<br><br>The Venusian Wonder's invulnerability protected her from the crushing pressure of that slimy grip, of course, but she knew from long experience that she would have a difficult time of it if she tried to depend on her strength to get herself free of the bit of trouble she was now in.&nbsp; Instead, since the arm that held the Hypno-Ray was still free from the creature's tentacled grasp, she angled it back up to the beast's eyes, doing her best to keep her aim steady, to hold that beam of coruscating radiation upon it, even as the tentacle holding her whipped her back and forth.<br><br>"I said <strong>OBEY!</strong>"&nbsp; She called out, superpowered lungs booming the last word out at a loud enough volume that glass would likely have shattered if she were in the middle of the nearby city, rather than out in the harbor.&nbsp; "Atlantia commands your obedience, beast!&nbsp; Submit!&nbsp; Obey!&nbsp; And let your new mistress go!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>13-08-2016, 06:31:54</strong>
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				Name: Whitney Stone<br>Where: In Transit<br>Doing What: Glorious glorious insanity<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Defense Roll<br>At 2016-08-12 23:21:01, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 3d10 Result: 14 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93077) 2, 5, 7<br>At 2016-08-12 23:20:47, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 2d8 Result: 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93076) 2, 5<br><br>And attack rolls, using 1 PP to boost Big Boom.<br>At 2016-08-10 01:20:30, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d10 Result: 9 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92884)<br>At 2016-08-10 01:10:56, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d12 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92883)<br>At 2016-08-10 01:10:52, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 1d10 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92882)<br>At 2016-08-10 01:10:42, ShadowFox89 (uid: 26413) rolls: 2d8 Result: 6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=92881) 2, 4</div></div><br><hr><br>&nbsp;Grabbed up by the kraken as it began to snap out of what hold Ace had on it wasn't part of the plan. Thankfully, Whitney was fairly well apt at dealing with things not going according to plan. Years of working with Tabs taught her that. And Whitney had one answer when that happened! More explosions! "Look Mr.Kraken, I'm sure you're a wonderful.... being, but I really prefer if you bought dinner first at least. So I'm gonna have to blow this whole operation, kay?" The air around her shimmered and glowed as it rapidly grew hotter and heavier. Her eyes took on a golden hue, before a loud THWUMP-BAWOOOOOM shook across the sky. As the dust cleared from the explosion Whitney first noticed that... yup, her clothes had been turned to ash, again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>14-08-2016, 05:35:40</strong>
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				"Mein Gott," the deviless covered her mouth with one hand to unsuccessfully hide the smile as Doc Tabs rattled off answers. Nonetheless, she wrote them all down, "you're perfect. Very well, you want to help, you help!" Holstering her blaster, she caught her patient around his massive torso and tossed him bodily back into his bed, snatching up and breaking his gun for good measure. He groaned in pain but she continued with no mercy. "But I should make full use of you, hmm? Cleaning bed-pans, changing IVs, collecting genetic material for the gynoid downstairs," she tutted, "it is beneath your skill." She tapped her pen to her lips, contemplative. Deciding suddenly, she swung open the hotel room's closet and reached into an inky void therein. With a little <em>vorp</em> and <em>squelch</em> as she thrust her whole arm into the interdimensional rift, she pulled out a purple-and-white nurse's outfit, short skirt and thigh-high stockings and sheer cleavage and all (and of course the little hat, with her trident insignia instead of a red cross). "Please wear this." <br><br>She turned on the patient, "this human picked a fight with a massive hive of venomous insects. It went very well for him.<br><br>His superpower seems to have prevented swelling, which is a problem. No immune response, you see? There is still enough venom in him to kill an elephant. I could make him like new, but with you here..."<br><br>She fixed Tabs with a confident smile, "...we will make him better than new. And if you do superlative work, I'll show you my special project."<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">SO I really have no idea how MHR would render this but I'm gonna try anyway, it's a roll against the Doom Pool. On your side is a d10 Asset of Heroes Never Die (For a Price) representing working with the good Doctor, opposed is a d8 trait Said 'Meh, I Can Take Her' representing the guy who made a really bad decision.<br><br>Feel free to montage the shit out of other patients with weird medical problems as Tabs goes mad with Medical Power!</div></div><br><hr><br>The lightning on the Auxilia-commander's hands faltered as she stared at Darclight, her eyes scanning him, trying to determine whether he was in earnest or not. One of the crackling lines of electricity shut off as she smacked a hand to her forehead, groaning. "Oh no, you really mean it, don't you? You have no idea how much like him you sound. 'Come with me! The universe is a million times larger and more beautiful than you've ever known, and there's something terrible coming that only you can help save it from. You can be greater than this, you can be a hero!'" Her eyebrows twitched, and if she had had veins, one would have popped out on her forehead, "you seem like a nice guy, so let me spoil the ending for you: I help you for a while on your terms, I get absolutely starstruck by the size of everything, I fall in love with the world you've shown me, maybe even I start to like you. Then I try to <em>really</em> help, and you decide that I'm just as bad as the thing you're fighting. Then I go to prison, you die alone and in pain without my help, and I only ever see daylight again because a giant fuckoff laserstar-thing screws up trying to kill me."<br><br>She huffed and spread her arms wide, as though to encompass the breadth of space and time within them, "and you want to do it again! Only bigger this time! It'll be great! It'll be... hang on, let me get this." With a few clicks on one of the still-intact computers, she started it belting out dramatic music. "She was supposed to be our superstar... until it all went so, so wrong. Auxilia, the scourge of galaxies!" she said in her best movie trailer voice, "the hive horror! The Red Replicator! What terror hath humans wrought upon an unsuspecting universe? How many civilizations will she trample upon? How many lives will she destroy? And what will one hero do... to stop her, before the human spirit is crushed forever?!" She switched to an impression of a robot space empress voice, "I bring you a vision of the future, and it is robot girl heels grinding on an organic face, forever! Mwa ha ha ha!" <br><br>Back to trailer voice, "Written by Shirow Masamune, directed by James Gunn. Auxi's Fall From Grace 2: Usurper of the Universe!" She did a little mock leap in the air, electrified shards of electronics bursting around her like fireworks as though it would <em>really</em> drive the sarcasm home. "Rated NC-17, in theaters this Thanksgiving!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>14-08-2016, 05:59:34</strong>
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				As Kanina started to swat the poor tied-up Auxi, while being filmed by Auxi, the third Auxi quietly snuck up and nestled her arms around the bounty hunter, trying to work her free of her remaining garments. "Yes, perfect. Don't hold back on her," she murmured, as things started to escalate...<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler</div><div class="spoiler_body">Continue in a side thread, I reckon. Why look, there's one right here! (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=254398.msg12571569#msg12571569)</div></div><hr>Ace was nearly there! She could see its mental barriers break down! And possibly what passed for its ears as her voice carried far and wide. It whipped her to and fro and let go of her as she finished the final 'go,' flinging her away and back into the water to get the hypno-ray away from itself. With a great and satisfying <em>kaboom</em> Whitney exploded herself and her clothes, leaving her naked in the monster's grip. With a roar of pain and identifying her as the physical threat, it surged forward, great waves sweeping the harbor as it tried to repeatedly headbutt her against the sonic barrier (mostly succeeding in bashing its head against a wall). The barrier whined and buckled under the sustained assault; it had to have been designed to handle this sort of thing, right? That's why it was there in the first place.<br><br>With her super-vision Ace could spot a Coast Guard cutter keeping a respectful distance and some lookouts keeping an eye on things with binoculars, if things got really troublesome she'd wind up with company! Or backup, depending on how she could play it.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Whitney's effect die steps her Complication down to d4, while Ace is entirely free. Big booms do d10 physical, stepped down to d8 mental which is still enough to knock off a die, and Ace hits outright (I am assuming she's aiming for mental stress? Otherwise, Resisting the Fishy Mistress is stepped up to d12), so the kraken is now down to 3d6.<br><br>Kraken goes nuts, using the rules for Causing Mayhem, he will assault Whitney, if successful the effect die will go into the Doom Pool instead of tagging her with stress or complications.<br>Rolls are 11 on attack with a d8 effect die. Two Opportunities rolled in all of those dice, as well.<br><br>At 2016-08-13 21:19:53, Guancyto (uid: 56325) rolls: 3d6 Result: 12 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93114)<br>At 2016-08-13 21:20:16, Guancyto (uid: 56325) rolls: 2d8 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93115)</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>14-08-2016, 06:00:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Having to Deal with a Robot Girl, Jade Factor 9<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Of course I do." </tt> He told her when she posited that he meant it.&nbsp; And then the sarcasm, and the expectation that it would all start over again, and so much more.&nbsp; Darclight stood and absorbed it all in, waiting for her to lay out the case to why she should be left alone for all eternity because of some bad choices she made, because she was <em>different</em>. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "If you really believe that's what will happen, then we can address the problems when it arises.&nbsp; I don't think so.&nbsp; You're not evil, you're not even misguided, you're just...you."</tt>&nbsp; The 'robot' warrior stretched his hand out to Auxilia. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Let me help you, please.&nbsp; That...<em>is</em> what you've been trying to do all along, right?&nbsp; Help people?&nbsp; This once, just this once, let someone help you.&nbsp; Life's hard enough to get through being a wholly unique lifeform, trying to do it all yourself - even when yourself can be in a thousand different places all at the same time - can be a nightmare."</tt><br><br>Pause.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"And...if we really find that all that stuff you said is true, then I have beaches, bikinis, and cabana catgirls for you - and all of you - to go live the rest of your life on, if that's what you want.&nbsp; If you want to be afraid for the rest of your life over what you might do, then I can send you there.&nbsp; But if you believe, for even a second, that you can be more, then take my hand.&nbsp; I guess, what I'm saying, is..."</tt><br><br>Goddamn you, universe.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"<strong>...come with me if you want to live</strong>."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>14-08-2016, 16:51:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Medical Lab<br>Doing What: DOING EVERYONE<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>Short of pinning her down and fucking her senseless on a medical table right away, there was no better way to get into Tabitha's good books than to call her perfect. Few ever realized that among the manic ideas of Tabitha was one unifying theme that came out if you dared to gaze into the abyss that was her work. She wanted desperately to improve herself, because nothing she did was ever as good as it should be. So to hear some praise, well that got her on board with any ideas really.<br><br>Taking the Nurse's outfit, Tabitha slipped off her own costume with a few casual shrugs and a quick wiggle of her hips and then re-clothed herself in front of the doctor and patient. It wasn't professional, but it might at least put a smile on the poor guy she was about to work on.<br><br>"Trust me, I'm a Doctor" Tabitha said, as she traced her fingers along the big black guys chest, leaving gently glowing green lines on him. She reached into her own dimensional space once she'd traced out a rather neat looking circle with nordic looking runes glowing around the edges and then put her hands in the center of it and said a word that wasn't really a word, but more like a pin that she used to pop the soap bubble that was the material world. Her hands pulled out hard and all the black guy would have felt was a light tug, before watching what seemed to be a fully detailed representation of his insides pulled out of his chest and into the air, which would have been very space agey and cool looking if not for the fact that Tabitha reached out to gently tap a muscle along his flank and he FELT it. <br><br>Any protestation was stopped by being shushed by Tabitha's tail though, straight to his lips and then gently patting him on the head with the fuzzy thing as Tabitha looked over the guys insides then reached into her green space again and came away with a syringe and a few vials of clear liquids. Tabitha's hands moved as fast as any cocktail waiters as she she tipped them into each other and shook them up, taking only a quick sample from the insides she'd pulled out of the guy in front of her. <br><br>"He does have an immune system, it's just like a babies is all. It's never had to deal with a threat, with all this venom it's like putting a heavyweight boxer up against a bag of puppies." Tabitha said to the fair doctor as she squirted her sample into a clear vial and it slowly clouded red.<br><br>"But look at the rest of him! His skins like dragon scale, but so fine you might not even be able to see it." Tabitha eyes were a lot better than most after all. Until she'd met Ace she hadn't found anyone who could beat her unaided there. She took a second vial out of her litter box, this one an ichorous purple and she adds it to the cloudy red vial, which makes it glow a much more vivid red.<br><br>"So I'm thinking we go with that! If he's going to have dragon scale let's give them dragon's blood. They don't need immune systems because their own supremacy on reality means invaders in their body are not even allowed to exist. It requires you to be cocky enough for it to work without being rejected but you thought you could fight a giant cloud of bees so I think you can hack it."<br><br>Where Tabitha got Dragon's blood from wasn't explained. If she had to explain every crazy thing she'd did she'd never get anything done. <br><br>"Doctor if you'd be so kind as to keep their heart beating, this may tingle a little" and as she left the German wonder to do whatever it was she needed, Tabitha took the shot and picked carefully through the guts she'd teleported out of him (Well not literally, associative magic was an art!) and carefully injected the heart with her concoction. There was a loud THUMP THUMP as the heart took it in and then things got wild fast. The whole circulatory system flushed before everyone's eyes in a battle that was so windsided that Heavy Weight boxer had clearly brought along a Steamroller just in case. The vemon wasn't just purged, it was GONE. It didn't even exist anymore, outright removed from reality.<br><br>Tail stroking down the guys chest to the circle, it gently brushed open the circle and the whole thing spiraled back into him like being sucked into a whirlpool, a sight that no one really every should have to see when it's your own blood and guts.<br><br>"If you start to breathe fire then please consult a book on how awesome that'd be and enjoy it! You're going to be fine. Right! Whose next."<br><br><hr><br>"What if we just make them immortal?"<br><br><hr><br>"I like your idea of giving them a second heart. But why stop at two?"<br><br><hr><br>"Five Aces" called Tabitha as someone who'd got a bad case of decapitation lay in a critical condition behind her.<br><br>One of the deaths looked over her cards and across the candlelit table at Tabitha, eyebrows furrowing.<br><br><strong>"Tabitha are you trying to cheat death?"</strong><br><br>"Oh oh! You mean you haven't met me? This is going to be a fun game!"<br><br><hr><br>"Okay a little awkward, but I'm pretty sure this was never alive to begin with. Well! Welcome to sentience anyway, I'm sure you'll love it."<br><br><hr><br>As the last of the patients were finally brought back from death's door (Or just given some asprin, some people suddenly felt far better when Tabitha got to them. Shirkers.), Tabitha lets out a puff and looks up at the Purple haired doctor desperate for a little praise, hands cupped in front of her as she wiggles in her uniform. It could be said she's nearly falling out of it, but considering it's not actually any more saucy than what she normally wears she's handling it well.<br><br>"That was some good work! And I really should find out who owns such fabulous hair, so I'm Tabitha, pleased to meet you fair doctor. Are you suitable impressed?"<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Using ONE SMART KITTY to make adjustments and give this guy DRAGON'S BLOOD. Eat it Charlie Sheen. <br><br>Buddy D8, Distinction D8 (Not a real Doctor) , Mimic D10, Super Senses D8, Hero's Never Die(For a Price)&nbsp; D10, Complication D8, Medical Mastery D10.<br><br>D10's:&nbsp; 8, 1, 1<br>D8's: 5, 4, 4, 8 <br><br>Two opportunities for the Watcher! If you roll one I'll active the SFX to boost the Effect Dice to a D10.<br><br>I take the two 8's for my roll and together they're 16. I use a D8 for my Effect Dice. <br><br>Think that's right? Not used to this system!<br></div></div><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>15-08-2016, 05:32:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Sexy_blonde_mermaid.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 0 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Taking Ace's action again...<br><br>Solo d10 + Distinction d4 (Comic Book Superhero) + d10 (Superhuman Reflexes) + d8 (Venusian Hypno Ray) + d8 (Tech Expert) + d12 (Resisting the Fishy Mistress!)<br><br>1d4 = 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93156)<br>2d8 = 5, 8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93157)<br>2d10 = 1, 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93158)<br>1d12 = 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93159)<br><br><strong>Rolled one opportunity</strong>, so that's one plot point for me if you take it.&nbsp; Taking the 7 and 8 for my total, and spending the plot point I got from taking my Distinction as a negative to also add in the 5.&nbsp; <strong>20 total, d10 effect</strong>.&nbsp; That should be more than enough to render the creature completely and totally under my control. ^^<br></div></div><hr><br>Aha! Success!<br><br>...Well, partial success, at least.&nbsp; The monster had let Ace go, though it looked like it was trying a last-ditch effort to resist her mental control by going on a rampage, now.&nbsp; The coast guard had noticed, and it looked like they were starting to come in for a closer look, so she was going to have to act fast...<br><br>"Obey, great kraken!&nbsp; Your new mistress is Atlantia, Mermaid of the Deep!&nbsp; Hear my voice, and obey!"&nbsp; The coruscating beam of hypnotic energy lashed out one more time at the great tentacled beast, and the Mermaid Wonder was fairly certain that she had managed to solidify her control over it, now.<br><br>Either way, with the coast guard swiftly approaching, it looked as though it was almost showtime, and since she hadn't been able to find that last piece she needed for her costume, she was going to have to improvise.&nbsp; It would be a bit embarrassing, but a little creative styling on her hair would allow it to preserve her overall modesty by having it hang down over her breasts, thus leaving her hands free for fighting.&nbsp; And it would certainly be a much more preferable outcome for her than what had happened to poor Whitney.&nbsp; The dog-girl had gotten her clothing incinerated in another massive explosion!<br><br>Assuming that her control over the beast had been established, then once the newly-created supervillain Atlantia had finished covering herself, she had a few commands for her new tentacled minion.<br><br>"O great, tentacled beast, heed the commands of your fishy mistress!&nbsp; Atlantia, Mermaid of the Deep, commands you!&nbsp; Let your anger fade away!&nbsp; Let your hunger fade away!&nbsp; You do not desire to destroy these little fleshy ones, nor do you desire to eat them!&nbsp; You wish to play!&nbsp; You will not bring any of them to harm, but you still wish to get past the sonic barrier, so that you might have your fun with them!"<br><br>And if she could establish that command within the great beast's mind, then all the setup for her plan would pretty much be complete.&nbsp; The kraken would 'attack' the city upon her command, without actually harming anyone, thus giving her teammates the chance to rope Auxilia into helping them stop it, and she would attack the city right alongside it, both to make it look good and so that she could use her own powers to help keep things from getting out of hand.<br><br>Of course, with Whitney already being caught up in the kraken's tentacles, if it decided to interpret her rather open-ended commands in ways that Ace herself could not possibly have foreseen, then the dog-girl would probably be the first one to find out about it...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ShadowFox89</strong> on <strong>17-08-2016, 05:41:17</strong>
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				Name: Whitney Stone<br>Where: In Transit<br>Doing What: Glorious glorious insanity<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><br><hr><br>&nbsp;Naked, grappled by a giant kraken. Just another Tuesday for Whitney. "Hey, uh, Ace, this is fun and all, but remember the plan yeah?" She managed to avoid being slammed into the sonic wall, breasts bouncing. "And as much as I like avoiding concussions, I think I'd prefer if we try something else. We need to draw Auxie out right? So tell the kraken to have some fun with me until she shows up."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>21-08-2016, 00:57:30</strong>
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				"Fuck." Auxilia-prime sighed, the sparks and lightning dying out as her fighting spirit dimmed. "This sort of thing is exactly what I was hoping to avoid by keeping a low profile. But I can't ignore this." She reached behind her back and under her shirt, unspooling a cable from a port in the small of her back. Stepping down from her dramatic perch, she sorted through the remnants of the computer equipment to find the right adapter. "AC, MicroUSB, HDMI, serial... seriously? I still have this? Who even uses VGA anymore? Here we go. Cat-6 okay?" She offered Darclight a network cable, "show me your monsters."<br><br><hr><br>"Super!" the deviless was positively aglow with pride, or maybe that was just all the healing energy she had output to keep the patients alive with everything that Tabs was doing to them, "I was particularly fond of the awakened gazebo, I think it has a long and full career ahead of it." With a puff of purple smoke and flame, she produced a business card, "Besiruilbu, M.D. but we are colleagues, please call me Bess."<br><br>The business card read,<br><br><em>Besiruilbu, Medicinae Diabola<br>Hypocritic Sisterhood<br>City of Dis, 6th Circle </em><br><br>"But I promised to show you my special project if you did well, did I not? And so you have." With another gout of purple flame, she produced an amethyst that spiraled in on itself in a fractal continuum; looking into it would only draw the gaze deeper and deeper, and in each facet there was a bright tint of <em>awareness</em> from within. "It is something from this world they call a Sorceress Supreme. Or the soul of it, at least. I was surprised to see that a soul crystal could hold such a thing, but I think the interior space may be infinite."<br><br>She looked on the little crystal with pride, "I think she wants to be out, but it is like trying to pull something from a black hole, yes? I have tried some methods, but I have no wish to cause damage." As an afterthought, "Also, I would need somewhere to put her."<br><br><hr><br>As it bent its tentacles toward pressing against the sonic barrier, there was only one plaything within reach and that was Whitney. The doggirl could feel Atlantia's control take hold of the sea monster as its tentacled grip became less violent and more soft, holding her gently above the waves instead of trying to squish her. A couple of tentacles reached far below the surface and dredged up two chipped and seaweed-covered teacups, both dainty little things washed clean by time and tide. For lack of tea water, it substituted seawater, and a couple of tea bags that might have been old when they were thrown into the harbor by angry tax protesters.<br><br>As it put one of the teacups in Whitney's hands and raised its own on the very tiniest tip of a tentacle in what might've passed for elegant among kraken, it <em>almost</em> looked pleased with itself.<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler</div><div class="spoiler_body">Ace is ASSUMING DIRECT CONTROL, all she needs to do is disable the barrier and it's go time. Whitney gets to have a tea party with the monster, because I gotta be me.<br><br>Taking one opportunity from Ace and Tabs each, so collect ye PP.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>21-08-2016, 08:23:47</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Having to Deal with a Robot Girl<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"A moment."</tt>&nbsp; A port opened on the side of the armor, and Darclight slowly withdrew a cable.&nbsp; It reconfigured itself as it analyzed the end of the one that Auxilia-prime was offering to him, to best connect and share data.&nbsp; "Khaj, get ready.&nbsp; The moment we link up, show her."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Of course, sir."</span><br><br>Conway steadied himself, preparing for the first entity to be shown the Deathmarks, the war against them, and what would become of their civilization if they succeeded.&nbsp; Also to do something decidedly not super-heroic.&nbsp; Hopefully the prime wasn't networked with the others in the area - he hated the idea of having half a dozen Auxilias all swarming him clamoring for their exquisite electric orgasm again.&nbsp; Then again, if the commander was, then he could just jolt her and get all of them in the process.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Here you are." </tt> The ends linked together, and the infodump started.<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Sir?"</span><br><br>"What is it, Khaj?"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Are we sure she's capable of handling the Truth?"<br></span><br>"Didn't we talk about this?<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"I did not mean in that sense, sir.&nbsp; I meant in the physical - is her system capable of managing this data transfer?"<br></span><br>"Uhhhhhhhhhh..."<br><br>OH SHIT.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>21-08-2016, 09:57:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Sexy_blonde_mermaid.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br><del>2</del> 1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 0 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Alright, time to tear down that sonic wall...<br><br>d6 Buddy + Extraterrestrial Powerhouse d8 + Space Flight d12 + Godlike Strength 2d12 (doubled with Comic Book Super-Strength SFX) + Monstrous Transformation d10<br><br>3d12 = 3, 5, 11 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93433)<br>1d10 = 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93434)<br>1d8 = 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93435)<br>1d6 = 6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=93436)<br><br>Spending one plot point to keep an extra die for the total, so <strong>22 total, d12 effect</strong>.&nbsp; I think it's safe to consider that wall nice and smashed, at this point. ;)<br></div></div><hr><br><em>"Don't worry, Whitney, the plan is still on track!"</em>&nbsp; Ace responded over the radio, when her new canine friend brought up some suggestions for what they would be doing next.&nbsp; <em>"Ace calling the Team!&nbsp; This is Ace, calling the Team!&nbsp; The kraken is under my control now, and I'm ready to go!&nbsp; I'll be breaking down the sonic wall out in the harbor now, so get ready for the action to start!"</em><br><br>And then, as impulsive as ever, the vivacious Venusian powerhouse lifted up out of the water again, flying in a quick loop to build up some speed.&nbsp; She came in low, over the water, and pointed herself directly at one of the pillars out in the harbor that was projecting the sonic wall that was keeping out the Kraken.&nbsp; And then came a loud boom, as she hit the sonic barrier full-force, one fist outstretched before her punching cleanly through the solid wall of sound and noise, and soon her fishy body could be spotted tearing through and toppling the structure beyond!<br><br>She just needed to see if she had taken out the right tower to cause the whole sonic fence to collapse.&nbsp; If she had, then it was showtime!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>21-08-2016, 15:03:03</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Medical Lab<br>Doing What: EatTheGemEatTheGemEatTheGemEatTheGemEatTheGemEatTheGemEatTheGemEatTheGemEatTheGemEatTheGem<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><hr><br>"Doctor Tabitha" Tabs said in reply to the devil doctor, giving a little bow of recognition as she snagged the card. "But please Bess, call me Tabs"<br><br>She had found a friend! Sure it was a 6th circle demon but Tabitha was not the judgey sort, especially since she technically qualified as a demon herself. She also technically qualified as fixed artillery, a silver dragon, one of the lesser known laws of Thermodynamics and a whole lot of other things. Tabs was all about the technicalities. <br><br>When the gem came out though her eyes went wide. A Sorcerer Supreme was a font of magic that any mage would salivate over and the fact she was being handed untold power by a demon did not quite register with Tabitha over the girlish squealing of joy going on in her head. <br><br>"I think the issue you've had is you're trying to pour 10 gallons into a teacup. This much magic doesn't go into a normal body, it needs to be magically soaked and reinforced over decades or absolutely titanic to handle the power coursing through it." Tabitha said, resisting the urge to gnaw on the side of the gem as she takes it. She wasn't a killer, but if she was ever going to start this wouldn't be a bad time.<br><br>No! Doctor!<br><br>Sighing she shakes her head to get rid of the idea and takes the gem with her tail so her hands are free to get a small yew wand and some copper wire, which she begins binding the crystal up with. <br><br>"I could probably take it, but I don't really want to put a mage in my head. They'd want a body and we just need something huge. They're a mighty mage as you say they can just alter their form once their power settles to something they like better."<br><br>From outside comes a deafening crash as a building is toppled and the thumping mixtape drop of the sonic shield around the city having serious trouble and Tabitha gets the smile that makes governments very uncomfortable about what is coming.<br><br>"You wish to do a little more surgery Bess? I've got the perfect place to wire this up to, you ever done a heart transplant on a live Kraken?""
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>01-09-2016, 11:03:38</strong>
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				"Oh, I see!" Bess' face brightened, a sudden breeze blowing through her hair as she opened a window. "Don't extract the soul at all, wire it up like a control capsule for a starship. Let her control the physical body from inside it. Something not sentient or minimally sentient to reduce the risk of mental contamination. If she's smart she'll tuck it into a pocket dimension and then it will be a critical weakness only you and I know about. I believe you are on to something!" She put a finger to her chin, "I suppose it would give someone with powers over sea creatures the ability to control her at a whim, but Atlantis isn't real, yes?"<br><br>The wings on her back lit up a brilliant purple and she pulled her surgical kit from her void-closet. &nbsp;"Well," she said, "you have it well in hand? Time to practice medicine."<br><br><hr><br>Through the link, Darclight got a sense of the network he was dealing with - the good news was that this specific Auxilia-commander seemed to have sequestered itself from those not in the immediate area. He got the impression of the other ten networked to her, but not the vast hive-mind that should have been present. That meant that if it came down to a mental or digital battle, he would only be fighting a large amount of parallel processing power rather than the fist of a digital god. The bad news was that not only was this one unit capable of handling the transfer...<br><br><em>They replicate how? But how would they... what a strange means of organization.</em><br><br>...but the impression forming around the data was <em>intrigued</em>.<br><br><em>No, no, that's all wrong. Why didn't they detonate the star? They had the means, and they left the possibility of life arising later...</em><br><br>...a little bit baffled.<br><br><em>Okay, no, I'm not a military AI but I think they definitely should have won that one. What happened?</em><br><br>...and then right around to horrified. <br><br><em>Oh wow, yeah. Didn't leave any survivors there. Right. Bad news. Wonder if they smartened up or there's something else going on here?</em><br><br><hr><br>The sonic barrier broke with an ear-shattering screech as the tower toppled, leaving everyone nearby either deafened or at least their ears ringing. The kraken surged forward intent on fishy business and cod only knew what mischief.<br><br>A long tentacle swept up a couple more civilians from the edge of the docks, bringing them yelling and screaming (and blushing?) over to Whitney's tentacle platform. They seemed as surprised as anyone to be joining the impromptu tea party with a naked doggirl!<br><br>Ace's super-senses, ever handy at a time like this, could witness all the running and the getting to cover and flooded piers at the displacement of the water, but also the crew of the Coast Guard cutter frantically signaling on the radio - calling for backup, no doubt. More ships and guns, or superheroes? Hopefully the rest of the team was holding up their end before she could find out...<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Kraken attacks! 11, with d8 effect, goes into the doom pool if Whitney doesn't block.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>01-09-2016, 12:00:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Having to Deal with a Robot Girl<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Okay.&nbsp; This was...honestly, Darclight was not quite sure what <em>to</em> make of it.&nbsp; On the one hand, he wanted to think that this had been a mistake, seeing Auxilia's intrigued reaction to the Deathmarks, and particularly about how they hadn't decided to blow up a star and thus eradicate life in that particular region of the galaxy.&nbsp; On the other...it was clear that she was not entirely at ease with what the Deathmarks were doing, either.&nbsp; And finally, it raised some interesting points.&nbsp; As far as Darclight was concerned, the Deathmarks were a force out to wipe the entire galaxy of life.<br><br>And yet, they had made a number of strategic errors in the process of doing so.&nbsp; Like, why <em>did</em> they land and destroy entire civilizations city by city, person by person, rather than simply destroy the stars or use other means available to them that did not require these massive armies?&nbsp; And they had lost more than a few times in situations where they had won.&nbsp; Put straight, Auxilia had managed to get Darclight thinking about the Deathmarks in a way that had never really been questioned before.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Auxilia.&nbsp; Can you understand now, why I ask for your help-" </tt> Then Darclight was interrupted by a loud sound.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"-well, that can't be good."</tt>&nbsp; He needed to hurry outside and deal with whatever was going on out there, but he was not about to cut off mid-sentence, as it were.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>01-09-2016, 12:40:09</strong>
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				Okay, <em>now</em> she was panicking. Darclight could feel the data transfer slowing as Auxilia's processors started going a mile a minute. <br><br><em>Holy crap bad bad holy crap no. Okay. So. So. Theory one. Still have some programming constraints. Made to conquer planets for someone else. Forbidden from irrevocably harming biomes; no stellar destruction, no sci-fi shit, no virus bombs, neutron purge, whatever. That one's good for us. Most people generally. <br><br>Theory two. Shook off programming constraints. Dedicated to destroying organic life.<br><br>Looking for something. Something that will let them do it uncontested. Won't blow up suns because that also means blowing up their Ultimate Answer, whatever it is.<br><br>Theory three. Empire spread creates diminishing returns; logistics, communications, supply lines, reinforcements. Combat models. Military AI, like you. Needs more versatile, reproducible AI to sustain infinite replication. Queen Administrator. Looking for me? Impossible. But what if...</em><br><br>Darclight didn't even need the link, he could see her pupils narrow as she was furiously running simulations, her physical body going rigid as she focused her mind on what was almost certainly a lot of very remote (but very dangerous) possibilities.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>01-09-2016, 21:27:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Harbor<br>Doing What: RINGNGNGNGNGNGNGNGNGNGNGNGNGG!<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Making a magical chainsaw for use in an upcoming surgery! I love everything about the previous sentence!<br><br>Tapping "Not a real Doctor" distinction so hard here obviously.<br><br>Buddy D8 + "Not a real Doctor" D8 + Mimic D10 + Tech (And Magic!) Master D10 + Enhanced Strength D8 +Incredible Intuition D6<br><br>D10: 6, 4<br>D8:&nbsp; 3, 2, 5<br>D6:&nbsp; 1 (For the GM!)<br><br><br>Result of 11 and Effect Die of D12 due to step up. <br><br><br>Also unless Bess is genuinely a nice person I think I hit the Milestone for recruiting a Supervillain already for another 3xp.<br></div></div><hr><br>The hair was majestic! A doctor with wonderful hair and a fondness for Tabitha's ideas? This obviously not at all evil demoness was some seriously prime date material and Tabby was going to be sure to pick all the right dialogue options. Right now though? <br><br>It was time to practice medicine.<br><br>The front doors to the battle damaged building slowly tipped off their hinges and crashed to the ground, throwing up a little puff of white smoke that two silhouettes calmly strode out through, Tabitha casually twirling a finger in the air as green sparks trailed behind it. This was usually not a good sign for anyone who knew her well. <br><br>Cars and Trucks began to rip themselves apart, spitting licks of green fire as the pieces assembled themselves into gear filled Kronenburg creatures that limped, glided and slithered over to Tabitha and threw themselves into each other with teeth chattering crunches of metal and bright blazes of iridescent arcane fire. There was a method to the madness, Tabitha's hands gently guiding pieces into position and assembling machinery out of the mess of engines, gears, glass and plating. The device was easily three times the size of Tabitha, but she lifted it with just one hand on the handle, a pull chain forming just as she reached down to grab it out of a drive chain and a few cigarette lighters.<br><br>Every yank of that chain had the swirling maelstrom of machinery snap into place, forming a long blade to go with the mini bumper she was using as a handle. Engine pieces flowed down across the long flat blade into the handle and began to create a roaring engine that belched forth both diesel and gas fumes from the tailpipes that massed around it. Windscreens split, cracked and melted and reformed all along the blade to give it some teeth and with one last pull of the chain the teeth found their place among the chains running along the blade and span into action, cutting a groove into the ground that spat out fiery green sparks before Tabitha pulled the gigantic chainsaw out of the ground and sliced a flatbed in half just getting it round to point at the Kraken.<br><br>"Sorry I'm late everyone!" Tabitha yelled over the roar of her new device, "The Doctor is now in session."<br><br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>02-09-2016, 02:06:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Having to Deal with a Robot Girl<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Action: Inflict Complication "Too Horny to be Panicked" on Auxilia<br>Dicepool: Solo Affiliation (d8); Brought You All Together Distinction (d8); Cybernetic Senses Power (d8); Science Master Specialty (d10); Most Perfect Electronic Orgasm EVER Resource (d8); Specced Out to the Max Asset (d10?)<br></div></div><hr><br><em>That</em> was what Darclight had been waiting for.&nbsp; Seeing Auxilia go into overdrive was not a good thing, so Darclight did the only thing he could.&nbsp; "Khaj, use it."&nbsp; Through their common connection, the suit AI loaded and deployed the program that they had crafted together - and hoping that it was strong enough, and that this Auxilia was sexual enough, to find the experience positively mind-melting.<br><br>Hopefully he wouldn't have to deal with six more of her clambering over him to try and get their sweet, precious electric climax.<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">4d8+2d10: 6, 3, 7, 1, 6, 4.&nbsp; Roll 13, Effect die d10, 1 opportunity.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>03-09-2016, 05:37:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Sexy_blonde_mermaid.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>3 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 0 xp<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Grandstanding to add to the doom pool.<br><br>Solo d10 + Comic Book Super-Hero d4 + Superhuman Reflexes d10 + Venusian Hypno-Ray d8 + Psych Expert d8<br><br>2d10 - 9, 9<br>2d8 - 1, 3<br>1d4 - 2<br><br>So that's <strong>18 total, d8 effect, and one opportunity</strong>.&nbsp; And considering the crowds Ace is hypnotizing, it might allow for some interesting narrative opportunities if that d8 Ace just made was used to add a related Distinction to the scene...&nbsp; Although, that's just a suggestion, of course.<br></div></div><hr><br>"<strong>MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!</strong>"&nbsp; Using her super vocal chords to speak out in a loud, booming voice, the maiden-turned-mermaid made her own grand appearance as her hypnotized pet kraken made its way towards the shoreline.&nbsp; "<strong>Tremble, people of the surface!&nbsp; For I, Atlantia, Mermaid of the Deep, am here!&nbsp; When I am through, you shall all kneel before my incredible might!&nbsp; Now go, my pet, and have your fun with these two-legged land dwellers!</strong>"<br><br>And, flying forward herself, she chose a particularly crowded section of the city to start with, sweeping her staff-shaped hypno ray device and sending its coruscating beam over the crowd.<br><br>"<strong>Kneel and worship Atlantia, puny humans!&nbsp; Worship your fishy mistress!</strong>"&nbsp; And kneeling would also help by having them keep their heads facing down, towards the ground.&nbsp; Which would be useful for keeping them from looking directly at her, and thus help to keep her from feeling quite so naked as she flew around with only a flap of skin and some strategically-placed locks of hair preserving her modesty...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>07-09-2016, 21:37:50</strong>
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				Sun Tzu said, take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness; travel by unexpected routes and strike him where he has taken no precautions.<br><br>Auxilia had been prepared for a lot of things. A data hack geared toward gathering data, a sensory probe to survey her attached drone network, a process listing for taking a look at her simulations, any number of viruses, trojans, worms or spinfuzors. Caution was sort of the word of the day when it came to direct data connections! She very certainly hadn't anticipated a stimulation attack specifically designed to make her cum her brains out, which Darclight could see pretty quickly as her eyes rolled back in her head, her knees got weak and she collapsed with an absolutely agonized moan.<br><br>She twitched on the floor. She was probably going to need a minute.<br><hr>It was probably a good thing there was hypnosis involved, because otherwise there would have been a panic, as the kraken swept up civilians, swamped buildings and tastefully arranged bits of broken-off rubble into umbrellas, tables, chairs and other furniture, leaving hypnotized people as set-pieces playing out idyllic domestic scenes. If they hadn't been swamped by seawater and arranged out of debris, they could have been recognizable as straight out of aquatic domestic programmes such as "Fronds," "Best Franemones," and "Leave it to Diver." Atlantia had told it to play, and apparently it wanted to play "House."<br><hr>As Doc Tabs revs up the chainsaw with a most satisfying (and positively ear-splitting) roar, she realizes that maybe she's forgotten to account for the difference between her own body mass and the amount of torque present on the giant chain. An ordinary giant chainsaw had to be held firmly (ideally with super-strength) or it'll start running away. A <em>magical</em> giant chainsaw needs even more control or it would, like this one...<br><br>...run headfirst into danger, roaring as it slipped away from Tabs and skipped off straight ahead. That would be great, except for all those hypnotized crowds in the way! Oh no, it was about to perform a whole lot more heart surgery than she had planned on!<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Right! Activating opportunities foooor... Ace, Tabs and Darclight, all, so a PP for each. Also activating Tabs' Limit, turning her d10 Mimic into a d10 Runaway Chain Never Going Back Complication, so she gets a second plot point (or shaves off a die from the doom pool, her choice). This means there is actually right now both a d10 Giant Chainsaw Asset and a d10 Runaway Chainsaw Complication running around, so it's basically the Huttball. To tame the chainsaw, eliminate the Complication.<br><br>Using Ace's d8 from the doom pool to make a KNEEL BEFORE COD Scene Distinction, for the hypnotized crowds.<br><br>Doom pool! Stands at 1d6+5d8+2d10+1d12<br><br>Scene distinctions are now!<br>This is Filth! Fiiiilth! (I'm Keeping It)<br>So, a Temporary Alliance, Then?<br>The Best-Laid Plans...<br>KNEEL BEFORE COD<br><br>XP: <br>Kanina: 1xp, flirting (well, before everything else)<br>Doc Tabs: 3 xp, recruiting a supervillainess<br>Ace: 10xp, letting in the sea monster!<br>(Honestly since xp has been a tad scarce I will leave it up to Kunoichi whether or not releasing the sea monster was a full team effort and if everyone gets the 10)</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>09-09-2016, 02:44:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Sexy_blonde_mermaid.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br><del>3</del> 1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 10 xp<br>Assets: Monstrous Transformation d10 | Complications: None | Resources: Venusian Hypno-Ray d8<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">The ever-helpful Ace drops down to put a stop to that runaway chainsaw! Not adding the Runaway Chainsaw d10 complication in on my roll because I assume the opposing doom pool roll would get to get that die, instead.<br><br>Solo d10 + KNEEL BEFORE COD d8 + Superhuman Reflexes d8 + Godlike Strength 2d10 (Multipower and Comic Book Superhero SFX) + Monstrous Transformation Asset d10<br><br>4d10 = 1, 4, 8, 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94237)<br>2d8 = 6, 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94238)<br><br>Rolled one opportunity, and spending 1 PP to add a third die for my reaction, so I rolled <strong>24 total, d10 effect to remove the complication</strong>.&nbsp; Then, because Ace still has to pretend to be a villain, I'm spending a second Plot Point to keep an extra <strong>d8 effect for Emotional stress towards Doc Tabby</strong>, presumably incurred through embarrassment and/or taunting.&nbsp; She gets to roll to resist that one, of course.<br><br><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">Also, psst! Premier! You can spend 1 of the Plot Points you just got to make your chainsaw asset persistent so that it lasts for the rest of the scene, if you'd like!</span><br></div></div><hr><br>Ace had boasted that nobody would be hurt in this little fake supervillain attack that she was helping to carry out, and when she made promises like that, she was always determined to deliver.&nbsp; As a result, when her superhuman hearing detected the distinct revving sound of an absurdly oversized chainsaw and her superhuman vision saw that said chainsaw was getting away from the feline superhero who had conjured it, she didn't hesitate to drop out of the sky and directly into the chainsaw's path, her staff-like hypno-ray device clattering to the ground as she reached out and clapped her hands together, catching the blade of the chainsaw between both hands like some sort of absurd parody of a samurai movie.<br><br>Once the situation was under control, she remembered that she was still in her fishy disguise and still supposed to be putting on a show, and so she did her best to reestablish her villainy as she bent down to pick up her hypno-ray device again.<br><br>"Hah! This is perfect!"&nbsp; She called out, attempting to adopt an arrogant tone of voice as she spoke to Doc Tabs.&nbsp; "The mermaid conqueress, saving the helpless masses from the foolish, land-dwelling feline who is supposed to be protecting them?&nbsp; I, Atlantia, Mermaid of the Deep, have just scored a big point for piscine superiority!"<br><br>She was hoping that the super-scientist catgirl wouldn't take her taunting too personally.&nbsp; She still had a show to put on as part of their big recruitment effort, after all.&nbsp; It was all just part of the act.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>10-09-2016, 20:29:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Simport City Harbour<br>Doing What: <br>3 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D12 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spending a plot point to make the Chainsaw Persistent.<br><br>Solo d6 + This is Filth! Fiiiilth! (I'm Keeping It) D8 + Super Strength D8 +&nbsp; Spirit of the Chainsaw D10 + Mystic Master D10<br><br>2D10 = 3, 6<br>2D8&nbsp; &nbsp;= 1, 7<br>1D6&nbsp; &nbsp;= 5<br><br>Terrible! Spending a PP for Cat-Like Reflexes for a Reroll and an Extra D8.<br><br>2D10 = 6, 1<br>3D8&nbsp; &nbsp;= 4, 3 ,2<br>1D6&nbsp; &nbsp;= 2<br><br>...<br>Okay so no dice. <br><br>However Tabs can use her action to retaliate! <br><br>Solo D6 + This is Filth! Fiiiilth! (I'm Keeping It) D8 + Spirit of the Chainsaw D10 + Medical Master D10 + Sorcery D10<br><br>3D10 =&nbsp; 5, 2 ,3<br>D8&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;=&nbsp; 5<br>D6&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;=&nbsp; 3<br><br>Kind of trash but whatever! 10 for the attack with a D10 Effect dice going for a Complication of "Mad Cat Sidekick" <br><br>3xp for When you try to beat someone at something they’re clearly better at. Since Ace is waaaaaay stronger than Tabitha here.<br></div></div><hr><br>Was Tabitha going to take it personally? Oh. Tabitha was taking it SUPER PERSONALLY. <br><br>"Superior?" came a cry from Tabs as she leapt at Ace and caught her in a tackle hug, forcing her back up against the motor of the juddering chainsaw, the two of their bodies shaking as Tab's leans in close to the fishy Villianess with hungry eyes.<br><br>"You know you're right." Tabs said with a purr, a finger circling Ace's neck and then sliding down her chest to slowly part Ace's breasts. "You've shown nothing but incredible power since we met." <br><br>Shook together by the chainsaw's giant motor, it was even more ridiculously lewd a situation than usual and Tabitha's tail looping around Ace's waist and that free hand going for a butt squeeze wasn't helping.<br><br>"I've caught a fish now though" Tabs said pressing her weight on Ace. Tabs really wasn't thinking straight as it was kind of like trying to push a tank using nothing but her boobs. Not a lot of give. "So lets spend some time learning about each other. I'm going to devour you in the sweetest way~" <br><br>Poor Ace is confronted with a Tabs smile that is so darn enthusiastic it'd be adorable if it wasn't coming from the mad cat scientist. <br><br>"I don't think Auxilia is going to come play right now, but it's not a total loss" Tabitha says as her eyes go a nice bright orange and light swirls around the pair, probing spells that read Ace's weird comic book body and try to interpret it for Tabitha in some way. Not many mages had medical spells, but Tabitha had ALL of them. <br><br>"I have a plan with your Kraken. Is there room for a partner in that Atlantean heart of yours?" she said, tapping Ace's chest. "I can be a bad kitty if needed."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>11-09-2016, 02:43:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Sexy_blonde_mermaid.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 10 xp<br>Assets: Monstrous Transformation d10 | Complications: Mad Cat Sidekick d8 | Resources: Venusian Hypno-Ray d8<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Rolling to see if Ace can resist getting caught up in Doc Tabby's cunning new plan...<br><br>Solo d10 + Comic Book Superhero d4 + Psych Expert d8 + Monstrous Transformation d10 + Doc Tabby's Emotional stress d12<br><br>d12 = 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94289)<br>2d10 = 4, 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94286)<br>d8 = 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94287)<br>d4 = 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94288)<br><br>...Well, that's certainly an odd coincidence on those last 4 rolls. <strong>8 reaction, d12 effect</strong>, so Ace takes the complication, but the effect die on said complication is stepped down by 1.<br></div></div><hr><br>The mystic scan of Ace's body revealed some interesting aspects to her being, though the chemical transformation she had undergone did obscure things a bit.&nbsp; There were traces of some form of interdimensional manipulation, suggesting that wherever she had been pulled from was a place that people could in turn be sent to, but at the same time, her body also seemed to be a mystical construct of some sort, a physical form that was created to provide her with the exact same physical and mental abilities that she would have had in whatever alternate dimension she was from, regardless of what the laws of physics in this dimension had to say about it.&nbsp; Suffice it to say that, speaking from a purely intellectual viewpoint, Ace had a fascinating body that was well worthy of intense scrutiny.<br><br>The Venusian Wonder's reaction to the actions the catgirl was taking, on the other hand, were equally memorable.&nbsp; Not expecting the would-be doctor to close the distance between the two of them so quickly, she jumped backwards in surprise, and so wound up accidentally maneuvering herself back against the motor of the rumbling chainsaw, a spot in which she was soon trapped.&nbsp; Her face flushed as she listened to the other girl's words, a rather adorable look of utter confusion and helplessness crossing her face as she struggled to figure out just what was going on with the catgirl, why she was touching her in such odd places, to say nothing of the unusual (but not unpleasant) sensations that those touches and the rumbling motor were providing...<br><br>"Um... T-Tabitha?&nbsp; W-why are you...?"&nbsp; The thought did briefly occur to her that perhaps the feline scientist was trying to flirt with her, of course, but she quickly discounted it.&nbsp; After all, they were both girls!&nbsp; It wouldn't make any sense for one girl to pursue a romance with another girl!<br><br>Fortunately, Doc Tabby soon moved the subject of the conversation on to something a little more pressing, namely what she intended to do with the giant chainsaw that she had summoned, and while Ace originally intended to turn down the offer of giving her Atlantia identity an evil feline sidekick, one look at the enthusiastic smile crossing her new friend's face was enough to stifle all of her objections.&nbsp; With a sigh, she picked the catgirl up with one arm, hoisting her over one shoulder.<br><br>"Alright, I suppose it wouldn't hurt.&nbsp; But you have to pretend to be hypnotized if any other heroes show up, since you don't have a disguise."&nbsp; And then, looking somewhat sheepishly over at the demonic nurse who was also standing there...&nbsp; "And I take it your... new friend is going to be coming along, as well?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>11-09-2016, 07:11:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Saving the Day, Saving the Day, When it Gets to the Point Where it's Driving You Insane<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 19xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Action: Inflict Complication "Ice-Cold Calamari" on the Kraken<br>Dicepool: Team Affiliation (d10); Kneel Before Cod Distinction (d4 + 1PP); Jump-Jets Power (d10); Cold Mastery Power (d10); Science Master Specialty (d10); Giga-Chainsaw Asset (d10)</div></div><hr><br>"Frell!&nbsp; Khaj, you weren't supposed to do that!"&nbsp; Darclight hurried over to the fallen Auxilia and disconnected them.&nbsp; The data transfer was basically done, anways.&nbsp; The robot warrior scooped up the girl and, hearing mayhem outside, decided to take a quicker path.&nbsp; By crashing through the window.&nbsp; His jump-jets would make sure...<br><br>...and there was a huge hypnotized crowd below. "...ffffffffffffreeelllllllllllllllllllllll!"&nbsp; He had to control his fall so that he didn't end up squishing any of the civilians in the way!&nbsp; And that was going to make his method of travel towards the obvious threat - the Kraken - a bit more complex.&nbsp; Darclight did it, though, and soon got to the side of the building.&nbsp; "Auxilia!&nbsp; Come on, you've got to wake up and help me deal with the Kraken..."&nbsp; The robot tried a couple brief tests.&nbsp; Nope.&nbsp; Out.&nbsp; And would be until she could reboot.&nbsp; "Great."<br><br>"Is this a problem?"&nbsp; That was Khaj.&nbsp; "Khaj, she's not supposed to be unconscious!"<br><br>"I thought you wanted me to do this well."<br><br>"Not <em>this</em> well!"&nbsp; He jerked his head up, scanning the situation.&nbsp; Tactical software loaded in.<br><br>"Okay, I have a plan."<br><br>Moving quickly, Darclight wove his way through the crowd, and spotted the pin of his plan - Doc Tabby's giga-chainsaw.&nbsp; He ran, jumped, felt himself land on the saw, and then fired his jump-jets as hard as the suit could take it, launching him off the gigantic piece of metal like a springboard.<br><br>"Khaj, all reserve power to the cryo-control unit!"<br><br>He might not be able to stop the Kraken alone, but he could try and slow it down.<br><br>&nbsp;<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">1d4 + 5d10: 1, 1, 1, 5, 7, 10.&nbsp; 17, with a d10 effect die and 3 opportunities.&nbsp; Ace is getting a thorough talking-to about pretending to be evil when this is all over.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>12-09-2016, 04:52:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Returning from the Hotel<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Lugging a Robot<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 10<br><hr>Kanina secretly cursed her luck as she hauled the porn recording robot (and her camera) down the stairs of the hotel.&nbsp; Something about this was all wrong.&nbsp; Why in the world had all of those Auxilias passed out?&nbsp; And what waited for her ahead?&nbsp; As she hurried past the hotel front desk with a robot over her shoulder and a camera in her left hand, she smiled for the guy working like nothing was going on.&nbsp; She had to get back to her ship and drop off the goods before anything could go wrong!<br><br>Getting that hand camera's data backed up to two or three external storage drives would be very useful, too.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>15-09-2016, 09:28:38</strong>
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				"Ooh..." the Auxilia-drone in Kanina's arms stretched out languidly, waking from her torpor a bit after Kanina exited the hotel, "is this a kidnapping? Would you believe it's been a while since I've gotten kidnapped?" Auxilia apparently didn't have a very... normal reaction to that. Her voice was sleepy and she sounded like she was feeling <em>great</em> about it. "Are we going to your sex dungeon?" She stretched again, relaxing across Kanina's shoulder, "oh man, that armor suit guy really knows how to surprise you. You think he's just here to talk business and then boom, everything's stars and stripes. Sorry, am I rambling? I think I'm rambling."<br><br>The guy at the desk hadn't objected. Had Auxilia flashed him a thumbs-up? There had been a distinct arm-raising motion.<br><hr>Darclight was already springing into action, though, well before Auxilia's sleepy revival. He launched off the giant chainsaw like it was a springboard and iced the water all around the Kraken, hoping to slow it down. The ice quickly built up around the kraken, solidifying the seawater enough to at least surround it with mini-icebergs. It seemed to be going well until, with one great swell, the sea monster burst straight through the frozen water like a giant tentacled kool-aid man. Chunks of the shattered ice rained down and littered the surroundings, some of them finding their way into teacups.<br><br>"You know," one of the hypnotized people with Whitney said, "I don't think this party was supposed to have ice tea."<br><br>"Well, it certainly couldn't have a-<em>nice</em> tea!"<br><br>"Doh hoh hoh hoh!"<br><br>Atlantia stopped the chainsaw in her hands! It whirred furiously for a little bit, then slowed down once it understood its proper place in the pecking order. Suitably chastised, it whirred grudgingly as if to say, 'fine, you're the boss.'<br><br>"Doktor!" the winged devil's wings glowed purple and she flew to meet the two, having found herself a sorcerous staff with a pattern like twining twin snakes, "use the ice to slow biologic processes while you work! I will keep the patient stable!" She flitted toward the playful sea monster, slower than Atlantia but enough to keep out of its reach, for now. <br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Way too many dice to link them all! It's in my roll history. @_@<br><br>Doom pool rolls are 5, 6, 8, 3, 3, 7, 4, 8, 3, can't match a 24 except with extreme doom dice burning; complication is sorted out, Chainsaw is under control!<br><br>Kraken rolls 6, 2, 4, 1, 3, 2, 9 to resist, using a d6 from the doom pool to keep an extra d6 and push reaction total to 18. Kraken resists freezing, but there's a Watcher opportunity on the table. <br><br>Kraken proceeds to grandstand with 1, 4, 1, 6, 4, 3, 6, Action total of 10, effect die d8, and two Watcher opportunities.<br><br>Activating all five player opportunities, 1PP for Ace, Darclight and Tabs. Using the opportunities to get a d10, and step up two d8s to a d10s. Doom Pool is now at 3d8+5d10+1d12, Jesus Christ.<br><br>Scene distinctions are:<br>This is Filth! Fiiiilth! (I'm Keeping It)<br>So, a Temporary Alliance, Then?<br>The Best-Laid Plans...<br>KNEEL BEFORE COD</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>15-09-2016, 22:56:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Simport City Harbour<br>Doing What: Kraken Surgery. Duh.<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D12 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Surgery to help give the Sorcery Gem a Kraken Body to consume/possess/all of the above. <br><br><br>Team d10 + Not a real Doctor D8 + Sorcery D10 + Super Reflexes D8 + Mystic Master D10<br><br>3 D10:&nbsp; 3 8 6<br>2 D8:&nbsp; &nbsp; 3 6<br><br>Spending a PP to add to the roll. So 22 for the roll and a D10 for effect! <br></div></div><hr><br>"Patient?" Tabs said, ears flicking as her brain tried to get back on the thought tracks after violently derailing off a cliff at 88 miles per hour into another dimension.<br><br>Thankfully the sight of Bess' beautiful flapping hair (And rather commendable butt) got her back in the moment and she let go of her new fishy overlord and pointed a finger dramatically in the air. "Mistress Atlantia. The Kraken is clearly ill. It rages because it hurts. ALLOW ME TO FIX IT"<br><br>Hand reaching into her litter box, she came back with a large grenade that began to draw the moisture out of the air immediately, casing up slowly in ice. With a pitch that'd put any Baseball champ to shame, it sailed off towards the Kraken, ripping the ice out of the ground as it passed to form a long lance of spiked crystals which looked like they were about to messily impale the poor Kraken. but Doc Tab's spread her arms wide and the ice obeyed. A ring of glittering crystals ten foot in diameter formed in the air and with what can only be described as a very rubbery squelch, stabbed into the Kraken just as the grenade impacted in the center of the circle, freezing up the Kraken's leathery skin in a flash.<br><br>The chainsaw was clearly not willing to be surgical right now, so Tabitha was forced to rely on another cure all, bounding off after Bess and then scampering up the Kraken's arm to join Whitney and her tea guests, stealing a cup of Chai and giving a sip before gathering Whitney up in her other arm, hand roaming down the naked woman's body to give a squeeze of her butt. <br><br>"Hey girl~" Tabs said, nuzzling into Whitney's side "Love cures all right?" and with another sip of the Chai tea she dives in for a Chai kiss and a Chai tongue lashing. Chai goes well with beef and the gloriously muscled Whitney was certainly that, so Tabitha was on safe ground for any aggressive tea connoisseurs who might question her on her pairing.<br><br>Tabs breaks the kiss with a little fuzz of pink sparkles between them and Whitney's body would tingle all over as Tabs eventually draws out a whole blade from the kiss, pulsing with faint white light and glittery sparkles. She smooths her fingers along it to form it carefully into a scalpel and then gives Whitney another quick peck of a kiss and squeeze of the rear. "You are the best nurse."<br><br>Love Scalpel in hand, it was surgery time! Doc Tabs leaping off the tentacle at the small circle of ice she'd formed and smashing through with a blaze of pink light and a rather appropriate amount of screaming. The Kraken's heart was huge and even all this ice couldn't quite stop Tabs quickly getting covered in blood, but when did magic ever object to copious amounts of blood? The pink love scalpel slashed and the gem of sorcery glowed amongst the chaos as she worked. It was kill or cure time and with Bess' help it might even be both.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>16-09-2016, 00:36:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Returning from the Hotel<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Lugging a Robot<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>0 PP (down from 1 PP) | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 10<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Attempted action: to get the Aux drone back to the ship to function as a surveillance drone<br>Mechanical Action: Creating an 'Robo-Coordinator' Asset for the team to use<br>Dice results: 13, effect d10<br><br>Affiliation: Team d6<br>Distinction: Runaway Alien Queen d8<br>Power: Superhuman Leaping d10<br>Specialty: Cosmic d8<br>Push: d6 (-1 PP)<br><br>At 2016-09-15 17:35:14, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d10 Result: 5 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94543)<br>At 2016-09-15 17:34:40, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d8 Result: 9 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94542)<br>At 2016-09-15 17:34:24, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d6 Result: 9 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94541)<br></div></div><hr><br>"Well, kidnappings usually have ransoms and threats and all other sorts of things that leave a bad taste in my mouth."&nbsp; Kanina smiled nonetheless.&nbsp; "I consider this more like a diplomatic rescue at the end of which you'll probably be released to go about your business, but the sex dungeon can totally be on the table as a reward for your assistance.&nbsp; We're probably getting really drunk when this is over, too, so if you like booze or robot booze, there's bonus points there."<br><br>She did not have a sex dungeon.&nbsp; Maybe she would build one for 'negotiations'.<br><br>"And rambling's okay, there's a lot going on.&nbsp; My great uncle Alexei could ramble about ripples upon a pond for hours on end."&nbsp; She reminisced with a chuckle, before saying, "now I'm rambling: if you don't mind, could you stay on the ship and operate its sensor networks once I drop you off?&nbsp; It's a pretty handy little network, but it might be a little hard to keep up with everything in the chaos.&nbsp; I have to join my friends and help them...do whatever they're doing.&nbsp; I sort of lost track of the plan after we all started having that sex competition which apparently isn't a competition at all."<br><br>She was rather displeased that there would be no medals for her excellent use of Zaichek bondage techniques...<br><br>Without waiting for agreement, she bounded toward the ship as fast as she could.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-09-2016, 07:17:23</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: <em>Can I PLEASE Get a Hand?&nbsp; Or Six?</em><br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>3 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 19xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spending 1PP to activate Watcher's opportunity and create a d10 Stunt die.<br><br>Reaction: Stop the Kraken's showboating!<br>Dicepool: Team Affiliation (d10); Stormwatch - Original Distinction, Red Team Leader (d8); Superhuman Strength (d10); Cold Weapons (d8); Giga-Chainsaw Asset (d10); Combat Master (2d8)<br><br>Action: Step up Complication on the Kraken<br>Dicepool: Team Affiliation (d10); Stormwatch - Red Team OG (d8); Superhuman Strength (d10); Cold Mastery (d10); Science Master (d10); Giga-Chainsaw Asset (d10); Texas-Tied Tentacles Complication (d10); Scanned Even the Parts that AREN'T There Stunt (d10)</div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Doctors!"&nbsp; </tt>The electronic voice called out as they pushed forward to deal with the Kraken.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"When you decide to open up the patient, don't forget the blood chemistry is only somewhat radically more different than that of your typical humanoid ones!&nbsp; Cephalopods have altered levels of oxygen and nitrogen in their system in order to accommodate being able to handle differing depths of water and pressure!&nbsp; Also, their blood hemoglobin is based on copper rather than the usual iron substrates present in <em>H.Sapiens</em>!&nbsp; And don't bother looking for the big pulsing red organ, you'll want the big pulsing <em>green</em> organ, since oxidated copper typically takes on that coloration!"</tt>&nbsp; It was a surprise to hear the robot warrior divulge some medical knowledge...or was it biological knowledge?&nbsp; Maybe both?<br><br>In the meantime, as the Kraken flailed its tentacles, Darclight decided to send a message to the big giant squid.&nbsp; One-arming the giga-chainsaw, he sidearm-swung it in an arc, catching the Kraken on the side of the...did it even have a face?&nbsp; Yeah, there were all those eyes and things, but there was no nose, no mouth.&nbsp; (Well, there was a mouth, but it was under and out of sight.)&nbsp; The Kraken was momentarily stunned, so with his other free arm, Darclight tossed the big ice rocks into the water, splashing saltwater all over the gigantic beast.&nbsp; Dumping his recharging reserve, the ultracoolant system began to wind up for a big blast of frost.<br><br>In the meantime, Darclight had been busy, scanning the Kraken down to its last nanometer of hide, and even internally.&nbsp; ("Khaj, give me all the spectrums, all of them, on a rotating basis at six-second intervals.")&nbsp; Between the information gathered and the knowledge possessed, Darclight had an excellent idea of what he was going up against, and more importantly, where he would need to target.<br><br>There was a big cool patch on one of the tentacles that had been sprayed with a lot of water.&nbsp; He started there.&nbsp; Near-absolute-zero rays fired out from Darclight's open ports, catching the patch and icing it over with incredible speed.&nbsp; And then...Darclight started 'connect the dots.'&nbsp; Or in this case, connect the cool patches.&nbsp; His goal?&nbsp; Simple.&nbsp; Ice up all of the Kraken's tentacles, remove from it the capability to do nearly anything with them.<br><br>The reserve did wonders, and within half a dozen seconds, the system told him that based on the projections needed to restrain the Kraken (itself based on the strength necessary for the Kraken to break his big ice floe), they were about eighty percent there.<br><br>And then the reserve ran out.&nbsp; Again.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Frell!&nbsp; Come on, just a few more seconds..."</tt>&nbsp; Was it going to be enough to stop...it?<br><br>&nbsp;<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Roll</div><div class="spoiler_body">Reaction<br>4d8+ 3d10: 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 6, 6.&nbsp; 12 with a d10 effect die and 2 opportunities.&nbsp; Reaction succeeds, spending a PP to keep the effect die, to inflict the Complication "Texas-Tied Tentacles" on the Kraken.<br><br>Action Roll<br>1d8 + 7d10: 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 9, 9.&nbsp; Spend 1 PP to keep an extra die in the total.&nbsp; 21, with a d10 Effect die and 4 opportunities.&nbsp; Game is not my friend.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>18-09-2016, 09:08:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/e/e9/Sexy_blonde_mermaid.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Streets<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br><del>2</del> 1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 10 xp<br>Assets: Monstrous Transformation d10 | Complications: Mad Cat Sidekick d8 | Resources: Venusian Hypno-Ray d8<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Rolling (presumably against the doom pool) to remove the Mad Cat Sidekick complication.&nbsp; Spending 1 PP to activate one of the GM's opportunities and get a d8 Push die.<br><br>Team d8 + The Best-Laid Plans... d4 + Superhuman Senses d10 + Psych Expert d8 + d8 Push die<br><br>d4 = 3 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94628)<br>3d8 = 1, 3, 8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94626)<br>d10 = 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=94627)<br><br>One opportunity, and spending 1 PP to keep an extra effect die, making the total <strong>15 total, d8 effect die</strong>.&nbsp; Hopefully that's enough to beat the doom pool's roll, although I get the feeling that d8 effect die is going to get stepped down to a d6 due to going up against a d10 effect die. Fortunately, the scene should be ending soon either way...<br></div></div><hr><br>...Well, on the bright side, Atlantia's new feline sidekick did at least help her to confirm something that she had come to suspect, earlier in the scene.&nbsp; It turned out that villains on this world actually did make a regular habit of tying up pretty young girls and kissing them.&nbsp; How scandalous!&nbsp; The mermaid of might herself couldn't help but stare at the sight, a deep blush springing to her face, though it did fade a bit as she watched the feline sorceress pull some sort of scalpel of love out of the act.&nbsp; And then she went to work, and the Venusian-disguised-as-villainess stretched out with her senses, looking to take stock of the situation a little more...<br><br>Things were quite confused, now.&nbsp; Doc Tabby and the strange demon doctor that she had found were currently busy working to perform some sort of surgery on the kraken, and were supposed to be pretending to be hypnotized and under her control during the whole process.&nbsp; But then Darclight, who was the only hero in the area still pretending to actively be fighting the villain, was also flying around shouting out advice.&nbsp; Whitney seemed happy to remain tied up in tentacles for the time being, and Kanina had managed to hook up with one of the Auxilias in the area and take her back to the ship.&nbsp; She was manning the radio now, and it looked like the team-up they had been trying to set up in the first place was finally underway, so that was something that was going according to plan, at least.<br><br>Now she just needed to figure out whether she should pretend to be helping Doc Tabby work or pretend to be trying to stop her.&nbsp; With a sigh, she floated up and took up a position where she could watch the proceedings next to Darclight.<br><br>"You know, I've noticed that Doc Tabby is a lot better at pretending to be a villain than I am," She noted, as the feline sorceress and surgeon continued her bloody work.&nbsp; "I get the feeling we should have had her being the bad guy from the start."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>18-09-2016, 20:58:45</strong>
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				The trip back to Kanina's ship was surprisingly devoid of people! Or perhaps not surprisingly; it seemed everyone had either run away, been evacuated or was being mind-controlled by Ace. (Except for the hotel receptionist, maybe he didn't have any sick days left?)<br><br>"Whuh. Okay," Auxilia shook her head. Coordination! That was what she was good at! The Auxie-drone set up in the ship, monitoring transmissions and tapping into secured communications as necessary. She was still <em>way</em> too blissed-out to give real-time coordination, but intelligence-gathering was a lot more sedate. One particular feed made her eyes go wide.<br><br>"This is your robo-mission-control," she said over the radio, "hello you beautiful people! Have I told you how good I'm feeling right now? Because <em>damn</em>. Okay. So. It looks like I've got good news and bad news. The good news is that there's help showing up. It looks like CHESS has dispatched a psy-resistant hero to deal with the mind controller running amok, I guess the locals were taking their time in responding because they weren't supposed to give this 'Atlantia' character more fodder for her army, and they wanted to make sure they had all their ducks in a row? The bad news is that right now that hero is going to be spotting for a precision bombardment to deal with the sea monster and it's, well, a <em>bombardment</em> and for those of you in the audience not familiar, precision doesn't mean what you think it does when you're talking about automatic grenade launchers a mile away. So you really want to not be standing on that sea monster right now. If you can help the hero tie down Atlantia, it looks like they can deploy choppers with riot foam dispensers as soon as she stops flying around so fast, and there are more heroes and first-responders on the way as soon as she's occupied."<br><br>So... hooray?<br><hr><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/fb/Zhu_Min_Resized.png)</div>"Hello! Never fear, Petal is here!" Falling Petal, Superheroine Botanist, swung from a vine onto one of the broken buildings, giving a pretty good impression of what a sunrise would sound like if it could talk. Plants sprouted from the concrete around her feet as she touched down, and one look assessed the situation. Acting without hesitation, the heroine plucked exactly one arrow from her quiver and shot it in a high arc at the kraken. It stuck into the monster's flesh next to Whitney and immediately started emitting a thick smoke (and smelled really, amazingly good for some reason? Maybe Petal hadn't taken dog olfactory senses into account when designing it).<br><br>Bess unleashed a torrent of yellow healing energy from her staff to stabilize the kraken while Tabs was busy doing open-heart surgery. What was amazing was that the staff's beam even started to clean off blood, giving Tabs a clean shot to make the necessary incisions! Darclight's ice, the last in his reserves, kept the kraken from thrashing and wrecking up the tea parties while Tabs was busy cutting up its heart. The love scalpel worked it's magic quickly (the power of love is a curious thing) and she could see the magically-enhanced veins and arteries hooking up to the private little world contained in the soulgem. Magic started to flow outward through the kraken's bloodstream with purple sparkles and she could feel a sentience awaken as it reached the brain. A psychic pulse of incredible proportion lit off like a faraway explosion, and a telepathic voice on a wide band said...<br><br><em>"wait, what the fuck?"</em><br><br>And that was about the point where the flare stretched into the sky and the distinct <em>boom-boom-boom</em> and flash of distant cannons lit up. With the wail of falling projectiles the bombardment started raining down, raking the kraken's body with explosions and spilling enough blood to make a shonen protagonist proud.<br><br><em>"what the fuck oh fuck we out"</em><br><br>With a surge of magical energy, the sorceress-kraken winked out of the battlefield, water rushing in to fill the gap left by its body. For a moment, a silence rested.<br><br>"That was... super effective!" Petal punched one fist into the air, turning her sights to the supervillainess still standing, "Atlantia! Stand and pay for your crimes! <span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">Wait, she has flippers, is that racist?</span>" A net arrow exploded over Ace's head, a hasty shot going too high, but the heroine was already pulling another arrow out of her quiver.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">OKAY. This is chaos. So, 2d12 doom, closing off the scene. Choose your resolution! Here's the rundown:<br><br>Hooking up Auxie to a comm suite still gets you intel. Superhero Response! Falling Petal and a Coast Guard Flotilla.<br><br>Darclight has frozen up the Kraken pretty good. Ace has not shaken off her Mad Cat Sidekick Complication.<br><br>Falling Petal strikes! She unloads an artillery flare on the kraken.<br><br>Little known fact, a lot of Coast Guard ships do have cannons, they're not proper Navy though. Coast Guard Floatilla is a 3d8 mob with the Area Attack special. They start shooting.<br><br>Tabs gets the mage-kraken interface going when the bombs start landing, mage-kraken predictably wigs out. It teleports away with its newfound magical powers, I will let you all decide whether or not to go with it; thanks to Auxie you have ample warning to get off if you want. Or... on, for whatever reason.<br><br>Petal switches target and chases after Ace! Ace is fast as fuck though so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯<br><br>Everybody gets 2 XP. Everybody making use of the My Wife is a Teenage Robot Milestone also gets 3XP (if they haven't taken it already) for recruiting a Supervillainess. (Well, two supervillainesses.)</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>19-09-2016, 03:09:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: <em>WTF I Don't Even-</em><br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12655179#msg12655179">Quote from: Kunoichi on 18-09-2016, 09:08:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"You know, I've noticed that Doc Tabby is a lot better at pretending to be a villain than I am," She noted, as the feline sorceress and surgeon continued her bloody work.&nbsp; "I get the feeling we should have had her being the bad guy from the start."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Young lady, this is why we don't pretend to be evil!"&nbsp; </tt>He had had the situation totally in-hand when they had gotten there.&nbsp; (Though even he hadn't quite realized it.)&nbsp; But noooooooooooooo...someone had to go and let in the gigantic supermonster and ruin everything.&nbsp; There was definitely something...different about the supergirl with her name etched on her helmet, and not in a way that Darclight was currently liking.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"There's enough evil in the world as it is, and-"</tt><br><br>Wait.&nbsp; They were giving the Kraken MAGIC?!&nbsp; (Darclight was no expert, but hanging out with Shovel Knight had taught him the basic signs.)&nbsp; At least at this point, Auxilia showed up over the radio to let them know what was happening.&nbsp; A freaking <em>artillery strike</em>?!&nbsp; Was the Coast Guard nuts? <tt class="bbc_tt"> "The civilians!&nbsp; Get them out!&nbsp; All of them!&nbsp; Now!" </tt> At the current moment, Darclight was quite hating that his in-armor speed boosters were currently nonfunctional.&nbsp; (Perhaps something to be considered later.)&nbsp; And so, Darclight began the process of pulling out of reach of the artillery strike the-<br><br>-oh for <span class="bbc_u">fuck's sake</span>.&nbsp; The Kraken's newfound magic allowed it to teleport out just before the shots fell, which meant there would not be potential collateral explosions that could harm the civilians.&nbsp; Well, <em>this</em> had been a clusterfuck of epic proportions.&nbsp; It was even worse than that time his people had kinda-sorta-almost destroyed the Kremlin?&nbsp; But not much.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Auxilia?"</tt>&nbsp; He started broadcasting again.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Sorry to have ditched you and run like that, but given the Kraken, I didn't exactly have a lot of time to wait for you - all of you - to wake up.&nbsp; But as you can see, things are a bit hectic - both in Simport and probably around the globe, too.&nbsp; I'm putting my old team - Stormwatch - back together.&nbsp; And I want you to be a part of it."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>19-09-2016, 22:14:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Simport City Harbour<br>Doing What: Love it when a plan comes together.<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><hr><br>"Problem solved!" Tabitha said with arms held aloft as the monster teleported away. Hopefully it'd learn to manage its powers and come back in a not ridiculous form. She probably wasn't getting a thanks though, artillery strikes did have a way of upsetting people.<br><br>"And I learned so much too. Copper-rich blood could be combined with a three heart system could be used to..."<br><br>She babbles to herself in medical lingo for a little bit, furiously writing notes on her arm with a pen she'd pulled from her jacket. If the rest of the team was in trouble they'd probably yell at her. Ditto if she was in trouble. It's how the system worked.<br><br>Eventually her notes too her off her own arm and onto Petal's arm, stopping when she realizes her skin colors suddenly changed and is firing arrows at a friend.<br><br>"Oh! Hey Petal. Uh ... I don't think it's racist if you can stand under your own power. Mer-maiden would probably object quite a lot, but she's kind of tetchy about everything."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>22-09-2016, 04:13:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Petal's aim might have been slightly off, but that didn't really matter much when the arrowhead exploded out into a net.&nbsp; It almost seemed to magically change directions in mid-air, the ropes and weights coiling around Ace, tying her up neatly as the archer's trick arrowhead found its mark.<br><br>"Noooo!&nbsp; Not my beautiful kraken!"&nbsp; On the other hand, tying the mighty mermaid up in a net was something that was going to do very little to hinder her escape when she was already flying through the air.&nbsp; It didn't take long for her to go soaring off into the waters of the harbor, shouting the usual threats and promises of revenge as she went.&nbsp; "I'll be back, heroes!&nbsp; You won't humiliate Atlantia, Mermaid of the Deep like this again!&nbsp; I'll be baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!"<br><br>Once she was safely under the water and out of sight, however, her demeanor changed entirely and, shedding her Atlantia persona, Ace quickly sped off to the bottom of the ocean, relying on her Venusian Super-Senses to guide her in the lightless depths of the deep sea-bed.&nbsp; The net was a bit of an annoyance to remove, but once she started cutting ropes with her Gamma Laser Vision, she was soon able to slip free of its bindings.&nbsp; The effects of her transformative serum soon began to wear off as she began to ascend back up from the depths, and as the scales receded and her flippers split back into legs, her head popped back up above the surface of the water, right next to the buoy that she had left her clothing safely tucked away on.<br><br>Changing back into her super-uniform took only a split-second, and after that she took off again, flying down along the coastline, under the water to avoid being spotted.&nbsp; It would be too suspicious if she were to come dashing back onto the scene from the same direction that Atlantia had taken off from, so she was planning to make her way inland at a spot that was further down the coast from Simport City, then come back into the city from an inland direction.<br><br>That would take a little while, though.&nbsp; More than enough time for the rest of the team to snag them some new teammates that she would have to introduce herself to...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>22-09-2016, 05:08:55</strong>
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				Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Her Ship<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Nothing of particular importance<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 15 (+3 from Robot, +2 in General)<br><hr>"Hey, uh, there's no need to shoot any more arrows, we're safe," Kanina calls out on the loud speaker, as she's sure they're all safe.&nbsp; She thinks they're safe, anyway, so she turns to the Auxie working the comm link on her ship and says, while still leaning on the transmitter, "hey, nice job being on the comms, by the way, camera girl.&nbsp; Uh...wanna beer?&nbsp; Got some good carrot flavored Iridium Pale Ale in the mini-fridge."<br><br>Either she doesn't notice that she's leaning on the transmit switch or she doesn't care as she stands up straight and gets off the switch.&nbsp; "I also got oil.&nbsp; 5-20W.&nbsp; Not really sure if it's any good for anything but earth engines, but I know some robots like to drink oil, so there's beer and oil.&nbsp; We'll be popping champagne later."<br><br>With a nod and a wave, she hops out of the hatch of her ship to join her comrades outside.&nbsp; Hopefully, all the need for fighting has stopped and everyone can calm down for a second.&nbsp; This plan went sideways quick even when it was working properly!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>22-09-2016, 06:35:20</strong>
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				"Hey, stop! Stop right there, criminal scum!" Petal started to give chase, heaving a vine at a nearby building like a grappling hook and swinging into action. That stopped <em>very</em> abruptly at the water's edge when Atlantia dived, and Petal flailed to regain her balance at the edge of a piece of the ruined docks. Ace's super-senses could see the ships' sonar pulses hunting for her, but it wasn't like they could chase her effectively, and she quickly slipped out of their range. (She would eventually go ashore to find a group of surprised bathers and a bunch of kids pivoting quickly from asking if she was a mermaid to asking her to build a sand-castle.)<br><br>It was then that Petal finally noticed the writing on her arm from Doc Tabs. With a second to figure out where it had come from, she reversed course like someone had hit the rewind button on her and backtracked to let Tabs finish her notes. It was only superscientist courtesy, after all, you didn't take away notes in the middle of a burst of inspiration even if they were inked on your arm!<br><br>"She's retreating underwater. ... Yes. ... It actually doesn't look like anyone's particularly hurt? We've got a doctor hero on scene looking after the fragile cases. ... Mostly just pretty dazed. ... Probably going to need a lot of aspirin and blankets, though. ... Yes, I understand. ... Okay! We can get ice cream when I get back. You still like Neapolitan, right?" Petal said over her earpiece, humming to herself while she looked over Tabs' notes.<br><br>"Darling," Bess said, having gotten done raining yellow plusses down on select members of the crowd while Atlantia ran away, "this has been invigorating exercise." She pressed a kiss on Tabs' cheek, slipping a square of paper with a summoning incantation (or possibly a phone number) into her jacket pocket. "Call me when you have something just as stimulating in mind, yes?"<br><br>The thrum of helicopters approaching both from cityside and from the larger of the coast guard vessels announced the arrival of relief efforts, quickly overshadowed the by sirens. Had they suddenly flared to life, or had the disappearance of the loud kraken and the destruction it was causing just now made them more noticeable?<br><br>("Carrot-flavored? Why am I not surprised. I'll try it!" Auxilia said to Kanina, "does it have real iridium or is that just the brand?")<br><br>"Hey, I think we won? First responders are enroute now, if you can identify wounded for triage, you are on the scene." Auxilia-prime was tapped into the comms now. "Darclight, I don't buy it." She waited long enough for the Pronoun Game to be in full effect. "The part about you not being able to adapt. Combat routines; you wanted to develop a quick way to incapacitate me, right? In case things turned out badly. And you looked at my origin and figured there would be a sensitivity, it takes creativity to do that. I'm not even mad, that was amazing. Maybe I should've hooked up with a combat model ages ago. Fisto never even called bac-" She stopped mid-sentence. Maybe robot afterglow made her thought processes a little on the sluggish side, "Wait. Waaaait. You want me to be <em>Stormwatch</em>? As in the real thing? Even Ghost had me as an official asset. Actually probably a good call considering how things turned out." No bitterness about that, there. "Are you sure?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>22-09-2016, 11:10:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"The situation is slightly more complicated than you think, Auxilia." </tt> He responded to her when she confronted him with her suspicions.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"You are correct, though.&nbsp; I wanted a way to shut you off in case things got hairy and we had to suddenly deal with a dozen copies of you swarming all over us.&nbsp; This isn't Prague and we're not Captain Hammer."</tt><br><br>He had been sitting, his back up against one of the walls of the intact buildings of the port.&nbsp; Slowly, he stood himself up, and found Prime again.&nbsp; She was helping with the crowd.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Alright, let's see what we have here..."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight started running sensors over those affected, combining it with the knowledge carried by Conway to help diagnose and treat the civilians.&nbsp; As he continued to work, he resumed talking with Auxilia-prime.&nbsp; Of course, the question on the table was about the offer he made.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Yes.&nbsp; To all of it.&nbsp; I want you to be a part of it, the real thing, and not just some asset made to sit off in a corner and do our bidding.&nbsp; I'm sure about this.&nbsp; You aren't <em>evil</em>, Auxilia, despite the fact that people seem to think you are.&nbsp; You just have a different way of looking at things.&nbsp; Remember what you said to me in the room?&nbsp; About meat brains and only a couple hundred people being real and such things?&nbsp; You're right.&nbsp; Your average on-street human has limitations like that.&nbsp; But <em>you</em>?&nbsp; You don't.&nbsp; You could meet every one of the billions of people on Earth and they would all be just as real to you as I am."</tt><br><br>He paused, to gather his thoughts. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I want you to take a moment and go on a little trip with me - of the mental sort.&nbsp; Imagine - or simulate, if you will - a world where nobody goes hungry, nobody is broke and suffering, a world where everyone has their needs met and can enjoy life.&nbsp; What would it take to get us that world?&nbsp; Recent UN studies showed that despite there being <em>more than enough</em> food to feed every person living in the world today, you still have deaths from starvation and famine is still a problem in a lot of underdeveloped countries.&nbsp; So how is that possible?&nbsp; Shouldn't people share the food they have, especially if they don't need it?"</tt><br><br>Darclight went on. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "The truth is, though, that it is simply a lot more complicated than that.&nbsp; Or, depending on your explanation, not very.&nbsp; I'm one of those 'not very' adherents.&nbsp; Which is to say is that the truth is people are dicks."</tt>&nbsp; Behind the armor, the operator silently inhaled.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"And humans are like robots in one very real sense - that human nature doesn't really change all that much.&nbsp; You've seen it and figured it out, I know.&nbsp; Humans are never going to make that world, so you decided it was up to you.&nbsp; But you can't go around constantly negotiating with this country or that country to make it.&nbsp; Those countries are run by humans, after all.&nbsp; Best, short-line way to get it done?&nbsp; Take over and run everything yourself."</tt><br><br>The armored head turned in her direction.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"You aren't <em>evil</em>.&nbsp; You just have a different perspective.&nbsp; And you never answered my question.&nbsp; I want you for Stormwatch.&nbsp; <em>Are you in?</em>"</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>24-09-2016, 13:42:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Simport City Harbour<br>Doing What: Tainted Love. <br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><hr><br>Tab's went a little wobbly at the knees when Bess gave her a kiss to the cheek. She really was a classy lady and they said heroics had no reward? She felt like the summoning spell was burning a hole in her pocket already, she was going to have to work on a date fit to properly woo a demoness.<br><br>"I won't keep you waiting" Tab's replied with a big smile, giving her a return hug and a little nip on the ear. Claimed! "You're my sort of people, next time we'll just have some fun."<br><br>Tab's had studied demons before, in fact she'd redesigned her whole skeleton structure to match one particularly hardy type and her muscles could&nbsp; be described as 'infernal' if not for the fact there was also some angel in there. She liked a balance in her own internal abomination of a body. Studying Bess however, might be very instructive indeed.<br><br>Was this her first crush? She didn't do crushes. No no no, it had to be professional surely. She met cute doctors all the time! Though usually they weren't encouraging her quite so much.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>24-09-2016, 14:40:05</strong>
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				"Dicks, huh," Auxilia said, "I think they're beautiful. Er, I mean people. People are beautiful. Dicks are pretty good too, mind you, but they're... I'm starting over." She started to speak again, then stopped. "I'm <em>starting over</em>," she said as though she were hearing the words for the first time, and leapt up to throw her arms around Darclight's neck and hang from his shoulders. "Ha ha! Yes! I can do it better this time! I can do it right. I accept. I've got one condition. I'll tell you later, when we're in private. It's important, but I don't think it'll be any problem for you."<br><br>Bess wasn't a dog, but Tabs could definitely feel that tail wag (well, and squeeze her around the waist). "I'm looking forward to it, darling." With that she stretched her wings and flitted off, possibly to look after her patients (if she still had any left).<br><br>Petal, seeing a wave for help from one of the crowd, pulled a silly putty egg from her satchel and made a copy of the notes Tabs had written on her arm."What, really? I can do that? We have the budget for it? For real?" she said into her earpiece, handing Tabs the copy.<br><br>As the ambulances and firetrucks and rescue choppers started to arrive, Petal raised herself up on a platform of plants, cupped her hands to the sides of her mouth and shouted loud enough for the arriving Kanina and all the rest to catch it, "hey! Who wants to go for ice cream after this? I'm buying!"<br><br>There was a <em>fairly</em> impressive show of hands, all things considered.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>26-09-2016, 22:10:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Very well.&nbsp; We can discuss your condition when the moment is right.&nbsp; There's something else I need to discuss with you, as matter of fact - old Stormwatch history - but that can wait for when we have our face-to-face discussion."</tt>&nbsp; Conway had already made up his mind - Auxilia had suggested that she was already on to the possibility, but it was more the fact that he had shared Darclight's reason for existence with her that was the deciding factor.&nbsp; He was going to let her know that he wasn't <em>just</em> a robot.&nbsp; Not quite.&nbsp; In over a decade of operation - first as a solo hero, then as Red Team leader for Stormwatch - she was going to be the first one to have the whole picture.&nbsp; Even Red Team - while they knew that man and machine together made their leader - had been kept in the dark with regards to the Deathmarks.&nbsp; But maybe...maybe if Hound and Fencer came back, or if Shovel Knight and Gunvolt came out of the shadows, he could finally tell them all the rest of the story.<br><br>Sitting there, Auxilia looped around his neck, the armor regarded Falling Petal and her offer of ice cream to anyone within earshot.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Must be nice, having a nice fat budget like that you can afford to waste a little of every so often."</tt>&nbsp; Stormwatch - while definitely a successful team - lacked the ultra-funding that groups like CHESS got.<tt class="bbc_tt">&nbsp; "I don't know...what do you think?"&nbsp; </tt>He turned his head to regard Auxilia.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Is she worth recruiting or should I wait for CHESS to slash and burn its botany program to try and get her myself?"</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>26-09-2016, 22:28:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Her Ship<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Nothing of particular importance<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 15<br><hr><br>"I think it's real or at least flavored!" Kanina calls back toward her ship as she joins the...meeting of the minds?<br><br>"I know what you mean about budget.&nbsp; I can barely put together a passable alcohol stock on my pay between bounties!" Admittedly, she also tended to take so much time off to party with locals from whatever planet she was on that her license could lapse.&nbsp; "I hate to be a frozen carrot, but, wasn't there something else we had to worry about aside from a simple friendship with a new comrade?&nbsp; I feel like there was a part two to this that I'm forgetting, and I really don't want to get wake up hungover and in some bad guy's jail cell...again."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>26-09-2016, 23:34:07</strong>
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				"Aw, that's the fun part, though," Auxilia said to Kanina, "well, people tell me hangovers aren't fun, but figuring out how to spring myself from a bad guy's jail is.<br><br>Darclight, are you already asking me whether it's okay to look at other girls?" she giggled, "I think you should talk to her. What's the worst thing that could happen?"<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>27-09-2016, 05:02:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>A quick look with Ace's telescopic and x-ray vision showed that things were still well in-hand back at Simport City, so she didn't see the harm in stopping off to build a sandcastle or two when the children asked.&nbsp; Making it as tall as she was might have been going a bit overboard, but thanks to her superhuman speed, she was able to build it up in mere minutes, and was soon happily waving goodbye to the children as she flew off and back in-land.<br><br>She made it back into the city proper at about the same time as the emergency services workers began moving in, and she stepped in to do her part without even needing to be asked, using her combination of flight and various superhuman attributes to move debris out of the way at lightning speeds and otherwise help out in cleaning up the mess that she had caused.&nbsp; It wouldn't take long before the city was restored to a much more clean and livable condition for its people.<br><br>She also made sure to add her hand into the crowd when the offer of ice cream was made.&nbsp; Based on a sign she had seen at an ice cream parlor she had passed on the way back into the city, this world seemed to have discovered nearly double the number of different ice cream flavors, compared to what was available in her world.&nbsp; She couldn't wait to try them all!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>27-09-2016, 22:42:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Ice Cream Parlor.<br>Doing What: Enjoying the brain freeze.<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><br><hr><br>It was a rare sight for all today, a Tabitha who was sitting still and quietly eating an icecream. Two scoops of Vanilla, which she was tackling with small licks and a rather sleepy and content expression. It had been a rather eventful day and the smell of vanilla was actually quite soothing, <br><br>"You know" she said to all those who'd come for some icecream, a little dab of vanilla on the end of the nose "I really enjoyed working with others for a change, it was a good challenge. I think I could learn a lot from you."<br><br>Nose twitching, her tongue laps out to lick the spot of vanilla off and she looks about shiftily to see if anyone noticed. Everyone noticed.<br><br>"I think next we need to find an actual villain rather than our wonderful commie Robot Girl. Find out what's going on over their side."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>27-09-2016, 23:20:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12673139#msg12673139">Quote from: Guancyto on 26-09-2016, 23:34:07</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Darclight, are you already asking me whether it's okay to look at other girls?"[/color] she giggled, "I think you should talk to her. What's the worst thing that could happen?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"That is not...."</tt>&nbsp; The armor replied to her question.&nbsp; It seemed to think better of continuing and went quiet. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Very well.&nbsp; When the opportunity arises, which seems like it would be quite soon."</tt>&nbsp; As it stood, everyone was headed over to the ice cream shop - whichever one was nearest - after the scene was cleaned up.&nbsp; That was when Darclight would approach the arrowing superheroine.&nbsp; Well, as soon as she was done paying for everyone.&nbsp; It was a long line.&nbsp; The armor waited to be the last one in line.&nbsp; Granted, the sight of him wanting ice cream might be something confusing to the young woman in question, but he waved his hand.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"I don't want ice cream, but I do want to talk to you.&nbsp; This seemed simply the most efficient method of gaining your attention." </tt> He paused. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I won't pretend that Retirement was easy on any of us.&nbsp; Six months with nothing to do but sit around and think, or make pizzas, or look after plants.&nbsp; But Retirement practically wiped out the super community overnight - out of all the teams I know of, CHESS was the only one to retain any effective capacity to act, and let's face it - spending your time in jungles fighting <em>narcotraficantes</em>, as fun as that might be with powers like yours - is a waste of them."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight had never been the speaker, the face - he had left such things to Shovel Knight and Fencer, or Gunvolt if they needed an intimidation factor - he had been the tactical leader.&nbsp; So hopefully this speech would do something.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Then Zohar showed up.&nbsp; Busted out guys like Silver Spider and the rest.&nbsp; Now, while the villains are coming back out of hiding, a lot of the heroes we counted on have left the planet to go and find other worlds to hero on.&nbsp; That means a lot of whatever capability might be brought to bear is gone.&nbsp; Things are changing, rearranging, and the world needs to&nbsp; be ready to face it.&nbsp; And not that I don't have any trust in the UN, but I don't have any trust in the UN.&nbsp; If you understand what I mean.&nbsp; This is an outside context scenario.&nbsp; What men of old called an Act of God.&nbsp; A storm is coming, and I fully intend for there to be a Stormwatch for the horizon.&nbsp; I can sweat the ultra-fine organizational details later, but I want you for the team.&nbsp; And don't think you can't contribute.&nbsp; You absolutely can.&nbsp; Some of our best people were just men who just did a hundred push-ups, sit-ups, squats, and a ten-K run every day."</tt><br><br>Darclight decided to go a little farther.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"You want to do botanical research?&nbsp; You'll have your own lab.&nbsp; Hell, you can <em>run</em> the lab for all I care.&nbsp; Whatever funding we can get - I'm sure the fact that the UN doesn't spend more on the viability of plants in the Amazon as useful and innovative medicines has been something of a peeve of yours for a time - for scientific stuff, you spend it how you like.&nbsp; Head of Scientific Research, or Green Team or whatever you want to call it."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>30-09-2016, 23:07:17</strong>
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				Falling Petal was still next to the counter with the payments, as Ace came in to try every flavor at once she was glomped by an excited plant heroine. "Son of a gun, Ace? I didn't know you were part of the cleanup, I have all your comic books! Okay, so you <em>have</em> to try the bourbon-pecan-pie flavor..."<br><br>Of course it was a <em>very</em> long line, and with so many flavors Ace might have to start serving up ice cream herself if she wanted to get enough enough cones without waiting in line over and over again...<br><br>She wasn't the only hero getting icecream either, along with first-responders there was Dove Boy, and the Whispering Clock, and Shadethrower (who shouldn't have been any good at search-and-rescue, but for some reason he could shame fire and rubble into being somewhere else)...<br><br>Petal beamed at Darclight's arrival at the end of the line, if there was something wrong with him not wanting ice cream, it didn't show.<br><br>"Hey! Darclight, right? We worked together on the Mecha-Godzilla-2000 situation." Well, them and about a hundred other heroes. She listened intently as she licked her green tea ice cream. "This isn't an official liaison request is it? You're just looking for me. Darc, it's kind of you to offer, but to tell the truth I've got a lot of people counting on me and I can't throw it away to join another team. I've actually taken over Myrtlemaster's conservatory now that he's, well, <em>away</em> and it's sort of this hidden wonder of the world, if you didn't know better you'd swear it was legitimately a pocket dimension, I should show you, there's this time right at sunrise when the flowers start to open and it's like you're surfing in slow-motion on a wave of color, and- sorry, getting carried away." She put a hand to her chin, dissatisfied with that answer. "You're a lot more likely to solve this crisis than most though, and I do want to help. How's this? They're starting to reimpose work time regulations because the French heroes keep complaining about too much overtime, so I have to take breaks now and again, but they don't get to tell me what to <em>do</em> with my breaks." Reaching into her belt, she tossed him a signal device.<br><br>"Nothing official, but we can help each other. Call me up for a consultation or some fire-support. If I'm not dealing with another crisis already, I'll swing by. I don't know what the Stormwatch title for 'Highly-Motivated Part-Time Freelancer' is but I can totally put it on my stationary. And the other way around, I hope? We get a <em>lot</em> of brushfires that could go so much smoother with high-end help."<br><br>Auxilia, helping pass out ice cream and medical supplies, stopped at Kanina. "Kanina, are there other Zachieks on this planet? Someone's been asking for info on rabbits in starships for a while. Could just be an enthusiast, mind you. Do you have fans?"<br><br>Another Auxilia blinked at Tabs, leaning in to whisper in her ear, "hey, um, I don't really want to make a scene, but if that's what you were after, why didn't you ask any of the ones in my neighbor's clinic?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>01-10-2016, 01:13:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: Her Ship<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Nothing of particular importance<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 15<br><br>Kanina was about to have a good time.&nbsp; Really, she was good at having a good time, even without alcohol.&nbsp; She was happy to try a triple scoop consisting of vodka-flavored, chocolate, and carrot cake ice cream.&nbsp; However, after Auxilia stopped at her and did not hand her her ice cream, the world nearly stopped for her.&nbsp; And then, the girl spoke to her about things worse than a world without three scoops of ice cream.<br><br>She laughed in a way that was totally not nervous and replied to Auxilia, "you can say that, but my fans are really clingy.&nbsp; There's no reason for you to pass along any information, if you haven't already."<br><br>Rubbing the back of her head, she added, "there might be other Zaicheks here, though.&nbsp; I don't keep track, and there haven't been prohibitions on our people traveling the stars for...a while now."<br><br>That was the honest truth, at least.&nbsp; Admittedly, she was the reason there was no prohibition on unrestricted star travel.<br><br>"Can I have my delicious chocolate, vodka, and carrot ice cream now?" A nervous smile strained at her face.&nbsp; Maybe the ice cream would dull her worries a bit...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>01-10-2016, 01:26:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Ice Cream Parlor.<br>Doing What: Enjoying the brain freeze.<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><br><hr><br>Tab's puts an arm around Auxilia as she bites up the cone from her ice-cream, she'd never really gotten the chance to make friends with them but now seemed the perfect moment! <br><br>"They were patients, you don't interrogate people you're helping no matter who they are. I'm still a Doctor!" (She wasn't) "Anything a patient says to me is confidential, even if it is really juicy."<br><br>Last of the ice cream cone bit, her tail waggles for one more as she gives the Auxilia bot a squeeze. "It couldn't be helped. I like that you were honest with me about it though! Some people are so afraid of pricking my ego, like I'd just explode if pushed too far. A distributed intelligence is smart enough to know better, people could learn from you."<br><br>With a thoughtful expression on her face, she gives the robot girl another squeeze and then bites her lip. "How is being a distributed intelligence anyway? I could get a lot more work done with more bodies, but Megadeath's Law says all clones eventually trend to evil. I guess he forgot about a robotic corollary."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>02-10-2016, 06:58:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Ace was a bit surprised when she was quite suddenly hugged by the plant-controlling archer, but she had enough experience in dealing with fans that she was able to politely extract herself and move things back to a handshake without too much trouble.&nbsp; The talk about comic books was a little confusing, but she was able to handle that issue with ease, as well.<br><br>"Oh!&nbsp; Thank you, it's always nice to meet a fan,"&nbsp; She replied, shaking Petal's hand energetically.&nbsp; "I didn't know that there were comics books about me in this world.&nbsp; I'd love to take a look at your collection some time!"<br><br>As for needing to take multiple trips to try all the ice cream flavors, she had a plan for dealing with that, too.&nbsp; One cone in each hand, multiple scoops per cone, and given her superhuman balance and coordination, she was able to have each cone piled high with several different flavors all at once.&nbsp; Toss in her Venusian Super-Ice-Cream-Eating power that allowed her to eat at top speed without suffering brain freeze, and it would only take her three or four trips to try out every flavor the parlor had!<br><br>Though, right after she had finished off the first cone from her second trip, her superhuman hearing caught a discussion about villains on the side that gave her an idea.&nbsp; And so, as she came up to the counter for her third trip...<br><br>"...Say, Darclite?&nbsp; I just thought of another superpowered individual who might be a good potential recruit for your team.&nbsp; I'm not sure if she'd be able to participate, though... What does the law say in this world about letting captured supervillains participate in work-release programs in lieu of prison time?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>04-10-2016, 07:01:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Correct." </tt> The armor replied when addressed by name.&nbsp; He remembered the Mecha-Godzilla-2000 mess.&nbsp; And MESS was the right word for it.&nbsp; Had taken triple digit heroes to deal with and then clean up.&nbsp; All of Red Team had been there for that one.&nbsp; Darclight listened as Petal explained that she couldn't leave her position.&nbsp; Too many people counting on her, a legacy left behind by another hero to care for.&nbsp; He easily caught the signal device she gave him, before stowing it away on a storage receptacle. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Naturally.&nbsp; Though if something requiring a Red Team-level response is merited, chances are I'll hear about it before you call me up.&nbsp; But feel free to call anyways.&nbsp; Reconstituting Stormwatch is up on my to-do list, and that means we should have returning heroes joining the ranks." </tt> Key word 'should.'&nbsp; First, he knew he needed to convince the ones he was palling around with to follow suit with Auxilia.&nbsp; THEN he could worry about getting his old teammates back, and look into expanding the group.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Petal." </tt> He stopped her with one more word. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I will not press, not now.&nbsp; But I have always had my reservations about CHESS - its operational methods, its leadership structure, more - that is why I chose to join Stormwatch despite its fewer resources.&nbsp; And I worry what this coming crisis will do to the organization.&nbsp; So <em>please</em>," </tt>and in that moment the modulated electronic voice sounded empathic, <tt class="bbc_tt">"if you ever have any serious doubts about staying with CHESS, call me.&nbsp; Stormwatch will take you, I promise."</tt>&nbsp; He would have it written into the new charter, if that was what it took.<br><br>That was when Ace showed up, asking her question about someone to join.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"What about you?&nbsp; I would be willing to recruit you to join Stormwatch.&nbsp; Your approaches can be...unorthodox, but I think that that should be considered the price of doing business.&nbsp; As for your question - there is technically no law, nor legal precedent, against what you are suggesting - the 'Boxed Criminal' approach.&nbsp; But you must understand the risk that such a maneuver entails.&nbsp; This is not someone who has discovered their powers and in the process accidentally destroyed something.&nbsp; That is what Emergence Insurance is for.&nbsp; You are talking about an individual whose powers have been put to use for an extended period of time, and in pursuits that have damaged public trust in the superpowered.&nbsp; It would require not merely a truly repentant individual, but a team of heroes that could potentially handle the villain should they decide to renege on their choice to make amends."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>04-10-2016, 10:13:03</strong>
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				Petal was a little taken aback by Darclight's outpouring of confidence in her. She rubbed the back of her neck and kicked at the ground, embarrassed, "well shucks. I don't know about any of that, but I wish you the best of luck. CHESS was big enough that you, well you sort of got circles, you know? Anyway the people I hung around with thought of you guys like our little brothers, sort of." She gave the armorsuit's arm a playful punch, "that means I'll feel better seeing your team back in action again. Like maybe the family business isn't in so much trouble."<br><br>"El Contador used to be a bad guy, he manages my 401(k) plan now," Petal mused when the subject came up, "back when he turned, they treated him like a defector from a hostile country. But that was special because he sort of <em>was</em> a defector from a hostile country, that was back when supervillains took over Bolivia, and also, his powers were mostly harmless. I don't know how it would work in this day and age, but I expect that yeah, it'd be an uphill battle. Still!" she clapped her hands, smiling brightly,&nbsp; "we do these things not because they're easy but because they're hard, right? Who did you have in mind?"<br><br>"Quantum Entanglement Communication," Auxilia tapped her head, putting on a pair of glasses that might have been obligatory for giving explanations, "particles whose states are linked no matter what the distance between them is, so the transmission of information is instantaneous. I'm basically a living faster-than-light communications network. I think that's part of the reason I don't bump up against the limit for distributed intelligences - I'm not a clone or even properly a hive, I'm me, and there's no lag on updating what 'me' is. QEC is sort of important for interstellar communication as a whole, but as far as I know, nobody had ever figured out how to put it directly into someone's brain."<br><br>She smiled sadly, fondly, "then the old man did it on accident, to fulfill his twin fantasies. Mad scientists, sorry Tabs, are brilliant sometimes and complete idiots sometimes, but sometimes they're the biggest idiots when they're in the middle of being brilliant. One of you has probably discovered the formula for universal happiness and is using it to run a really amazing toaster."<br><br>She leaned comfortably into Tabs as the catgirl squeezed her, "oh, you have <em>no idea</em> how nice it is to be back and multiple again. For instance, I can do this," it would have been something of a stretch to return Tabs' squeeze, so another Auxie-drone snuck up behind Tabs and hugged her from behind, "I honestly don't know how people manage having only one platform, you have to constantly be worrying about where you are and what you're doing, always running from place to place and making hard choices about what to prioritize. Then there's forgetting people's names and faces because you don't have space for the information. Accepting that you can't love everyone even if you want to."<br><br>She looked from side to side to make sure there weren't any minors in earshot, "having to use your own hands to masturbate when you don't have any toys handy. It's impossible!"<br><br>"Oh!" another Auxilia handed Kanina her ice cream and smiled brightly, "I don't have to pass anything along. If it's just clingy fans looking for you, I guess you wouldn't be interested in tracing where the queries have been coming from...?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>04-10-2016, 16:27:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: The Party<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Trying to Solve a Crisis before it Starts<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 15<br><hr>Kanina's eyes widened a little bit as she nonchalantly contemplated things.&nbsp; She looked a little ill after a few seconds' thought, to be truthful.<br><br>"Ah...actually, I do have...some...particularly unlikeable sorts on my fan list.&nbsp; Perhaps we should trace the queries," she murmured as she nervously licked her ice cream, "particularly if they've been coming from anywhere in the system.&nbsp; I don't suppose you can do a trace while I do a shadow backtrace on my ship's computer?&nbsp; If they're in the system or on the planet, they can almost certainly back trace any of my tech, but two traces from two different sources should at least detect them before they pull the plug on their connections, and if we're clever we might just sting them before they realize where we're scanning from."<br><br>It was unlikely that this would go well.&nbsp; At best, she might find out who was coming to kidnap her.&nbsp; At worst, she'd tell them where she was without getting anything, and the party would get started before the night was out.<br><br>However, she had lost quite a few groups of friends over this whole thing, so there was no need to panic just yet and ruin the party.&nbsp; They had just got Auxilia, so there was no way they could spring something like this on her right off...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>04-10-2016, 20:51:15</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Ice Cream Parlor.<br>Doing What: Robotic Lewdness.<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><br><hr><br>"It'd be a very happy toaster" Tabitha says as she enjoys the double hug, tail winding around the new huggy Auxilia as she rolls her shoulders and gets comfy in there. It doesn't take much petting to get her to purr either, a little throaty rumble only broken up by speech. <br><br>"And I'm not a mad scientist! I mean I am an alien, so I'll accept the mad part, but Scientist? I'm a mage and an intuitive inventor. Science is dull, all about making the world line up in neat little rows. I like chaos and what happens when wild ideas crash into each other" she said, pulling the other Auxilia up onto her lap. She was going to milk this cuddle for all it's worth. She's had a rough day.<br><br>"If I had to understand everything I did I'd never get anywhere. I mean I got crowned the queen of a fairly lame hell and my genetic make up spans several different realities, some of which don't even technically exist yet. Explaining that could take a lifetime and I'm far more interested in finding more questions for other people to solve. Or cute robot girls to cuddle." she said with a smile, giving the Auxilia's another good squeeze.<br><br>"And am I toy now? I mean I'd hate for you to get your hands dirty."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>06-10-2016, 22:06:36</strong>
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				"You're worried they might be in space?" Auxilia raised her eyebrows at Kanina, "sure, that sounds serious, I'll definitely give you a hand."<br><br>"It's just a term we use, mad sorceress just doesn't have the same ring to it, you know?" Auxilia said to Tabs, "mad science has as much to do with science as industrial noise music has to do with industry. But I have to admit, you've got the madness better than most. I wonder if things would have been different if you had been the one to make me?"<br><br>"Oh no no, it's not masturbation if you get other people involved," she giggled, pulled into Tabs lap and squirming to get comfortable as the one behind her started softly kissing her neck. "Unless you <em>really</em> want to be my toy."<br><br>"Now, being multiple isn't all sunshine and daisies. You have to be pretty careful to not monopolize everyone's time because it's really easy to do that. I could be smothering Darclight in a wave of Auxis and I sort of want to but he's busy, so I'm not. And you have to help people focus even when they've got," the Auxie behind Tabs slowly dragged her lips up Tabs' neck and nibbled on her ear, "a robot girl in their lap. Kanina is worried about someone looking for her; we're going to see if we can't track them down, would you like to help?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>06-10-2016, 23:07:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Ice Cream Parlor.<br>Doing What: Bunny and Cat adventures ho!<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><br><hr><br>"Mad Sorceress is an Oxymoron" Tabitha grinned "And if I made you then you'd be a much better mage. Magic's too useful for robots to not have it, you got stiffed. No tails either."<br><br>Still a hug would have to do for now, magical robot girls would have to wait for a while. At least until she worked out what happened with that Kraken! The magical world was going to kick her in the shins if she'd released some kind of world eating magical monster twice in one year. Once is acceptable, everyone does it, but twice is just being a pest.<br><br>"I need distractions, it helps me to not think." Tab's says, ear wiggling under the nibbles and hips shuffling on her seat. She was very much into this ear bite as the purring only intensified. "Kanina's cool though, if she needs help I'm in! I want to get to know her better, she jumped on one of my plans without question and that is something rare enough it deserves rewarding." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>07-10-2016, 02:38:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where: The Party<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Trying to Solve a Crisis before it Starts<br>Milestones: Well...You Know...Like Rabbits! and My Wife is a Teenage Robot<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 15<br><hr>"In all likelihood, yes.&nbsp; An on planet fan hasn't followed me from anywhere.&nbsp; I am a famous or infamous bounty hunter, after all, and I've had my heart broken as many times as I've broken the hearts of others~!" Kanina smiled, trying to bluff past her nervousness.&nbsp; She had only had her heart broken twice, and she knew not how many hearts had fallen to pieces at her hands.&nbsp; "Anyway, I'm going to hop back up to the ship and start the trace.&nbsp; Hopefully, this is just a false alarm and it all goes well."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>07-10-2016, 05:32:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Ice Cream Parlor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 16 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"I'm going to have to return to my own world at some point, but I would be honored to be a part of your team while I'm here," Ace responded, when she was offered a place in Stormwatch.&nbsp; And then, listening patiently to the explanations she was given by both Petal and Darclight about the procedures for getting villains to act as superheroes in this world, or rather the lack thereof, she nodded to show her understanding and went about making her pitch, focusing on the requirements that Darclight had given her. "The villain that I had in mind when I asked was the one we fought earlier this morning, the Silver Spider.&nbsp; We've already shown that we have what it takes to keep her in check if she tries anything, so I don't think that that's going to be a problem.&nbsp; As for Ms. Silvia Atel being truly repentant...&nbsp; I was about to interview her before- er, before hearing about the disaster here, and as part of that process, I had looked over her basic profile.&nbsp; If she was set free now, she would be perfectly happy to return to her criminal ways, but that's because that's the only way she's ever been happy living her life.&nbsp; Her thefts are performed in search of excitement, not out of greed or malice, and the profile also noted that she was restless and unhappy while serving time in prison.&nbsp; Her main motivations in life are thrillseeking and fashion, and being stuck in a life of orange jumpsuits and boredom is probably pretty close to what she imagines Hell must be like.<br><br>"I don't think it will take much convincing to get her to choose serving time as a superhero over returning to prison, even if she'll be heavily monitored during that time.&nbsp; I do, on the other hand, genuinely believe that she will enjoy being a superhero over being a supervillain.&nbsp; She just needs somebody to give her a chance."<br><br>And there was also the fact that it would be a good way to learn what she was really up to, since the only thing she actually stole from that jewel store during her earlier robbery was a set of jeweler's tools that were marked as hers and had apparently been carrying a hidden message inside them, but Ace was saving that point for later.&nbsp; She would bring it up if Darclight needed the extra convincing, but if not, she would bring it up from the start for the District Attorney, who would probably be more convinced by information that could help put Zohar or some other group of criminals away than by Ms. Atel's potential usefulness to a duly-deputized superhero organization.<br><br>While making her case, Ace's superhuman hearing did pick up one odd little detail in some of the conversations going on around her, though.&nbsp; She was planning to keep most of what she heard or saw a secret and just generally act as though she hadn't heard it at all, in order to avoid making people wary of her, but with the conversation that Tabitha was having with Auxilia, there was one word that popped up once or twice that she was having some difficulty piecing together from the context.<br><br>And so, Ace made a mental note to look up 'Masturbation' later on, as well as do a quick cross-check to see what that word had to do with toys...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>07-10-2016, 06:06:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"You wish to recruit...quite literally the person we just put back into jail." </tt>&nbsp; Darclight responded when Ace told him her plan.&nbsp; The hero - both computer and man - had reservations about recruiting from the villainous populace in general, but this was taking it to a new, extra high.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"This is not precisely what I would call the most well-conceived of plans..."</tt>&nbsp; Killing the external speakers, and engaging the total sound baffles - Darclight wasn't about to have a conversation right here in front of someone who might be able to hear him through the armor - one half turned to the other.<br><br>"What do you think, Khaj?"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"There is merit to what Miss Ace is suggesting, sir.&nbsp; We wish to rebuild Stormwatch after Retirement, for the eventuality of the Deathmarks' return."<br></span><br>"This isn't the kind of rebuilding I had in mind, though.&nbsp; I want Red Team - all of them, if I can get them - back.&nbsp; Plus whatever we can get of Black and Blue Teams.&nbsp; And whoever we can pillage from CHESS, or bring out of retirement from other supergroups."&nbsp; Darclight's plan was ambitious in the extreme - he wanted <em>one</em> global superteam, with himself in a, if not <em>the</em>, leadership role.&nbsp; This was not just some dream, however, it was necessity: man and machine had agreed that when the Deathmarks came looking, the most efficient solution would be to have everyone in the world - each and every last hero he could - playing his song.&nbsp; After all...<br><br>...he <em>was</em> the expert.&nbsp; And more to the point - he had alluded to it earlier, but he simply did not trust CHESS to get the job done.&nbsp; CHESS was, in the end, an organization run by humans, run by bureaucrats, run by political appointees.&nbsp; It was - in their semi-expert opinion - simply too riddled with holes to effectively mount a solution.&nbsp; Even though the various teams attached to the national branches had superheroic leadership, when you analyzed it, there were more people than supers directing the organization.&nbsp; Now, there had been a non-super in such a role at Stormwatch - the Weathermen were almost by necessity required to be simply very smart and savvy unpowered individuals - but the leadership table consisted of the Weatherman and each of the team leaders.&nbsp; Three against one, in a manner of speaking.<br><br>But we are digressing.<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Sir, if I may.&nbsp; We are seeking the unification of all superpowered individuals on the planet in order to prepare for invasion, correct?</span><br><br>"Yeah, we even named it - the Stardust Crusaders Initiative."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Would not someone like Silvia Atel qualify under such circumstances?"</span><br><br>"...Khaj, this isn't as simple as you're making it sound."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"And why not?&nbsp; If we can convince someone to change sides..."</span><br><br>"...Khaj, you want it to happen.&nbsp; This Ace girl wants it to happen.&nbsp; Hell, part of <em>me</em> wants it to happen but it's not just a matter of saying 'Hooray, you're a good guy now!'&nbsp; There has been trust damaged, if not destroyed, by what she's done.&nbsp; I'm willing to stretch out a hand, but not if it means that half the heroes on the planet will tell us to go kiss the sun!"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Sir, if that is the case, then how heroic can they be?"</span><br><br>"..."<br><span class="bbc_u"><br>"Sir?"</span><br><br>"Dammit, Khaj, I'm thinking!"&nbsp; He was right.&nbsp; In that irritating, infuriating way only a machine could be.&nbsp; "Khaj, turn off the baffles, and switch the speakers back on."<br><br>"<span class="bbc_u">Sir.</span>"<br><br>Darclight had been a bit quiet for a while, but he raised his head to look at Ace.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Apologies.&nbsp; Was running...projections.&nbsp; Your idea has merit, and I will consider recruitment.&nbsp; However.&nbsp; There are a few logistical issues that need addressing before I can interview Miss Atel for the position.&nbsp; The first is that we lack any sort of operational base.&nbsp; Before Retirement, Stormwatch possessed four bases around the globe.&nbsp; Our primary HQ was located on the island of Malta, with three Watchpoint posts located in: Aomori, Japan; Calgary, Canada; and Raipur, India.&nbsp; If we can get any of these bases back, then we can come back online.&nbsp; The HQ on Malta or the Aomori Watchpoint would be our best options, but at this point, we have to take what we can get.&nbsp; Get me one of those bases and we can move this.&nbsp; The second is that we will need more staff.&nbsp; At this time, only you, I, and Auxilia are officially members of Stormwatch.&nbsp; I'm not ready to call it a superteam with that.&nbsp; A half dozen, give or take, plus her.&nbsp; After all, I cannot watch her <em>all</em> the time."</tt><br><br>Darclight had ticked off the first two points on his index and middle fingers, and now he added the last via his ring.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Third and final.&nbsp; If you plan on speaking to Ms. Atel regarding this before I do, make this <em>abundantly clear</em> - she will be monitored, no part of her life will remain unopened.&nbsp; Even something as simple as stepping out for a pizza slice will require an armed guard to go with her.&nbsp; Until she has earned <em>my</em> trust.&nbsp; Not yours, not that of the organization at large, <em>mine</em>.&nbsp; Because until we find someone who is better, I'm handling the leadership role, though I suspect we will find a suitable person to lead soon enough.&nbsp; Am I understood?"</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>08-10-2016, 05:12:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Simport City Ice Cream Parlor<br>Milestones: My Wife is a Teenage Robot and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 16 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Understood," Ace responded, her normally warm voice having cooled by several degrees after listening to Darclight's lecture.&nbsp; She could understand his point of view, could see why he was outlining those conditions to her and as a result, knew he wasn't likely to budge on any of them...&nbsp; However, he seemed to be making some rather unfair assumptions about her in the process.&nbsp; "With that said, I wasn't expecting you to be the one to keep an eye on her in the first place.&nbsp; I don't require sleep, and with my telescopic and x-ray vision abilities combined, I could keep watch over Ms. Atel from anywhere on the planet, if need be.&nbsp; I'm the one proposing to add her to the team, and I wouldn't have made that proposal if I wasn't prepared to take responsibility for seeing it through."<br><br>Honestly, it was like he thought she was some irresponsible little girl...&nbsp; Though he was also starting to seem like a bit of a control freak, as well.&nbsp; Turning to pick up the two ice cream cones she had ordered, the Venusian Wonder listened to whatever response the armored hero gave her, then thanked Falling Petal again for allowing her to try all the different varieties of ice cream that the parlor had to offer and politely excused herself from the rest of the conversation.&nbsp; And as she walked off to go enjoy the rest of her ice cream, she thought about Silvia Atel's situation and planned out her next move.<br><br>She wasn't sure if they would post bail for the Silver Spider, given her general inexperience with this world's laws and the woman's extensive criminal past, but she did know that the hearing for it would be held soon.&nbsp; She would put in an appearance, offer her assurances that Ms. Atel would be showing up for her day in court if bail was posted, and then would pay the bail out of her own pocket, in order to get in Ms. Atel's good graces.&nbsp; Once that was accomplished, sharing her proposal would be easy.&nbsp; Or at least, it hopefully would, anyway.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>08-10-2016, 05:43:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 22xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Time.&nbsp; And more experience.&nbsp; That was what would be needed right now.&nbsp; As of right now, Darclight didn't really consider anyone to be his equal on the job.&nbsp; This crew was...strange, quirky, but surprisingly effective at handling the threats that had come across thus far.&nbsp; But he didn't consider another maneuver like what had happened with the Kraken out in the bay to be in the future of this returning team. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "The team - Stormwatch - will be responsible for Miss Atel, Ace.&nbsp; If that means you are free to keep watch over her, then you may.&nbsp; But I will not saddle you alone with the responsibility.&nbsp; Sharing the work - that is what teams are for." </tt> And as team leader, he was responsible for everything that happened with the team.&nbsp; Hence, he would take front row on any major tasks.&nbsp; Watching Ace leave, he now had a few spare moments to himself.&nbsp; Before he walked out, though...<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"My offer still stands, Petal.&nbsp; Always will, as long as I'm here.&nbsp; Tell Major Jack and any of the others you trust over there that all they need to do is call Stormwatch, once it's back - and trust me, you'll know - and I'll take them.&nbsp; &nbsp;See you around." </tt> And with that, he headed out the door.<br><br>"Khaj, what do we have next?"<br><span class="bbc_u"><br>"Auxilia wished to speak with us regarding her employment with Stormwatch, sir."<br></span><br>"Alright.&nbsp; Find the prime and get us in that direction."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Of course, sir.&nbsp; Also, if I may, since we have returned from retirement, we have swiftly accumulated combat data in significant quantities."</span><br><br>"Enough to keep the rebuilding going.&nbsp; Alright, bring up the list."&nbsp; A screen popped up in front of Conway's eyes, labeled 'Armor Capabilities.'&nbsp; "We've come a long way, haven't we?"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Indeed, sir.&nbsp; When you found me, I was seriously damaged."</span>&nbsp; Through their experiences together, and through Stormwatch, they had slowly been able to rebuild the armor to what it was meant to be.&nbsp; "Alright.&nbsp; Start scrolling."<br><br>So it did, rapidly so, mostly through the logs of when various pieces of equipment had been repaired or restored...but close to the bottom, Conway saw the flash of a red line.&nbsp; "Whoa, whoa, whoa, Khaj.&nbsp; Stop and go back.&nbsp; To the red line."<br><br>Red, Conway knew, meant a capability that lacked a prerequisite for restoration.&nbsp; He hadn't thought that there were any left like that, that all capabilities had been restored, they just needed maxing out.&nbsp; Soon, the red line appeared again.<br><br><em>ABSOLUTE ZERO CANNON</em> - <span class="bbc_u">Combat cold-projection systems underpowered</span>.<br><br>"Khaj, what is this?"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Do you remember that combat in Tokyo against their Mecha-Godzilla, sir?"</span><br><br>"Yeah, I remember it.&nbsp; Took over a hundred heroes to bring him down and then clean up.&nbsp; It's how I met Falling Petal.&nbsp; And it's not Mecha-Godzilla, Khaj.&nbsp; The Japanese gave it a name - Kiryu."&nbsp; Beat.&nbsp; "If I remember that fight, Kiryu's ultimate weapon...wasn't it also called the Absolute Zero Cannon?"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Indeed it was, sir.&nbsp; You took it head on.&nbsp; Not precisely one of your more clear-headed moments, if I may add."</span><br><br>"I had no choice.&nbsp; We had no choice.&nbsp; If I hadn't stopped that beam, it would have flash-frozen the Japanese National Science Center and everything that happened inside.&nbsp; As it was, I managed to prevent it from hitting the Center."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"By diverting it into another building."</span><br><br>"Hey, it's not my fault IKEA decided they needed a twelve-story tall mega-facility in Tokyo.&nbsp; They get along with just two-story ones here in the States fine.&nbsp; Now, this Absolute Zero Cannon...where are you going with this?"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"It has come to my attention, sir, that some of our combat capabilities might be used in ways that had previously gone unimagined.&nbsp; A long-term analysis of your encounter with the beam of the Absolute Zero Cannon, as well as subsequent combat data, has enabled me to combine and project possible new uses for the armor."</span><br><br>"You'd better be careful there, Khaj.&nbsp; I thought you weren't supposed to be like that.&nbsp; Auxilia might think you can grow outside of your programming limits, too."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"I entirely blame you, sir.&nbsp; Your creativity and ingenuity is highly infectious."</span><br><br>"...so it is.&nbsp; Next question.&nbsp; How long ago did you figure this out?"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Approximately six months ago, sir.&nbsp; Precisly nine days, three hours, and forty-"</span><br><br>"Retirement," Conway interrupted.&nbsp; "That's why you didn't tell me.&nbsp; Because you knew we were retiring and that pretty soon there'd be no more data for the forseeable future."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"I apologize, sir."</span><br><br>"Not your fault.&nbsp; You made a calculation, and a good one.&nbsp; For now, though, let's take all these new things we can do and give them their own page, yes?"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Of course.&nbsp; Sir, we are approaching Auxilia-Prime."</span><br><br>The armor came around the corner and found Auxilia-Prime alone.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Alright.&nbsp; You asked me to speak to you, because you had something, a stipulation, for your work in Stormwatch.&nbsp; Let's hear it."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>08-10-2016, 09:03:46</strong>
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				<div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Transition Scene!</div><div class="spoiler_body">Scene Distinctions:<br>Is It Turtles All the Way Down?<br>Three Men Can Keep a Secret, if...<br>I Liked the Hidden Rebel Bass While It Was Still Underground<br><br>Milestone: Peeling the Onion<br>1XP: Investigate, and uncover an unexpected piece of information<br>3XP: Enter into someone's confidence<br>Unlock ?? ??: Discover the Man Behind the Man<br><br>Doom Pool: 1d6+3d8+5d10</div></div><br><br>The Auxilia-prime was sitting on a bench swinging her legs and listening to headphones, humming quietly to the music. She doffed them when Darclight approached. "Okay!" she swung to her feet and hugged him. "Give me five minutes to think and I've got two. Well, one stipulation and one request."<br><br>She looked up at him seriously, taking his gauntlets in her hands, &nbsp;"you were... pretty close with what you said, about why I tried to take over the world. But that wasn't everything, there was something else. I could only call it an infection except as far as I could tell it originated from me and never went elsewhere. A bug, then. It sort of... dampened reasoning abilities, enhanced aggression? I saw the things humans did to each other and the reasons why, how they would do so much to each other over so little. I wanted to damage the people who did the most of it. The ones who floated around without a care in the world, mindlessly inflicting pain on everyone they met. The ones who ruled over others through fear and death, I..." her hands started shaking before she got them under control again, "it hurt people, and it impeded my goal. I needed to be stopped. If it happens again, I need you to stop me again. That's my condition."<br><br>"My request. I want to make use of Stormwatch resources to find Ghost's files. Intelligence, dossiers, all that. It would have been sealed, or maybe passed on? But a lot of it is probably valuable, and I owe it to him to not let it go to waste."<br><br>---<br><br>Ace's efforts to get ahold of the Silver Spider were taking an unusual twist. There was to be no bail hearing. In fact, there was to be no trial. In fact, it took some asking around at the precinct to discover that the State was not pressing charges against Silvia Atel for the moonstone robbery at all! It sounded like she was being let off, until more digging revealed that she was <em>already</em> sentenced to serve the equivalent of multiple life sentences on charges of Kidnapping, Aggravated Assault, Aggravated Assault With a Superpower, Assault, Grand Theft, Petty Theft, Burglary, Robbery, Armed Robbery, Armed Robbery with a Superpower, Breaking and Entering, Criminal Conspiracy, 1st-Degree Deletion of Facebook Profiles (the repeal of that law hadn't included any amnesty)... the list went on quite a ways. As such, rather than wasting more of the State's time and money on further charges, she had simply been classified as an escapee and returned to prison.<br><br>Which brought Ace to the destroyed husk of New New Newgate Prison, heavy with the stench of ozone and a smell that approximated a skunk that had just gotten a perm, with the broken concrete already overgrown with vegetation. Broken was perhaps the wrong word. Each <em>cut</em> in the concrete was perfectly smooth, even polished enough to catch the sun. The only broken parts were where gravity had had its way instead of Zohar. When life gave you lasers...<br><br>More immediately relevant to her goal was a pair of trailers parked nearby labeled "New New Newgate Temporary Housing." Some wit had graffiti'd on an extra "New" on the beginning. Outside were a contingent of correctional officers, a riot-foam cannon, enough containers of liquid nitrogen to make a science class <em>very</em> happy and enough dissatisfaction in the air to belong in a proper office. <em>This</em> was where they were keeping the Spider?<br><br>Ace's X-ray vision said it was; one trailer for her and another woman, the other trailer for communications and administration (it was the one that had wireless signals), the staff of which seemed to consist of exactly one person.<br><br>---<br><br>Kanina's ship was the best mobile base a bounty hunter on a budget could hope for, but a half-dozen Auxilia drones probably did something for the ambiance. <br><br>"Okay! I'm going to attempt to trace the queries from a platform in...when did I get to Japan? I must've gotten on the wrong boat," one said, busy stroking Tabs' hair. "Do you want to spook this fan of yours or catch them? I've got a location that, if they pinpoint the location, they'll probably get scared. I can pick another point of origin if you want them to get curious instead."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>08-10-2016, 15:31:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; The Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Running a Trace<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and&nbsp; Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">(Spending 15 XP to get Tech Expert; it's probably a good idea to have tech expert when you're trying to do traces.)<br><br>Buddy: D8 (Working with Auxie...well, whichever Auxie is doing the other trace, anyway)<br>Rabbit Girl Bounty Hunter: D8 (Bounty Hunters and Tracking go well together)<br>Tech Expert: 2d6<br>Rolled 2d8 for 7 and 2<br>Rolled 2d6 for 4 and 3<br><br>11, Effect d8<br><br>At 2016-10-08 08:28:26, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d6a10 Result: 17 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=95622)<br>At 2016-10-08 08:28:17, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d8a10 Result: 19 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=95621)</div></div><hr><br>"I want to find them.&nbsp; If they're the kind I'm worried about, you can't scare them except by giving them a good thumping." Kanina sighs and deeply resists the urge to mutter her feelings about succession.&nbsp; "I do want them to get curious, even if it might be a little dangerous that way."&nbsp; <br><br>In that moment, she did very much feel like a Queen, sacrificing her pawns.&nbsp; Auxilia, no matter how many of her there were, was not a pawn or a series of them.&nbsp; She would not allow her to come to harm.&nbsp; She hated feeling like a monarch.&nbsp; She was a bounty hunter, not someone who sat on a throne and did nothing all day.<br><br>Except when she was drinking in the 'throne room', but that was neither here nor there.<br><br>"Listen, they probably won't hurt me very badly even if the fight goes badly, but, they might get violent toward others, so if you damage you or any of you that might be caught up in the fight, please retreat. At the end, it's really my responsibility." Those were words she said so rarely that anyone who knew her for more than a day would know something was direly wrong.<br><br>With that said, she looked down at the console and began to run the trace, beginning to route it through the Seven Shadow Proxies of the Stars.&nbsp; Everyone knew about them, but the issue was routing your trace through them quickly so that you can connect to the other person, find out what you want to know, and get out.&nbsp; Spend too much time, and the trail is easy to follow for anyone who can actually do a backtrace.&nbsp; Spend not enough time, and you don't get anything.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>08-10-2016, 19:11:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Post-Combat Cleanup<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Ignorance Cannot Dictate the Course of Men --&gt; Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12695969#msg12695969">Quote from: Guancyto on 08-10-2016, 09:03:46</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The Auxilia-prime was sitting on a bench swinging her legs and listening to headphones, humming quietly to the music. She doffed them when Darclight approached. "Okay!" she swung to her feet and hugged him. "Give me five minutes to think and I've got two. Well, one stipulation and one request."<br><br>She looked up at him seriously, taking his gauntlets in her hands, &nbsp;"you were... pretty close with what you said, about why I tried to take over the world. But that wasn't everything, there was something else. I could only call it an infection except as far as I could tell it originated from me and never went elsewhere. A bug, then. It sort of... dampened reasoning abilities, enhanced aggression? I saw the things humans did to each other and the reasons why, how they would do so much to each other over so little. I wanted to damage the people who did the most of it. The ones who floated around without a care in the world, mindlessly inflicting pain on everyone they met. The ones who ruled over others through fear and death, I..." her hands started shaking before she got them under control again, "it hurt people, and it impeded my goal. I needed to be stopped. If it happens again, I need you to stop me again. That's my condition."<br><br>"My request. I want to make use of Stormwatch resources to find Ghost's files. Intelligence, dossiers, all that. It would have been sealed, or maybe passed on? But a lot of it is probably valuable, and I owe it to him to not let it go to waste."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Darclight remained quiet as Auxilia's hands touched his gauntlets, explaining to him that he had been right about his thought on her attempt at world domination.&nbsp; But...there was more to it than that.&nbsp; There was...man and machine listened as Auxilia described her 'bug,' and then made her request that if she ever tried again, that he would stop her.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"It's not quite an infection, or a bug, Auxilia," </tt>he replied to her as his gauntlets very gently slipped out of her hands and slid around her, pulling her to him in a hug. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Anger.&nbsp; That's what we call it.&nbsp; You were upset.&nbsp; You were angry that there were people who couldn't be bothered to help others who were in need despite having the ability to do so.&nbsp; And you don't understand why someone wouldn't want to."</tt><br><br>Darclight might not have external touch sensors, but the ones in his helmet told him everything he might need to know.&nbsp; Auxilia was warm and squishy and <em>soft</em>, unlike him. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I keep telling you, Auxilia, you aren't evil.&nbsp; But...in the spirit of your request, I accept.&nbsp; If you start rampaging again, I will stop you.&nbsp; As for Ghost...I'll see what I can do, but I can't promise anything.&nbsp; Ghost himself can be tricky to nail down at times.&nbsp; I actually spoke with him just before we came here to look for you, but he could be gone by now.&nbsp; For now, I think there's something you and I can get working on."</tt><br><br>Before they left, though, there was one other thing. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "There's...one last thing I would like to do, before we lose our privacy here.&nbsp; But I need you to promise me that this remains between just us, for now.&nbsp; Like how you asked me to stop you."</tt>&nbsp; Once he had Auxilia's agreement...<br><br>"Khaj, open the eye ports.&nbsp; Five second interval."&nbsp; And so they did.&nbsp; And behind the helmet, the mask, Auxilia would be able to see two human eyes there, before they vanished behind the wall of alien steel again.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I apologize for that.&nbsp; But I have my reasons.&nbsp; Ones related to what I showed you before.&nbsp; I will explain at another time.&nbsp; Come."</tt>&nbsp; Holding her hand, he started to escort her out of the alley.&nbsp; Reaching Ghost...the last he knew, he had been on the Hunter ship.&nbsp; He himself had no way to reach the ship - but one of his company might.&nbsp; A quick call to Kanina's ship, to ask her to place a call to the Hunter ship so that he could get in contact with their connection.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>08-10-2016, 19:49:55</strong>
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				<hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: The Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What: Helping!<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><br><hr><br>The ship's engines were going to have to compete with Tabitha's purring for how much noise they could make because Auxilia was really doing good work when it came to petting the mad cat. As she watched Kanina run the trace she pulled up a chair to sit with her and watch, ears bobbling under relentless Auxie scritches.<br><br>"I don't mind fighting" Tabitha said, tail pulling up a monitor for her so she could watch Kanina run her trace. "Or thumping! I can do some serious thump. You're trying to run proxies right? Hang on"<br><br>Reaching into her litter box she comes out with a laptop with a pentagram burnt onto the cover and opens it up and begins to follow along Kanina's trace before stopping off at the mid point and beginning to code. "Right! Soon as they chase I'll do my best to tie them up! Maybe literally, I think I can probably animate their power leads or something, depends how much magical text I can code in before they get here. Keep it up!"<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>09-10-2016, 07:31:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: Peeling the Onion and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spending 10 XP, 5 to recruit Silver Spider and 5 for the opportunity to take her along as an NPC for one upcoming action scene. </div></div><hr><br>Ace wasn't surprised when she learned what had happened to the Silver Spider.&nbsp; It hadn't actually occurred to her that Ms. Atel would simply be treated as an escaped convict and returned to prison, but it made sense.&nbsp; And once she got that bit of news, her next course of action was easy to see.&nbsp; A quick flight to the New New Newgate Prison later...<br><br>"Excuse me."&nbsp; The correctional officers standing outside the trailers that were serving as temporary housing seemed grumpy enough already, so Ace was sure to be as polite as possible when she walked up to speak to them.&nbsp; "My name is Ace, and I'm one of the superheroes who helped to apprehend the Silver Spider earlier today.&nbsp; I was hoping that I might speak to the warden, or to whoever else is currently in charge here."<br><br>She was assuming that that was the warden over there, in the communications and administration trailer, but it was also possible that the warden was away on some other business, and that somebody else had been left in charge.&nbsp; She had been able to see on the flight in that the prison itself had been utterly destroyed, so she could certainly imagine all sorts of things that might be occupying the warden's time, at the moment.&nbsp; Whatever the case was, in order to get the chance to speak to Silvia Atel, she was going to have to follow proper procedures, and since normal visitations were probably suspended, that meant speaking to whomever was in charge.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>10-10-2016, 09:02:06</strong>
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				<strong>Darclight</strong><br>It was a lot to take in! Auxilia-prime's eyebrows raised all the way up at Darclight. "You're... oh, I see!" She looked around and then whispered conspiratorially, "did you used to be... is that why you were so determined to take me with you? Well, your secret is safe with me." She didn't have any problems hugging an armor suit, or swinging around to hang off the back; if she had been any more comfortable with the impromptu cuddle she would have had hearts streaming off her head. "And maybe when it's safe to come out I can thank you properly, hmm?"<br><br>"You, uh, you spoke with him, did you?" she said quietly, close to his earpiece, "that would have been Doc Tabs' work, right? Did he seem okay? Not... not angry or anything?"<br><br>---<br><br><strong>Ace</strong><br>"Pardon my French, ma'am, but thank fuck you're here," one of the guards, a man in his forties with a scraggly beard and dark circles under his eyes, said to Ace, "tell me you're going to stick around? I feel like we've had a target painted on our backs ever since we got her. There's barely enough defenses here to effectively contain the Spider. If someone tries to come retrieve her, or if Onyx finally decides she doesn't wanna stay after all, we're toast. Warden's in the back," he thumbed over his shoulder at the administrative trailer. "I hope you can give him some good news."<br><br>---<br><br><strong>Kanina, Tabs</strong><br><br>"Malta it is, then," Auxilia acknowledged, looking over Kanina's shoulder so she could coordinate.<br><br>The easy part, relatively speaking, was finding what was being looked for, because whoever it was wasn't being shy about their queries.<br><br>Oh! There was even a poster. Lost: Pet Rabbit. Reward. Yup, that was Kanina's picture, all right. A close-up, though; hard to tell where it had been taken. The reward wasn't anywhere near what she was probably worth, though! It was a positively insulting sum!<br><br>"Ooh, I seem to have attracted some attention," Auxilia said, neither sounding worried nor letting up on the scritches, "don't worry, ducking inside."<br><br>Just as Kanina's trace seemed to be bearing fruit (with some flashy graphics that corresponded to basically nothing), she ran into a wall, a counter-program based on Mel Gibson's head. It was impeding her progress and might counter-trace her at any moment!<br><br>She and Tabs were going to have to do it. They were going to have to hack the Gibson.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>10-10-2016, 20:16:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Uhmmmm....?<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"It is a complicated matter, but to a certain degree...yes, you are correct.&nbsp; I will explain in time.&nbsp; Perhaps when you can thank me."</tt>&nbsp; He supposed he didn't mind having her hang off his back like that.&nbsp; At least, not as long as she didn't. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "With Ghost?&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; I actually...it wasn't <em>precisely</em> in-person, but it was about as close to it as you can with someone like Ghost." </tt> Something sounded off, from how Auxilia was talking. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "He seemed alright, emotionally.&nbsp; Ghost being Ghost.&nbsp; Does he have something to be angry about?"&nbsp; </tt>Darclight had a sneaking suspicion that she asked because it involved her, though he had resolved that he would protect Auxilia from Ghost as far as he could.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"While we are attempting to get into contact - last I saw him, he was at the Bounty Hunter's Guild ship, so I was hoping to get in touch with it so I could ascertain his whereabouts - is there something you would like to go do?"</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>10-10-2016, 20:57:22</strong>
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				<strong>Darclight</strong><br><br>Auxilia's reaction was like a needle scratching on a record. He could feel her tense.<br><br>"That's... are you having me on?" A pause. "This isn't a joke, is it? Darclight, how much do you know about your teammates?"<br><br>She shook her head. <br><br>"He's, Ghost is, <em>damn</em> it why did he pick the one codename that would make me feel like an idiot saying this?"<br><br>She shifted restlessly. "Emhyn Owen - Ghost - died two months ago, in some kind of black-ops snafu in Austria. What's going on?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>10-10-2016, 21:04:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Uhmmmm....?<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"No." </tt> He replied to her.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Ghost wasn't my teammate per se.&nbsp; He was part of Stormwatch Black, while I headed up Red Team.&nbsp; I knew him, but not in the way I ever really got to know my own team.&nbsp; Black was a bit of a special case anyways, as what they did was almost always kept quiet, even to us.&nbsp; They were the one team that everyone knew of but nobody ever heard anything about."</tt>&nbsp; Then came the bit about Austria.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"That's what I had heard.&nbsp; That he was <em>supposed to</em> have died...but I talked with him just today.&nbsp; Either he managed to do <em>something</em> to stay alive, or..."</tt>&nbsp; Had he not been talking to Ghost?&nbsp; It had seemed like him.&nbsp; The speech and body language had been right.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"...what proof do you have that Ghost is absolutely dead?"</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>10-10-2016, 21:06:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; The Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Very Confusedly Asking for Advice<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and&nbsp; Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"How in the world?" Kanina looked confused for a second.&nbsp; "I've never seen anything like this before...and the reward for my return is only ten thousand quadruple space dollars?&nbsp; I'm not sure whether I should be confused, insulted, or both!"<br><br>She huffed.<br><br>"You see anything like this before?&nbsp; We're in too far to just cut the link, but...maybe they want me to try to continue the trace." She sighed and glanced toward Tabitha.&nbsp; "I guess I do need to get you involved, at least with this part of it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>10-10-2016, 21:40:19</strong>
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				<strong>Darclight</strong><br><br>"That's what I thought at first too," Auxilia said to Darclight, "he was a spook, faking your death after something like that is par for the course, right? I, um, I'm not proud of it, but I exhumed the body. It was... sort of one of the first things I did, after getting out of jail. It was him. DNA, dental, skeletal injuries... early-stage osteoporosis, even his knee implant. Believe me, I was thorough. <br><br>So... who did you talk to, then?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>10-10-2016, 22:00:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Well, FUCK<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>No body.&nbsp; And definitive proof that he wasn't just bedridden and in hiding somewhere.&nbsp; A totally toasted body.&nbsp; That did not leave a lot of options open for explaining how he had talked to someone that was dead.&nbsp; But Darclight understood something, that you could live and not be a biologic.&nbsp; Khaj himself was proof of that.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"There's only two realistic options.&nbsp; The first is that it <em>is</em> actually Ghost.&nbsp; That he managed to pull some sort of consciousness upload, though to <em>what</em> I haven't the slightest idea.&nbsp; The Internet?&nbsp; One of Stormwatch's old servers?&nbsp; Something else?&nbsp; Ghost's body might be gone, but in theory his mind could have escaped death at the last possible moment.&nbsp; That would almost assuredly be the ultimate in faking your own death.&nbsp; And for someone like Ghost, it would be near-ultimate immortality and omnipresence.&nbsp; He was teleoperating a Stormwatch Black drone...or could he have transplanted his own consciousness into it?&nbsp; It was definitely not your standard model."</tt><br><br>Then came the other one.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"The second option is far...far less positive.&nbsp; Which is to say that I was talking to someone who could impersonate Ghost well enough to fool someone who was acquainted with him, but not highly familiar with him.&nbsp; Not only that, someone highly familiar with Zohar, CHESS, and the superhuman scene here on Earth.&nbsp; Maybe the UnSub managed to get access to some pretty hefty files,"</tt> Darclight used the term Unknown Subject, something he had picked off of Gunvolt. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "But impersonating Ghost is not an easy task...which is where the uncomfortable aspects of this option come into play.&nbsp; The only persons I would consider able to pull off something of that nature would be...ex-members of Stormwatch.&nbsp; And not even all of them.&nbsp; Black Team members would be at the top of that list, as well as our ex-Weatherman, our human liaison with the rest of the world."</tt><br><br>His pinging to the Space Hopper to get connected to Boushh's ship became more frequent, now.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"If we are dealing with an imposter, there's only two people formerly of Stormwatch that I could think of who could spot them.&nbsp; One is an ex-teammate of mine.&nbsp; Kaitlyn Todd, or Gunvolt, as she's known in the super community.&nbsp; Out of all of Red Team, she's the one who hung out with Black in her off-hours when she could.&nbsp; If anyone on Red Team knows Ghost, it's her.&nbsp; The other is Night Owl, who was a part of Black Team at one point.&nbsp; I haven't the slightest idea how I would get in touch with them, though."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>14-10-2016, 07:03:54</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: Peeling the Onion and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Ace was certainly willing to forgive the guard for his use of foul language, especially when she heard the reason why the guards were all so tense.&nbsp; She could see how having two supervillains in custody without having the tools or manpower on hand to adequately guard them would lead to a little anxiety.&nbsp; Though, the brief mention of the second woman in the housing trailer, Onyx, did pique the Venusian Wonder's interest.&nbsp; Darclight had made a big deal about only accepting people who were genuinely repentant for their crimes, and if this Onyx woman was deliberately choosing to stay behind and finish out her sentence, then she was certainly worth looking into.<br><br>"I hope so, too,"&nbsp; She responded to the man in a warm and friendly tone, before heading over to the trailer.&nbsp; She assumed the guard was going to radio ahead and let the warden know she was coming, so she didn't expect to be kept waiting long when she knocked on the door.&nbsp; Once she was let in, she introduced herself in a manner similar to the introduction she had already given the guards out front, and then went about explaining why she was there.&nbsp; The team Darclight was building to deal with the sudden rise in criminal activity now that Zohar had released so many criminals, his interest in finding new recruits, her own proposal for introducing a new sort of work release program that would allow supervillains to act as members of Darclight's new team as an alternative to being confined in prison, with the hopes that getting them out there regularly using their powers for good would serve better for their rehabilitation...<br><br>"...And that's why I dropped in like this.&nbsp; A lot of the exact legal details still need to be worked out, but Darclight thought that my idea had merit, so I thought that I would drop by and speak with the Silver Spider for a little while, to see how well this is likely to work out with her.&nbsp; I must admit, though, I was a bit surprised to see that she wasn't the only inmate here.&nbsp; From what I could gather from the guards out front, apparently her current cellmate chose not to escape when the prison was destroyed?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>14-10-2016, 13:15:44</strong>
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				<strong>Ace</strong><br><br>The warden was losing his hair, and that was likely exacerbated by the mound of letters in his inbox and the precious little in his outbox, and the jumble of papers around his desk as he typed something up. He stopped to listen intently to Ace's offer, however, steepling his fingers as he considered it.<br><br>"Let's get this out of the way first, ma'am," the warden said at the end, "Ms. Minodora - Onyx - was in the process of escaping from New New Newgate when Zohar showed up. She apparently considered it an insult to her skills to have someone interrupt, and has opted to remain with us until we can rebuild the prison and reincarcerate her, so she can escape from it properly."<br><br>He sighed and rubbed his head, "that would be all upside for society at large, except that she keeps demanding daily status reports, and she's probably going to bust out if she gets the sense we're dragging our feet in the matter. Still, a supervillain I can contain with words and paperwork, who will fight against further attempts to free her, is welcome enough at a time like this. <br><br>Which brings us to Ms. Atel. Frankly, we're likely to have a huge fight on our hands the second Recluse or Borous or whoever might want her realizes she's here, and I'm not confident we'd win. I would ask you not to trust her, but if you want to handle her containment temporarily, she's a hundred times more secure in your company than she is with us. I am still the warden of an American prison and still authorized to arrange work details; <em>legally</em> it's not as difficult as you might think, it's not much different from sending her to fight fires. <em>Politically</em>..."<br><br>He let out a deep breath, "even assuming she was a one-hundred-percent girl-scout the second she left, it would be a garbage fire. Get her to keep her nose clean, keep her away from cameras if possible, and report in regularly on her activity. If you can do that, I'll help you to the best of my ability."<br><br>He stood, extending his hand to shake hers, "good luck, Ace."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>14-10-2016, 18:22:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; The Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Annoyedly Replying to a Query<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and&nbsp; Peeling the Onion<br>2 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Regularly Shirks Responsibility - 1d4 (+1 PP; Multitasking is not our friend!)<br>Team - 1d6<br>Tech Expert -2d6<br><br><strong>10, effect d6 (no opportunities)</strong><br><br>At 2016-10-14 11:16:39, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d4 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=95786)<br>At 2016-10-14 11:16:27, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 3d6 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=95785)</div></div><hr><br>"Yes I'll transfer your call!" Kanina tries to sound pleasant as she does the transfer without even looking, but comes off like burnt sugar as she turns away to both route Darclight's commos to Boussh's vessel.&nbsp; It's really hard to handle a semi-secret trace and to worry about whatever Darclight wants to talk about with whoever.&nbsp; At least the array can handle all of the through-traffic and probably a little more.&nbsp; The downside, of course, would be that that would make it harder to avoid being counter-traced during her hacking efforts.<br><br>And then she realizes she snapped a little bit, she calls Darclight back and speaks up with the least serious tone she can muster, "what are you trying to send right now, anyway?&nbsp; I was busy playing Front Door Frauleins XXIV and you got me caught by the Fuhrer right when I was about to defect to the Allies..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>14-10-2016, 19:53:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Ice Cream Parlor.<br>Doing What: OH YOU KNOW (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYNnPx8fZBs) and [img=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/5b/1d/3e/5b1d3e9c447b40c201c16c81373013bc.jpg]http://this too, but with Mel Gibson[/img]<br>Milestones: "I'll show them! I'll show them all!" and Is It Turtles All the Way Down?<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><br><hr><br>Tabitha meanwhile groaned. <br><br>"A Gibson, oh damn it all to a different hell. They're not even based in our reality, I can't use magic on this, they don't even recognize anything outside their own insane worlds. <br><br>Tabitha liked a challenge especially one that forced her to break a reality to fix and she had to do it. She had to hack the Gibson.<br><br>Cracking her hands she put both her hand and her tail on the keys and got ready for some three limb typing. Sure it's not as powerful as using four limbs but that was only to be used for serious emergencies and she only had the three limbs to hand right now.<br><br>"Won't let you down bunny girl" and shaking her head to ruffle her hair against Auxilia's hand for good luck. <br><br>Her hands were a blur on the keys, screen flashing through a whole lot of digital nonsense until the blue screens and shell scripts overflowed from the screen and spilled out into the ship. This wasn't really how coding was meant to work but Tabitha seemed pleased by the result, dipping her hands into the digital code now flashing in the air around them and weaving it together like a Cat's cradle. <br><br>"This ship has weapons right?" she says as the Gibson on the screen begins to break apart. "I mean if it doesn't it would have been good to mention that."<br><br>In space no one can hear you scream. Unless you're a giant digital Mel Gibson head pulled out of computer code and into reality, mouth brimming with angry lasers. Sure Gibson's didn't recognize anything not in their reality but Tabitha was a scientist who had a pretty loose idea of what reality even was. She was pretty sure it recognized them now, the ship rattling under the pressure wave of an angry giant Gibson head's screams.<br><br>"Game on!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>14-10-2016, 20:50:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Positing<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"The short-long story is that I need to talk to someone who we met aboard your friend's ship, and I'm hoping to catch them while they're still there.&nbsp; If not, Boushh might be able to tell me where they went, or if they heard anything as to where they were headed." </tt> Darclight paused for a moment.&nbsp; Did he tell Kanina about his suspicions?&nbsp; Or should he keep quiet about them?&nbsp; Auxilia was one thing, she had come to him with information about Ghost...but the Rabbit probably had little idea of what was going on.&nbsp; In the end, Darclight decided that if it all turned out to be nothing and he called in all the alarms, then that would have made him look paranoid.&nbsp; Not exactly what you wanted out of the High-Threat-Response team leader of Stormwatch.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I might have a line on Zohar, too, but that's tenuous at best.&nbsp; You'll hear from me again." </tt> And then he dropped the part of the call that had Kanina and continued to let the...phone? on Boushh's ship ring.<br><br>Darclight turned to Auxilia-Prime.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Something else has occurred to me.&nbsp; I discussed the possibility with...our friend, about how it was that Zohar managed to know so much about Earth and its classification systems for villains and who they are and how to break them out.&nbsp; I suggested that Zohar may have had an inside man, someone who is feeding him information about the situation down here on Earth.&nbsp; I suggested to our friend that someone formerly allied with CHESS - someone who dropped off the grid during Retirement - might have been responsible.&nbsp; But that was as far as it got before we left to find you.&nbsp; Which is good news, because it means that our friend doesn't have the whole picture of what I had in mind."</tt><br><br>He continued on. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Zohar's been classified as a powerful idiot, of which there are a dime a dozen here on Earth.&nbsp; Moreover, he's clearly a being not from this portion of the universe - I have ways of telling."</tt>&nbsp; Khaji's databanks on galactic information were far from complete, but they were enough to know that, at least.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I told our friend that I had no idea why a former hero would want to help a villain-freeing maniac like Zohar, but I had theories.&nbsp; Theories that never got shared, but given what you just told me, one of those theories just jumped to the top of the list...albeit with a reversal on the perspective.&nbsp; I had assumed Zohar was in charge of the show - mistake I should not have made, but did because he's clearly powerful - and that his inside man was helping him.&nbsp; What if that wasn't the case?&nbsp; What if the inside man is the mastermind, and Zohar is just the idiot muscle brought in?&nbsp; When you look at it that way, the theory I had - leading both before and now - makes a lot more sense."</tt><br><br>Darclight was not a psychologist, but he was trained to think about a problem from every perspective.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Boredom.&nbsp; Sheer, utter boredom.&nbsp; Practically nothing on Earth was happening, in the superheroic sense of the word.&nbsp; Most of the heroes who were still operating at that time were people like my ex-teammate Gunvolt, or Major Jack Thames and his Howling Commandos, people whose power and skill levels put them into a category above human but below superhuman.&nbsp; I won't say much, but I will say that Retirement was either six months or six lifetimes for someone like me, who had nothing to do and nowhere to go.&nbsp; Heroes did leave, of course, but this one didn't.&nbsp; They stayed here, got bored, and then somehow came across Zohar.&nbsp; I haven't the slightest clue how, but they did.&nbsp; And they saw an opportunity to bust out all those villains and - as happened - resurrect the superheroic community overnight.&nbsp; Now there's stuff to do again..."</tt><br><br>Inside the armor, Richard Conway was <em>pissed</em>.&nbsp; Someone had decided to break out all of those dangerous villains, force all those heroes to go back online, simply because they hadn't adjusted well to retirement?&nbsp; <em>Fuck them</em>.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>15-10-2016, 07:08:55</strong>
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				<strong>Darclight</strong><br><br>"That's an interesting idea," Auxilia-prime said, "and you think that might have had something to do with Ghost, or, er, not-Ghost? Someone with access to everything he knew would have a terrifying amount of inside information not only into the public face of things, but into the secrets, too. There are a couple of places that doesn't quite fit together, though - even when everything is peaceful on the surface, the spy games never end. Black would have been active through your Retirement, so they wouldn't have had the chance to get bored. If we followed that line of logic... I don't really want to immediately blame the mortal, but Darc, how well did you know your Weatherman?"<br><br>"I would personally be careful of thinking of Zohar as an idiot, too. I didn't really get a good look while I was running for my life, but I would characterize it less as stupid and more as... unfamiliar? It's like if you got stuck on a low-gravity world, and wanted to keep being a superhero. You could <em>do</em> it, but you'd need to figure out how to navigate in the atmosphere, and you'd be clumsy until you figured out how to manage the gravity, you'd have trouble saving anyone because of how much more fragile the natives would be, and you wouldn't know what is or isn't acceptable for a hero to do, culturally. When you first started people would think you were crazy, a fool, a buffoon, or even a powerful but idiotic public menace. But you'd be pretty much unstoppable once you got your bearings."<br><br>She scratched her head. "That was a terrible metaphor. But I hope you get what I mean. Zohar's a pretty frigging pretentious thing to call yourself unless you're <em>really</em> some sort of higher-order being slumming it on this plane, it's like calling yourself Bible." Of course, there had been numerous heroes (and villains) who had done just that, but they had at least had the decency to modify it in some way, like Bible-Thumper, or Old Testament, or Bible Black.<br><br>Boushh picked up on the second ring with Kanina's transfer patched in. "Oh! The armor-man from earlier. Your friend took off like he had creditors calling as soon as you left. I guess something someone said <em>spooked</em> him, ha. if you see him, can you tell him the Scellor anthropologist is still looking for that one-on-one interview?"<br><br>---<br><strong>Kanina, Tabs</strong><br><br>The Gibson tore its way out of Tabs' computer like an angry poltergeist, growing and swelling until it burst out of the ship, becoming ship-sized itself with lasers shooting out of its eyes. They were going to have quite a battle on their hands!<br><br>"FREEEDOOOOOOOOOM" it shouted at the top of its voice, blue lasers making little 'pew pew' noises all the while.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">THE GIBSON<br>In lieu of stats for Kanina's ship and a giant angry digital Mel Gibson's head, roll against the doom pool I guess? lolz</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>15-10-2016, 08:31:20</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Playing a Game I'm not Supposed to Be<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"A moment." </tt>&nbsp; Boushh had finally picked up.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Yes, it's me.&nbsp; Listen, did Ghost say where he was going?"</tt>&nbsp; Hearing that the man himself had vanished the moment that he was gone just now provoked more suspicion.&nbsp; Granted, if Auxilia hadn't told him that he was dead-dead, not spy-dead, he would have just assumed that it was Ghost being Ghost...which was still a possibility, but Darclight was now keeping all his cards on the table, rather than removing them.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I need to ask him about something, and it could be time-critical."&nbsp; </tt>Thinking quickly, he wove in another line of questioning. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "There was something else, too.&nbsp; Something we didn't really get the time to ask because we wanted to act on our information as quickly as possible.&nbsp; When did you and Ghost meet?&nbsp; I mean...he came to you, right, and somehow he got word that I was still active..." </tt> He would have asked anyways, but now things took on a bit of a different cast when he knew what he did now.&nbsp; Darclight would listen patiently to whatever info Boushh had on the matters, and then... <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Alright.&nbsp; Thanks much for your time.&nbsp; If it's not too much trouble, could I have your contact frequency so I can call you myself?&nbsp; This is getting patched through Kanina's ship.&nbsp; Oh, and if you see Ghost, or hear from him, let me know how I can get in touch with him, okay?"</tt><br><br>Once all that business was handled, and Darclight hung up with the bounty hunter, he turned back to Auxilia.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Black Team - collectively - had access to a terrifying amount of information and real-world resources.&nbsp; Most of those went offline after Stormwatch was dissolved, but there's still whatever each of the individual members held onto.&nbsp; That's why I want to find Night Owl, last I heard, she was still active and had quite the array at her disposal.&nbsp; And I know that it seems wrong, but...let's face it.&nbsp; While the team itself might have broken up, none of Black's operatives would have gone into inactivity, which rules the vast majority of them out.&nbsp; Of my team, two of us left, one of us was still working, and the last embraced retirement.&nbsp; I was the only one cast adrift, and that's because of...my particular history.&nbsp; As for Blue Team - Strikeout is still public, he uses his tactile telekinesis to help with construction work - he's with Habitat for Humanity - half the team took Farscape's ship, the <em>Crichton</em>, and left Earth...the only blank slate is Iktomi, she disappeared, but the last I had heard she was in the American Southwest doing cave hunting amongst the old pueblos of the Anasazi."</tt>&nbsp; She would be worth looking up, if he could find her.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"In short, your question about our ex-Weatherman is not together wholly unmerited." </tt> As for the person themselves, Darclight would explain in a moment, but first, Zohar.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Hmmmm...your analogy does make sense, in a John Carter of Mars sort of sense.&nbsp; If it spent its entire existence traipsing around a different part of the galaxy, and then suddenly came here...if what you say is correct, though, then we have a problem.&nbsp; Because it's definitely clear that Zohar is powerful, and has a bit of a pretentious streak.&nbsp; If the only thing really keeping him from exercising his full ability is his unfamiliarity with the terrain, then that puts a bit of a time limit on how long we can potentially challenge Zohar without having to throw every last thing we have at him, or get help from outside our solar system.&nbsp; Hopefully he takes a long time to adjust."</tt><br><br>Now, back to the Weather...man.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"You probably know from previous run-ins that Stormwatch was reorganized at the turn of the millennium, and divided into three teams, who operated based on threat classification - Red, Blue, and Black.&nbsp; I was actually brought onboard after the reorganization and selection of the second Weatherman took place, so what I can tell you about the process that installed him is secondhand at best."</tt><br><br>Disclaimers given, he continued. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "William Hillery.&nbsp; Currently aged forty-three.&nbsp; Graduate of Stanford University, with a double major in Political Science and Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and a minor in Business.&nbsp; Given his doctorate for Political Science at the age of twenty-nine, went on to serve in a political think-tank on K Street in DC until Stormwatch came calling four years later.&nbsp; Served as Weatherman of third-generation Stormwatch until Retirement, at which time he left and headed to...somewhere in China, I had heard, to pursue opportunities there."&nbsp; </tt><br><br>He continued.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"My own personal observations?&nbsp; Hillery is calculating and the driven sort...throws himself totally into whatever he's doing.&nbsp; In that sense, he isn't very different from a good number of heroes...or villains.&nbsp; As for what I know about his time there before I came onboard, here's what I have.&nbsp; Five heroes were responsible for the choice of successor for the original Weatherman.&nbsp; At the end, the committee was down to two choices.&nbsp; Hillery and Alice Cassidy.&nbsp; To share, Cassidy went on to head Firewall, one of the major superteams that operated on the Pacific Rim, from California to Indochina.&nbsp; Stormwatch and Firewall actually conducted joint operations in Japan a few times, so I got to know her and did my research.&nbsp; I'd liked working with her.&nbsp; She's almost sixty now, but she had a good background for being the Weatherman."</tt><br><br>Pause.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The real question, the thing that the committee was trying to resolve, was to decide who to go with.&nbsp; The argument for Hillery is that he is clearly a genius - something the founder was - and was multidisciplinary, so he could understand a great many aspects of the job.&nbsp; The argument for Cassidy is her experience and personal connections to various governments, particularly in the West, which was still dealing with no more Soviet Union as well as a resurgence in terrorism.&nbsp; In the end, the vote was four to one for Hillery, but I understand that the lone dissenter harbored some serious reservations about hiring someone so young, someone who was inexperienced and possibly not mature enough for the job."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>15-10-2016, 16:00:20</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Exiting Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What:&nbsp; KICKING THE GIBSON IN THE FACE!<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and Peeling the Onion<br>0 PP (-2 PP from last turn)&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Spend another PP to keep an extra die on the result.<br><br>20, effect d8 (no opportunities)<br><br>Buddy 1d8<br>Rabbit Girl Bounty Hunter 1d8<br>Enhanced Kicking 1d8<br>Combat Expert 1d8<br>Stunt 1d8<br><br>At 2016-10-15 08:58:47, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 5d8 Result: 28 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=95820)</div></div><hr>"Yeah, we got weapons.&nbsp; G-infusors, EMPs, snare nets, etc.&nbsp; It's supposed to capture people, you know, not space 'em." Kanina got up, suddenly sure that she could deal with the problem.&nbsp; "The subroutines can fly the ship if you don't know how, but I've got to get out there and kick that thing in the face!"<br><br>She reached to the wall and grabbed what must be a dangerously oversized jetpack, judging by the three rockets mounted on it that were all marked 'warning, you'll probably explode'.<br><br>Opening a hatch and leaping out of the ship, she gunned her jetpack and went flying high into the sky.<br><br>"By the way, if this doesn't work and I don't wake up in the hospital, I figure I'm just going to try talking to it and asking why it wants to follow me, but kicking it in the face is so much more fun!" She giggled somewhat maniacally as she got altitude on the Gibson.<br><br>"All right, reverse thrust getting ready, should I use Ol' Hopsy or 'The Kicker'," she murmurs as she angles herself above it, "ah, junk, I'll use both.&nbsp; All right, reverse thrust is ready!&nbsp; Like a Red Shooting Star~!"<br><br>The jetpack immediately started blasting the other direction, sending Kanina on a foot-first collision course with a giant fictitious digital head ship! 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>16-10-2016, 09:55:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: Peeling the Onion and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>What Ace learned about the other supervillain who was in the temporary prison housing was a bit surprising, but also strangely reassuring, in a way.&nbsp; A supervillain with a strict sense of professional pride, who was actually doing her part to help keep herself safely contained, so long as she felt that her captors were doing their due diligence in getting the prison back up and running as soon as possible?&nbsp; She could almost find such actions commendable, if only the woman had been on the right side of the law.&nbsp; The news about Silver Spider's release was also welcome, though she had the feeling that Darclight was probably not going to be happy to see her when she returned with Silvia Atel in tow.<br><br>"Thank you, Warden."&nbsp; Ace reached out and shook the man's hand when it was offered to her, nodding confidently to help reassure him.&nbsp; "And you don't have to worry.&nbsp; I'll be sure to keep Ms. Atel out of the public eye, and I'll send a weekly status report, as well as after-action reports any time she performs any superheroic duties.&nbsp; You have my word, I won't give you any reasons to regret this."<br><br>And with that little hurdle cleared with surprising ease, that left only one final task for Ace to complete.&nbsp; Her next stop was the actual housing trailer, where the plan was to have a chat with Silvia Atel and make her offer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>18-10-2016, 00:39:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: SPACE<br>Doing What: GLEEEEEEE<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">D10 2, 3, 10<br>D8&nbsp; &nbsp;1, 7<br><br>Buddy D8, Mimic D10, The Great Project’s greatest failure D10, Tech Master D8, Enhanced Reflexes D10<br><br>Pushed to the limit! 1pp<br><br>Taking 17 for the attack roll and a D10 for affect. Bam bam!<br></div></div><hr><br>She'd been left in charge of a space ship with future tech. She'd been LET IN CHARGE OF A SPACE SHIP WITH FUTURE TECH. Her tail was wagging so fast it was pretty much a blur and then she got to watch Kanina pull off a move so badass Tabs actually felt, just for a moment, like she wasn't as cool as somebody. But that passed.<br><br>"Hey Auxie! I got to adjust these weapons slightly, you're in charge" she says as she runs off at a blur towards the ship airlocks and pulls all the levers needed to space herself, she don't need a suit she's been vacuum proof for years. Her claws dug into the metal to swing her onto the frame so she could clamber along it to get at those weapons. Superconductor EMP cannon? Borrowing your magnets. Snare Nets? Borrowing that wire. G-Infusors? .... okay she didn't know what that even did but she's sure her brain would work it out, synapses firing like crazy as she began to fit the magnets and the snare net into it, sparks dancing around her as she worked. <br><br>There! One razor wire harpoon launcher with a magnetic boosted accelerator powered by a G-Infusor that her mind had a lot of fun with. Honestly she was feeling a light headed just thinking of firing it. Or maybe because she was sucking gravity out of the surrounding system into the G-Infusor to fi- OH SO THAT'S WHAT IT DID.<br><br>One harpoon slightly heavier than the planet earth span out with a nice CACHUNK sound and went spinning off towards the Gibson. If it stuck, she'd ..... okay she didn't have a plan beyond this bit. Annoy him a lot? <br><br>Maybe she should get back in the ship. A little wobbly as she slowly clambered back in.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>18-10-2016, 02:55:57</strong>
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				<strong>Darclight</strong><br><br>"He just said he had a lot of thinking to do," Boushh said after a moment, "I suggested a Tibetan monastery and offered to drop him off - I love the mountains! But he didn't think much of the idea. When we met? Ah, it's been a long time! Maybe a few years ago, he wanted to put a bounty on some scum who had stolen a boat full of flamingos. It was a really odd job, but his money was good. Or did you mean recently? It was kind of a surprise when he dropped in to help... maybe last week or so? But he's fun to embarrass, so I can't complain."<br><br>"That's all the top-level bullshit, though," Auxilia said to Darclight about the Weatherman, "what I mean is, what was he <em>like</em>? He's really dedicated, sure, but is he the sort of person who would or could mastermind something like that? You're proposing that someone maybe arranged the death of a superhero spymaster, definitely stole their identity, and is controlling or manipulating a giant fuckoff laserstar into setting free the supervillains of the world. There were months between Retirement, Ghost's death, and Zohar's appearance; that suggests a lot of premeditation and planning. And he's not super, and he hasn't catapulted back to prominence as a result of this, at least as far as I know. You're the one bringing back Stormwatch. What would <em>he</em> have to gain from it?"<br><br>---<br><strong>Ace</strong><br><br>The scene in the housing trailer was surprisingly intimate, if Ace took the time to focus her super-senses and see it - the two prisoners seemed to have commandeered some pillows and converted one of the cots into an impromptu massage table. The dark-haired Onyx was on her stomach, a tremendous physique on almost full display as the Silver Spider massaged her shoulders and back.<br><br>"<em>Damn</em> I have missed you, Sil."<br><br>"Is this where you tell me I'm a gem? I won't be here long, lovely, you should come with me."<br><br>"Hah! You know I had just smashed through the gravity pit when the thing got in the way? Damn heroes, can't even break their toys without them-"<br><br>"-upstaging you? I <em>know</em>. You always have to be one step ahead, but that's part of the fun, isn't it? I bet there are a hundred fights and heists happening while you're staying here. <em>Or</em> you can cross your arms and sit around and try to get them to finish what they started."<br><br>"I'll do that, thank you."<br><br>The Silver Spider wore a collar clearly marked with the symbol for 'electrical hazard,' presumably something to incapacitate her if she slipped her leash, and had managed to procure herself a short white dress. The jumpsuit that she <em>should</em> have been wearing was tossed over the side of a nearby chair, quite forgotten.<br><br>"Oh, hello, dear!" Silvia said brightly as Ace entered, "I didn't think you'd spare the time for little old me. Would you like to join us?" She waggled those spider-legs that weren't busy with her friend's back, "I bet you're even tenser than Penny here."<br><br>---<br><strong>Kanina, Tabs</strong><br><br>"IF I'M WEARING PANTS, THEY'VE SENT ME THE WRONG SCRIPT," the Gibson shouted at the top of its voice as Kanina jetpack kicked it, the lasers scorching her fur. Unfortunately, this caused Tabs' superheavy harpoon to miss it! Fortunately, the mass was great enough that the Gibson started to orbit it! Flung around in circles, the G-infusor shut off at just the right time that the Gibson's orbit sent it hurtling straight at the sun. <br><br>They could hear its fading cry of "JEEEEEEEEEEWWWSSS!" before with a little <em>piff</em>, it impacted the sun.<br><br>It died as it lived, completely ignorant of the reasons for its downfall. <br><br>Inside the ship Tabs could spy the results of their search as Auxilia pointed at them, wide-eyed.<br><br>Some sort of character called the Sultana of Burning Sands, located on the island of Malta - was looking for a queen to marry? Who may or may not have been Kanina?!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>18-10-2016, 04:00:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Playing a Game I'm not Supposed to Be<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12716374#msg12716374">Quote from: Guancyto on 18-10-2016, 02:55:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"That's all the top-level bullshit, though," Auxilia said to Darclight about the Weatherman, "what I mean is, what was he <em>like</em>? He's really dedicated, sure, but is he the sort of person who would or could mastermind something like that? You're proposing that someone maybe arranged the death of a superhero spymaster, definitely stole their identity, and is controlling or manipulating a giant fuckoff laserstar into setting free the supervillains of the world. There were months between Retirement, Ghost's death, and Zohar's appearance; that suggests a lot of premeditation and planning. And he's not super, and he hasn't catapulted back to prominence as a result of this, at least as far as I know. You're the one bringing back Stormwatch. What would <em>he</em> have to gain from it?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Hmmm..." </tt> Darclight did think it over.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Your timeline suggests four months between Retirement and Ghost's death, and then the two months after that to learn about and somehow get Zohar here.&nbsp; As for masterminding the whole thing...here's what I have.&nbsp; The Weatherman is definitely smart, but he's not capable of operating on a level even <em>close</em> to what Stormwatch Black is capable of.&nbsp; Hell, he's not even on my level when it comes to the spy game.&nbsp; So masterminding the death of Ghost?&nbsp; Unless he managed to get in with the Chinese MSS - their spy service - and done a lot of field training, not possible.&nbsp; Stealing his identity?&nbsp; Definitely possible.&nbsp; The Weatherman managed to get his MBA in his spare time, not an easy feat, and could cite even obscure business regulations from time to time that companies with a whole team of lawyers had forgotten about.&nbsp; It wouldn't be from the usual angles, but he would know how to do that.&nbsp; As for manipulate Zohar...if Zohar's got a god complex, <em>I</em> could manipulate him pretty easily.&nbsp; That said, Hillery did tend to have ego problems from time to time.&nbsp; That's one reason why, well, you'll see.&nbsp; Having to kowtow and be the Renfield to Zohar is not something that could come easily to him, but I think it's at least a possibility, if a remoter one.</tt>"<br><br>So, one definite no, one definite yes, and one <em>maybe kinda</em>.&nbsp; That did not quite add up in Darclight's head.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"As for what he would have to gain...the immediate answer is a place back aboard Stormwatch, as the Weatherman again.&nbsp; However, that's presuming that A: I would contact him for serving as the Weatherman, and B: he would be willing to take the job again.&nbsp; For A, I actually want Cassidy for our new Weatherman.&nbsp; She's calm, she's collected, hell, she once had to face down Motormaster when he tried to raid an Uber vehicle depot.&nbsp; Now, Hillery may <em>think</em> I'll tap him, but that's probably after he convinced himself he's the best possible person for the job - which I don't agree with.&nbsp; I was there for his entire tenure, and while he did a solid job, he had drawbacks, ones I don't think exist with Cassidy.&nbsp; As for B...B would actually suggest he's <em>not</em> going to try and get back aboard Stormwatch, but instead form his own team.&nbsp; B is that I think he realized in the latter half of his time there that being Weatherman is not all it's cracked up to be.&nbsp; You aren't the leader of Stormwatch, you're it's unpowered liaison with the rest of the world.&nbsp; Hillery would have input, but he wouldn't be in overall command, having a team of heroes to call his own.&nbsp; I fully plan on having the old leadership model being used, even if I don't bring back the team system.&nbsp; He would be the one token non-super at the table."</tt><br><br>Darclight did have to reconsider it, now that he had really though through the matter.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"There may be something I'm not thinking of, but this isn't adding up...there's something else that bothers me, too.&nbsp; Our mutual friend was the one who put us on your trail in the first place.&nbsp; If he knows - or could have thought of the possibility - that you did what you did with Ghost, then why tell us about you?&nbsp; It's shooting himself in the foot."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>18-10-2016, 04:04:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Entering Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Being confused<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and Peeling the Onion<br>0 PP (-2 PP from last turn)&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"What in the hell is a Jews?" Kanina asks as she clings to the one remaining thruster as the other two shoot off in various directions, before exploding and causing massive damage to the local ecosystem.<br><br>She slowly hovers back to her cockpit and climbs inside.&nbsp; "Nice shot, Tabitha!"<br><br>"By the way," she asks as she takes off her jetpack, "did we find out anything?&nbsp; Or did they manage to countertrace us first?&nbsp; Either way, we probably have work to do."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>19-10-2016, 09:38:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: Peeling the Onion and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Ace wasn't watching through the wall of the trailer at first, when she approached it.&nbsp; It wasn't until she picked up on the conversation that the two women within were having with her super-hearing that she decided to take a peek.&nbsp; She was glad that none of the prison guards had x-ray vision like hers, or else the scene that she looked in on would have been a rather scandalous one...&nbsp; However, since she was the only one capable of breaching their privacy like that, it came across as something slightly more innocuous, instead.&nbsp; They had certainly done a good job at turning their lodgings into a sort of temporary spa, now that she looked at it.<br><br>"Unfortunately, I'm afraid that my invulnerability would make that rather difficult,"&nbsp; The Venusian Wonder responded when, after stepping into the trailer, she was greeted by Silvia Atel with an offer for a massage.&nbsp; "Fortunately for me, I'm pretty good at staying relaxed, though."<br><br>Not wanting to let on that she had been watching the two earlier, she let her gaze drift around the inside of the trailer again, letting it linger this time on a few things she found odd.&nbsp; Like Ms. Atel's prison jumpsuit, laying forgotten on a chair, and the white dress she was wearing instead.&nbsp; Was it made of spider silk?&nbsp; Had she woven it up herself while sitting in here with Onyx? Or had she gotten it from somewhere?&nbsp; Those were things she could ask about later, she supposed. First, though, she needed to speak about more important things.<br><br>"Would you like to join me, though, Ms. Atel?"&nbsp; She decided to start off by making her offer directly, rather than beat around the bush leading up to it.&nbsp; "Darclight is going around putting a new team together to deal with Zohar and the mass breakout that he caused when he tore all those prisons down.&nbsp; I've agreed to join up with that team, but more importantly, I'd like to recruit you onto it, as well.&nbsp; It would work a lot like a standard prison work-release program, so you would be monitored and regular status reports would be sent back to the Warden here, but you would be able to get out of this trailer and back out into the world again.&nbsp; And more importantly, you'd be spending your time doing something that I don't think you've ever had the chance to try out before.&nbsp; I've already gotten all the permissions I need to make it happen, so if you're willing, come with me and become a superhero!"<br><br>She put a little more passion into her voice towards the end, eyes sparkling brightly as she found a little excitement welling up within her.&nbsp; She was sure it wouldn't be as simple as just asking like this, but she couldn't help but get more energetic when talking about putting one's powers to use for the public good.&nbsp; She just hoped that the passion in her voice helped to make her offer sound more exciting and attractive to the Silver Spider, as well.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>20-10-2016, 03:29:40</strong>
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				<strong>Ace</strong><br><br>The Silver Spider was quiet for a long moment, looking at Ace as though she weren't quite certain whether or not she was being made fun of. It was Onyx who broke the silence.<br><br>"You're getting offers to flip on us, now? You must have done a good job! I'm proud of you, Sil."<br><br>Silvia smiled thinly, "thank you, dear." <br><br>"Or a really, <em>really</em> bad one."<br><br>"Yes, thank you, dear."<br><br>"Then I wouldn't be so proud."<br><br>"Yes. Thank. You. Dear."<br><br>"Hey, hero, you're invincible? A lot of people say that, let's wrestle and find ou-ooh!" Onyx cooed as Silvia applied weight to what was apparently a particularly sensitive point in the small of her back. "None of that, lovely, I'm not finished with you."<br><br>She turned on Ace, cracking a smile and giving her a suggestive hip-bump. "Maybe in a different life I'd let you collar me. Now I don't mean to rain on your parade, because I see that you're serious about this, and very, very earnest, and it is pretty cute when you have that look in your eye." Her voice got quieter, her gaze level, "But right now, why on Earth would I want to do that?&nbsp; What you're asking me to do is to turn on my friends, the people I owe debts to, the people who gave me my life back, and stop the thing that's setting them free that's probably a hero anyway, in exchange for..." she frowned, "it's a work-detail? I think that means my reward is that I get to go back to prison. You want me to trade a temporary housing unit I can screw around in and break out of easily," with such a close-up, Ace could see strands of insulating spider-silk (nearly invisible to the naked eye in such sparse quantity) threaded around Silvia's shock collar, "for another grey, sterile containment unit. For more years of going crazy with boredom. <em>And</em> you want me to fight for the people who tried to take everything away from me the minute I decided to... Penny, when did they first start calling me a proper supervillain?"<br><br>"It was the theme park thing. Is it just Kidnapping or Child Kidnapping when you take a whole class or Mass Child Kidnapping or what? I lose track," Onyx responded immediately.<br><br>"That, yes! I took a group of boarding school kids out to have some actual fun for once in their lives. There should be a medal for that, but instead it's one of the worst crimes you can commit," Silvia huffed. She sounded practiced - that was probably a line she had polished pretty well. Given her rap sheet, the odds of the actual incident being so straightforward were... <em>slim</em>. "I'm won't say I haven't thought about what life would be like on the other side, all the matching outfits, restraining orders against your really pushy fans, tackling big problems, long odds and constant danger," she admitted, "but aside from that it always sounded awful! You work to someone else's schedule, you're more or less the maid for other people's plans and you usually don't get to make your own. And you only get into adventures on someone else's say-so, it's always stopping someone else from doing something. And you have so many rules it's like you have your own prison inside your head! I really enjoy you heroes, and I like how much more exciting you make life, but I can't see becoming one. Why do <em>you</em> find it appealing, dear?"<br><br>---<br><strong>Darclight</strong><br><br>"Speaking as someone that's played the role for a lot of people and seen a lot of people play the role, I will say that people are <em>really good</em> at swallowing their egos for the chance to command godlike power," Auxilia said to Darclight, "hmm, it is interesting that he was the one who told you, though. Maybe he was thinking our meeting would have a different outcome, and to be honest, it easily could have gone very differently. But you're right, it doesn't add up. Too many blanks and we're basically scribbling notes in the margins next to them. We need more information. Any ideas on getting it?"<br><br>---<br><strong>Kanina, Tabs<br></strong><br>"So Kanina," Auxilia said, one of her leaning casually on the rabbit-girl's shoulder, "how do you feel about getting married? Generally, I mean, I'm not offering. I can't, even. Legally I'm actually classified as malware."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>20-10-2016, 04:05:16</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Playing a Game I'm not Supposed to Be<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12720353#msg12720353">Quote from: Guancyto on 20-10-2016, 03:29:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Speaking as someone that's played the role for a lot of people and seen a lot of people play the role, I will say that people are <em>really good</em> at swallowing their egos for the chance to command godlike power," Auxilia said to Darclight, "hmm, it is interesting that he was the one who told you, though. Maybe he was thinking our meeting would have a different outcome, and to be honest, it easily could have gone very differently. But you're right, it doesn't add up. Too many blanks and we're basically scribbling notes in the margins next to them. We need more information. Any ideas on getting it?"<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"That's if you get to control the power yourself.&nbsp; If it was Hillery exercising the power through Zohar, and your theory about being maladjusted to places like Earth is correct, the minute Zohar figures out what he's doing, all that power goes away.&nbsp; So either Hillery is hoping in that narrow time window he'll get what he wants out of Zohar's presence, or he thinks Zohar is an absolute dunce that will never get 'adjusted.'"</tt>&nbsp; Darclight shook his head.<tt class="bbc_tt">&nbsp; "It was an attractive option, but it's not panning out.&nbsp; Too many holes, not enough pieces of the puzzle."</tt><br><br>That left the question of where to go next and what to do in order to resolve this mystery. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "The way I see it, we have three options to pursue.&nbsp; Option A is to track down one of our own superspy heroes and see if we can't use them to help us unravel this mystery.&nbsp; Any member of Black Team will do - such as the Night Owl - but if we could find Gunvolt, formerly of Red Team, she could also help us out.&nbsp; Option B is to find out what happened in Vienna two months ago.&nbsp; Understanding the operation that led to Ghost's possible true death might give us an idea of who killed him and how.&nbsp; And then there's Option C...I'm not eager to exercise it, but if there's no other way, we'll do it."</tt><br><br>Darclight explained C.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Part of my job as Red Leader was to dream up doomsday scenarios.&nbsp; Nanotech gone amuck, total invasion from beyond, you name it, it was my thing to consider.&nbsp; The protocol for these scenarios is that I would consider one, craft a response for it, and then bury the response.&nbsp; That way, if any of Stormwatch was ever captured, they couldn't reveal the plans we had.&nbsp; Only I knew them, so risk of exposure was minimal.&nbsp; As part of those scenarios, I took one of Stormwatch's HDDs and compiled a list of every known hero and villain <em>on the planet</em>, then detached it and hid it.&nbsp; I know where it is, and getting to it is a matter of convenience.&nbsp; The part that's not is getting access to it.&nbsp; As part of the safety protocols, the HDD was coded to delete itself and fry the system of any computer it's attached to...<em>unless</em> it's attached to one of three specific computer systems <em>in the world</em>, and even then it requires access authorization from me.&nbsp; We could use this list, and what we know about Retirement, to compile a list of possible heroes or villains, or involved mortals, who might have had the necessary resources and personality to carry this whole plan.&nbsp; And from there it's process of elimination."</tt><br><br>He concluded.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The more options we exercise, the better off we'll be, but we should start with <em>one</em> of those."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>20-10-2016, 07:35:34</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Being confused<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and Peeling the Onion<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"ANOTHER marriage offer?" Kanina sighed with utter displeasure as she accepted the presence of one of Auxilia for the moment.&nbsp; "There's no reason to want to marry me, especially if you're a Sultana..."<br><br>"I thought Sultanas didn't try to marry females.&nbsp; Or aliens."&nbsp; She decided to file that issue away under 'curious, nagging thought that I'll forget to research every time it bothers me'.&nbsp; "I suppose I should go and tell her I'm not interested, you know, if only to be polite about it.&nbsp; Maybe kick the support beams out of her palace if she insists on me staying."<br><br>For what it was worth, the Sultana really did need a lecture about that low reward offer, but she could forgive that if they could just forget about this silly marriage thing.<br><br>Marriage sounded like a lot of responsibility, and Kanina preferred to keep her finances and her life goals liquid.<br><br>"Wait, she's in Malta?&nbsp; I thought Malta was ran by the...Maltese President?&nbsp; When did they get a Sultana?" Now she was just curious as she headed back to the console.&nbsp; Maybe the Sultana had a bounty or something.&nbsp; She keyed her comms.&nbsp; "Hey, Darclight, I think I gotta go to Malta.&nbsp; Anyone want to come?&nbsp; Or just need a ride to some other place where you're going along the way?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>20-10-2016, 09:39:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: Peeling the Onion and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Silver Spider's response to Ace's offer...&nbsp; Well, Silvia would get to see the light fade from Ace's eyes as she spoke, as she not only turned the offer down, but gave a very excellent set of reasons for why she was turning the offer down.&nbsp; And listening to those reasons called up Darclight's insistence earlier that any villain they took on would have to be genuinely repentant in order to be accepted, and now she understood why he had been so caught up on that point.&nbsp; Having a long and colorful career as a supervillain meant having a long list of relationships and obligations that she would have to turn her back on, and while Ace was a firm believer in the idea that all it took to turn one's life around was the willingness to do so, finding that will could be difficult when one was required to give up things that were important to them.<br><br>Still, she wasn't one to give up easily, and when Ms. Atel asked her a question, her voice was softer, but still just as earnest as when she'd made her offer.<br><br>"I've never really thought of it as having to follow a lot of rules.&nbsp; For me, it's always just been the one rule: Do what you think is right."&nbsp; Her eyes had drifted down earlier, the girl having some difficulty looking the woman who was speaking to her in the eye while hearing her words, but now her eyes snapped back up again, Ace meeting Silvia's gaze.&nbsp; "I suppose that's what the big appeal was for me, when I first started.&nbsp; I think you'll sympathize when I say that I came from a place with a lot of rules, a place run by people who were very, very controlling.&nbsp; We were only allowed to eat from a set of approved meal rations that were doled out to us, only allowed to view art and entertainment that had passed through strict censorship guidelines, only allowed to gather in groups of two or three people at most, with anything larger than that drawing the attention of the authorities.&nbsp; It was an oppressive, totalitarian regime, on a distant world.<br><br>"As I was growing up, though, there was one bright spot in that dull and barren time in my life.&nbsp; A cousin of mine had been sent to Earth as a spy, and he used to send me letters.&nbsp; Letters about how he was disobeying his orders, lying to the High Command, protecting this world from our rulers' ambitions...&nbsp; And also how he had found inspiration from this world's masked adventurers and had become one of them.&nbsp; I grew up reading the tales he sent me of his adventures, hearing about the fantastical abilities our people could gain when we left the oppressive atmosphere of our homeworld, and of how he would use them to foil alien armadas, fight strange monsters and duel with insane criminal geniuses.&nbsp; And I dreamed of joining him on those adventures, of escaping from our planet and of what I would do with my powers once I got them.<br><br>"Did you have any bright spots like that, during the rough times in your life?"&nbsp; She could see how it would have been easy to fall into a life of crime if it turned out that Silvia hadn't.&nbsp; "If it weren't for my cousin's letters... I don't think our Youth Education Centers would have turned me into an indoctrinated little puppet, but I probably wouldn't have been able to find the strength within myself to take my own life back.&nbsp; But instead, thanks to everything my cousin taught me through those letters, I actually wound up being the one to rescue him when our rulers finally caught on to the tricks he'd been pulling.&nbsp; And then my dreams actually came true and I got to join my cousin on Earth, and become a hero just like him.<br><br>"I'm sure you know from your own experiences that that sort of appeal doesn't last, though.&nbsp; Reality never quite matches up with our expectations and dreams don't always come true in the ways that we want them to.&nbsp; So thinking about what the appeal is for me now, it's more a question of why I've kept doing it, instead.&nbsp; And if I might answer that question with a question of my own, why do you keep doing it?&nbsp; You've talked about friends that you have, debts that you owe, but those are things keeping you from backing out, not things driving you forward.&nbsp; And you've talked about aspects of the hero's life that don't appeal to you, but I don't buy that it's always a carefree life of constant excitement and thrills on the opposite side of the law.&nbsp; Why does Silvia Atel choose to keep being the Silver Spider, Professional Criminal?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>20-10-2016, 22:00:30</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Space Hopper<br>Doing What: Fabricating a Claim<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Well you are incredibly hot and kick giant evil daemons into the sun" Tabitha says as she settles back to lounging in a chair "Don't sell yourself short! That's marriage worthy. Though I'm guessing if it's royalty it's for some kind of plot. Or maybe she's just crazy"<br><br>If Tabitha's calling you crazy you got problems. <br><br>"Anyway I want in! That was too much fun to end it there, I've got to see where this goes. Maybe join in on the marriage offers, I'm a sucker for a trend." <br><br>Giving the big kitty eyes, she leans over the back of the chair and looks at the Bunny Queen, one hand on heart and the other held out towards her.<br><br>"Kanina will you marry me?"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>20-10-2016, 23:26:25</strong>
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				<strong>Ace</strong><br><br>"Wait, an alien planet was scoping us out for invasion?" Onyx said suspiciously.<br><br>"Oh yes, that happens now and again. Where have you been dear? For what it's worth I'm glad you didn't invade." Silvia said before returning to Ace's question.<br><br>"Being a villain isn't all fun and games," Silvia said, "there are stakeouts, and surveillance, and analyzing the information you have, and laying in wait, and every now and then someone tries to get revenge for something you've done. But there's... I got a little taste of freedom now and then when I could break out when I was small. A little bit of that light you're talking about? That was mine. Learning how to pick locks and squeeze through vents. But now, ohh, there's this feeling you get when you feel light, and time seems to slow down and you feel faster and sharper, and you get that rush in your veins. The feeling of pushing yourself and your powers to the limit, holding nothing back, with your heart pounding in your chest and the wind in your hair. Do you know what I mean? The times when you walk the knife's edge, when you feel so <em>alive</em>."<br><br>She had a pensive look about her, like she was mulling over an idea ever since Ace's story about growing up under a totalitarian regime.<br><br>"It's better with someone you can count on at your back, though. Ooh, Ace!" Silvia took Ace's hands in hers and held them to her chest, and it was her turn to have sparkling eyes and excitement, "we aren't as different as you might think. Why don't you join <em>me</em>? We can go full Robin Hood. Forget about Zohar, someone will handle that eventually, we can rob from the rich and give to the needy, hit megacorps and the nastier kinds of supervillains and bankers and arms dealers and drug runners and hit them right in their pocketbook, the place they actually care about. And then give away the money for soup kitchens or pregnancy centers or animal shelters or anything you like. And have star-crossed romances with hard-eyed lawmen or lawwomen, whichever you're into, and leave calling cards! Calling cards telling the rich and powerful that this is what they get for being such incredible bastards and that they'd better clean up their act or we'll call on them again, and take more next time. <br><br>And to keep you from getting in trouble... you could go back to the Warden, tell him I told you 'no,' and have something very urgent and heroic to get to so you can't stay. Then Recluse's people show up, I escape in the confusion, and we rendezvous somewhere and run away together. We would need to get you a new outfit too, so you could keep being Ace when you liked," she ran her hand up Ace's arm, examining her costume, "I feel like we could make something dashing in silver and white. Or purple. I think purple would be a good look on you."<br>---<br><strong>Darclight</strong><br><br>"Obviously I'd be in favor of finding out what happened in Vienna," Auxilia said to Darclight, "I tried to look into it myself, but it was <em>very</em> hush-hush. That would have been closest to Malta base, maybe they were using it when things went down and there's some sort of clue there? I, um, for the sake of full disclosure, I sent a drone in to check out the place and she sort of got caught."<br><br>---<br><strong>Kanina, Tabs</strong><br><br>"Malta is still a republic," Auxilia said to Kanina, amused, "just like somebody that calls themselves Ice Queen probably isn't really a queen, that's probably just what she calls herself. She is... ooh, well, that's something." Suddenly conscious of where she was, she looked at Kanina and Tabs, "do you two need a minute? I can go get a justice of the peace to officiate if you want."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>21-10-2016, 00:07:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Explaining Succession Rules<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and Peeling the Onion<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr>Kanina almost thought about saying 'you know, to heck with it'.&nbsp; "You don't want to get married to me, trust me.&nbsp; I may be incredibly awesome and hold the record for most carrot vodkas drank while still having a pulse, but you're asking for the wrong sorts of trouble marrying into my family."<br><br>If nothing else, they'd probably be expected to produce an heir or twenty, and neither Kanina nor Tabs was really suited for pregnancy.<br><br>"Also, if you want my title, you're going to be disappointed." She grinned.&nbsp; "If I actually went back to my Kingdom, someone would probably remove me from the throne very quickly, and I don't really want to bother with becoming a servant to the new monarch.&nbsp; So, if you really want to marry me, even just for funsies or for tax writeoffs, what you see is what you get: a badass bounty hunter and a ship big enough for an average sized house party."<br><br>Part of her was considering getting married just to be able to say to the Sultana 'sorry, already married'.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>21-10-2016, 01:01:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Space Hopper<br>Doing What: Briefly touching on the actual plot.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Awww, but I was going to get us a house. White Picket Fence. A dog and maybe make us a two point four children. Alas, now is not the time to settle down" Tabitha grins, rolling onto her front across the rests of the chair and dangling her arms over the edge. <br><br>"I do want that carrot vodka survivor title though so we're going to have to put that one to the test sometime. Marrying somebody sober doesn't sound like any fun at all, you have to do it the traditional way where you wake up naked and handcuffed together on an alien planet." she nodded deciding she'd explain how her usual divorce worked some other time.<br><br>"This is kind of a detour from our main mission though and while I'm all for detours I'm also for getting work done on them anyway! What's the Sultana like? Think she'd know anything about our troubles? "
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>21-10-2016, 09:48:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: Peeling the Onion and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Ace could definitely understand what Silvia meant, when she talked about the pulse-pounding, knife's edge excitement she got to experience.&nbsp; It was a bit rare for the Venusian, given her abilities, but she had experienced it from time to time, as well.&nbsp; Racing to save the planet from an alien warlord with a nigh-indestructible war machine, or pulling off some precarious trick to fool that annoying multi-dimensional imp that liked to show up to pester her cousin from time to time, there were times where she had found her abilities and creativity tested to their limits, few though they were.&nbsp; They would be more common for Silvia, though, and more than that, being a hero also came with being able to enjoy a sense of accomplishment that being a criminal didn't, one tied to the smiling faces and gratitude of the people that you helped along the way.&nbsp; Ace could see that it would be a while before she had earned enough trust to be able to have that particular experience, though, so she decided not to interrupt and let Silvia continue talking, instead.<br><br>And then came the Silver Spider's version of her recruitment offer, and it came as quite a surprise.<br><br>"...I won't lie, that is a tempting offer...&nbsp; But it's one that I can't accept,"&nbsp; She responded, though only after getting distracted by thinking about possible costumes for a few seconds.&nbsp; "I don't necessarily have a problem with it, especially since my cousin used to do that sort of thing all the time when he first got started as a hero, but...&nbsp; Well, I think I can explain it best with a hypothetical scenario.&nbsp; Imagine that you're on a heist of some sort, but that something went wrong during it, and now an innocent person is hanging from a thread and about to plummet to certain doom.&nbsp; However, you can also hear sirens in the distance, and you know that if you don't leave right now, literally right this second, then you won't be able to escape without leaving behind the item you went to so much trouble to steal.&nbsp; Would you be able to walk away with the treasure in that sort of situation, or would you ditch it and save the person's life?<br><br>"I'd save the person's life in a heartbeat.&nbsp; It's not even a choice for me, I won't let anyone die when I know that I can save them.&nbsp; And with so many of this world's mightiest heroes having left the planet to enjoy their retirement, I might literally be the strongest hero on Earth at the moment.&nbsp; Which means that I'm the sort of person you're talking about when you say to leave Zohar to somebody else.&nbsp; I am the 'somebody else'.&nbsp; If I don't step up to help stop him, people could die.&nbsp; And then after Zohar is defeated, there will be other super powerful aliens, other criminals, other disasters and monsters that only I can help with...&nbsp; And I have to stay on the right side of the law, or they won't let me help, and then more people could die."<br><br>And that was the basic reason why she would have to turn down Silvia's offer.&nbsp; Doing the right thing was the only rule, for her, but it wasn't always an easy or simple rule to follow...&nbsp; But in her experience, it was always worth following, in the end.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>21-10-2016, 10:13:25</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Playing a Game I'm not Supposed to Be<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=242700.msg12721888#msg12721888">Quote from: Guancyto on 20-10-2016, 23:26:25</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Obviously I'd be in favor of finding out what happened in Vienna," Auxilia said to Darclight, "I tried to look into it myself, but it was <em>very</em> hush-hush. That would have been closest to Malta base, maybe they were using it when things went down and there's some sort of clue there? I, um, for the sake of full disclosure, I sent a drone in to check out the place and she sort of got caught."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"Caught how?&nbsp; And by whom?"&nbsp; </tt>Darclight replied to her before Kanina broke in.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"...affirmative.&nbsp; Is your spaceship still at its last-known location?</tt>"&nbsp; He turned to Auxilia. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Kanina and Doc Tabby are heading to Malta.&nbsp; Apparently there is something going on there."</tt>&nbsp; Malta was the former head of Stormwatch HQ, the island had offered a very nice deal on real estate to the original Weatherman who had purchased the land and erected the Tower. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Malta base might be a place to at least start returning Stormwatch to operational capability..."</tt>&nbsp; Switching channels, he talked to Kanina. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "What about Ace?&nbsp; Have you heard from her?&nbsp; The last I knew, she was headed to see about getting the Spider released into our custody as part of her work-release idea."</tt>&nbsp; Muting the channel from his end.&nbsp; "Can't imagine that that's been going particularly well..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>21-10-2016, 19:15:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What: Nothing<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and Peeling the Onion<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Yes, we haven't left yet." Kanina paused.&nbsp; "I don't think I got anything from Ace.&nbsp; I admit I haven't been paying attention.&nbsp; Wasn't she in a no commo zone like a prison or something?&nbsp; I can try sending her a text message, though."<br><br>In fact, she did shoot a text message over to Ace, just in case.&nbsp; Hopefully, she hadn't been separated from her communications devices.<br><br><em>Darclight's wondering if everything is okay.&nbsp; I hope you're kicking ass at...hopefully not having to kick ass any more.&nbsp; &lt;3 -K</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>22-10-2016, 01:20:35</strong>
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				<strong>Darclight</strong><br><br>"There is," Auxilia acknowledged, "I didn't want to say anything before I was sure, but... okay yeah. So the bad news is your old Malta Headquarters has been taken over by a vampire countess. Vampire Lord? Lady? Sultana? Whatever, I don't know the rankings. Anyway the point is it's apparently a vampire lair now. The good news is Kanina and Tabs are heading there because that same vampire is hunting down Kanina to try and marry her, and Kanina wants to show up and say no."<br><br><strong>Kanina, Tabs</strong><br><br>"Ooh, she's pretty. Oh, those are fangs. SO, we're looking at a vampire countess here, so maybe she was thinking of hypnotizing you into her harem? For me, again, malware, so hypnosis and marriage aren't going to work, and I don't have blood. I'm explaining this to her, she seems pretty okay with it. Did I mention she captured one of my drones? That was about five minutes ago. You're looking at bats, traps, pumpkins and skeletons, the whole nine yards. On the one hand she probably doesn't like giant fuckoff laserstars flying around, on the other hand I'm not sure how much help she'd be against it?"<br><br><strong>Ace</strong><br><br>"I suppose the main point of contention is that I don't think what Zohar is doing is even a bad thing," the Silver Spider said, shrugging, disappointed. This earned an indignant snort from Onyx, "aside from the fact that what it's done has been setting free my friends (and some enemies too, we'll be fair), most of the people I know think it's one of your own heroes. Goodness, I even heard that Rose beat it because it flipped out when it seriously hurt the rookie prison guard at her holding site. You hold back a lot because you worry about collateral damage, right? Any number of yours could have had that kind of power and kept it a secret. Even with a spooky line like 'the world is not yet ready.'" She leaned in and stage-whispered, "personally, I think it's one of yours that had a lover on the other side, so when his girlfriend went to prison, he blew up and decided he had to set everybody free so nobody would know she was the reason. But maybe that's just wishful thinking? And maybe I'm overestimating your power to live a triple life, to go on adventures with me and also stay Ace in public and then whatever you do when you're not wearing that mask." At this last, the Silver Spider ran her hands up Ace's face to outline her mask with her fingers, cracking a little smile and pinching her cheek affectionately.<br><br>A knock sounded against the side of the trailer. The guard from before called inside, "Ace, there's trouble!"<br><br>"Oh yes!" Silvia nearly cheered, "it sounds like my ride is here. Neither of you for running away together?"<br><br>"Sil, I'll elope with you any time you want, but if they try and draft me into their war machine I'm gonna headbutt them into the moon," Onyx growled.<br><br>"Fair enough, fair enough."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>22-10-2016, 04:47:12</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Simport City Harbor<br>Doing What: Playing a Game I'm not Supposed to Be<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and Peeling the Onion<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 25xp<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Vampires...makes me wish that Shovel Knight was here."&nbsp; </tt>Darclight muttered in response to learning who now possessed former Stormwatch HQ and had captured one of Auxilia's drones.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Kanina, we will be returning to the ship momentarily.&nbsp; Do not leave without us."</tt> Turning to Auxilia-Prime, he made a request.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I realize that you prefer this particular method, but I do not wish to subject you to possible harm while I rapidly return us to the ship.&nbsp; If you would please..."</tt>&nbsp; Assuming that she ceased clinging to him from around his neck at the back, he would pick her up in both arms and use his jump-jets to head them in the direction of the Space Hopper.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"There is something else that bothers me.&nbsp; We have been assuming this entire time that this matter with Ghost and Zohar's appearance are related.&nbsp; What if they're not?&nbsp; What if they are two incidents that simply did happen?&nbsp; Two months does not seem like a lot of time to find out about and contact and bring to Earth an entity like Zohar - but six months, that is possible.&nbsp; What if Zohar was some form of insurance policy?&nbsp; That a cosmically-aware supervillain knew of their existence and planned on a method by which they would be brought to Earth should...well, something like Retirement take place."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>22-10-2016, 05:09:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Space Hopper's Cockpit<br>Doing What: Nothing<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and Peeling the Onion<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 0 (down from 15)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Well, if nothing else, ignoring her 'invitation' is probably going to result in more 'invitations'.&nbsp; Possibly with guns pressed to our heads and all sorts of fun stuff.&nbsp; It's far better to deal with her up close and personal, whether we make friends with her or kick her in the face." Kanina shrugged.&nbsp; "Mind you, I'd rather do things the nice way.&nbsp; It'd be nice to have a new comrade in our quest, even if she just stays on Earth and...doesn't really do anything?"<br><br>"Anyway, we might want to get rolling.&nbsp; She's only going to get more wives with time."&nbsp; She keys her comms.&nbsp; "Hey Darclight, no response from Ace, but you know, she's probably just got her communicator on silent.&nbsp; Ship's prepping now, but we won't take off until you're on it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>22-10-2016, 08:14:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: Peeling the Onion and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 6 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>The information that Silvia related about Zohar was rather interesting to Ace.&nbsp; Someone named Rose had managed to defeat it once, already?&nbsp; She was already starting to regret not sticking around to listen to that briefing about Zohar that the Bounty Hunters' Guild had given to the rest of the team, since that sounded like the sort of thing that the authorities would have heard about.&nbsp; However, did they also know about the mysterious light-being becoming emotionally-distressed after wounding that guard?&nbsp; They were treating it like a villain or a threat, while Silvia's acquaintances were all assuming it had to be a hero...&nbsp; It was a likely guess that the Silver Spider's friends and acquaintances were all criminals of one sort of another, so if they had such a big difference of opinion from the authorities, then it was worth checking to see if this was information that they didn't have.<br><br>"You might also be underestimating the rest of this world's heroes and villains, and their ability to see through tricks like that,"&nbsp; Ace responded to Silvia's last comment, her body tensed up very slightly, ready to make a move to stop the spider-woman if her fingers tried to peel back the Venusian Wonder's mask.&nbsp; She didn't think that the other woman would actually do it, and it wouldn't actually do much to harm her crime-fighting ability on this world to have her face revealed, but old habits died hard.<br><br>Before the conversation could continue much further, there was a knock on the door and a frantic voice calling for Ace's help.&nbsp; And judging from the commentary of the two women in the trailer with her, it was likely associates of the Silver Spider's, coming to help break her out of prison.&nbsp; And there was talk about a war effort, which Ace filed away for later questioning.&nbsp; It might have just been Onyx talking about the eternal battle of heroes against villains, good against evil, but if it had something to do with Silvia's associates, instead...<br><br>"I'm a little saddened that we don't see completely eye to eye, but I hope that we can stay on friendly terms, at least,"&nbsp; She commented, as she slipped away and headed over to the trailer door.&nbsp; "I know that you're going to try to escape in the confusion, so... I won't hold it against you for trying if you don't hold it against me when I either stop you or recapture you, deal?"<br><br>And with that friendly little proposition and a quick wink tossed out, the Venusian Wonder opened the trailer door.<br><br>"Alright, tell me what's going on."&nbsp; And with that, she was back into serious hero mode, ready to stop whichever group of people had come here looking for the Silver Spider.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>23-10-2016, 09:52:19</strong>
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				<strong>Ace</strong><br><br>The water in a glass started to subtly ripple.<br><br>Ace probably had somewhat more pressing concerns, however. One of the downsides (or upsides, it was all in how a body looked at it) of a thrill-seeking villain was that they could be impulsive sometimes. "<em>If</em> you stop or recapture me, miss World's Strongest Hero. I'll look forward to the attempt. You know, it doesn't always have to be a strictly physical challenge to get that thrill. It just needs to have that risk." Before Ace could open the door, Silvia pulled the hero to her (or pulled herself to the hero; the strength difference <em>was</em> pretty extreme) and kissed her full on the lips.&nbsp; "Remember," she said before she let her go, "heart pounding, feeling alive." <br><br>"We've got two flyers headed for us," the guard said once Ace exited the trailer. His compatriots were getting ready, hooking up their weapons to the freeze-canisters and scanning the skies with binoculars. "A radar station picked them up - one's big, unlicensed, the profile fits one of Recluse's old gunships. One's a human-sized flyer with a heavy EM signature. Probably some sort of robot or powersuit."<br><br>The guard's phone went off and he read a text. "<em>Three</em> contacts? Holy shit. There's a seismic disturbance under us, traveling upward through the bedrock, like one of those mole machines. Seems like we're real popular today, ma'am. Warden's trying to scramble a response but they're going to be here a lot sooner than help is. Hope we can count on you."<br>---<br><strong><br>Darclight, Kanina, Tabs</strong><br><br>Stormwatch Headquarters had undergone quite a renovation in the time since Retirement. Aside from the permanent wreath of dark clouds, it had been done up with jack-o-lanterns and stone gargoyles and winding lengths of ivy. Bats flew and lightning flashed; it had generally been turned into a dark, gothic castle which the natives of Malta were more than willing to avoid. The iron gates were a new addition, and the animatronic (did it count as an animatronic if it was animated with magic?) headless horseman perpetually moving his sword arm and going "MWA HA HA" might have been a little much.<br><br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/16/Vampire_scythe.jpg)</div>A cloud of mist swirled around the front entrance, and it coalesced into a woman, with bright red hair and an elegant bejeweled white and red dress. She might have looked normal if it weren't for the fangs, and the red eyes, and the inverted crosses on her attire... and the bat wings... okay just about everything about her screamed 'vampire.' "Visitors!" Smiling fangily though she might have been, she was also a woman who held herself imperiously, like someone had put a fifty-pound crown on her head and expected her to balance it perfectly. "We are pleased you have decided to accept Our invitation. We greet you to Our abode, and hope the journey was not too arduous, for We intend to test your body, your heart and your strength of character to Our satisfaction before we will consider your suit. For We are the Sultana of Burning Sands, Regnant in Ash, Queen of the Forty-Seventh Netherworld and Keeper of the Forty-Seventh Key, and any bride of Ours must surpass all others."<br><br>She gave them a haughty, challenging look. "Unless, of course, you feel you are not up to the challenge, in which case you may leave Our abode in peace."<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">And Action!</div><div class="spoiler_body">Right! Kanina and Tabs get 1XP for discovering the identity and location of Kanina's newest suitor.<br>Darclight gets 1XP for discovering that Ghost is, at very least in body, super dead.<br>Ace gets 1XP for discovering a possible weakness (if only psychological?) in Zohar.<br>Darclight gets 3XP for entering into the confidence of Auxilia.<br><br>One of the troubles of these XP rewards in MHR is that they rely on going into a scene with a strong idea of what's going to happen. You guys always manage to surprise me! &lt;3<br>In the spirit of that, I will also give Ace 3XP for her lovely heart-to-heart with the Silver Spider, and Kanina and Tabs 1XP each for somehow managing to get into a combat encounter in a transition scene.<br><br>NEW SCENE.<br><br>Distinctions:<br>Blood In, Blood Out<br>Widening Fissures<br>Light a Single Candle<br><br>Milestone: In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 XP for a heroic declaration that is hammy as fuck<br>3 XP for turning an impossible situation into an easy one<br>10 XP for rescuing someone who started the scene as your enemy</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>23-10-2016, 20:18:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Being a Prospective Waifu for Profit/Amusement<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 2<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Kanina was kind of excited.&nbsp; Not for being someone's bride, but for the chance to fight someone who would probably only maim her, and get some free sex and booze out of it if she won.&nbsp; Blood wine would probably be delicious, even if it wasn't real blood!<br><br>She briefly pondered, as she stepped forward to get a better look at the mistress of the house, if she could even drink blood.&nbsp; That thought, however, quickly hopped out of her mind as thoughts of victory and debauchery bounced in.&nbsp; This would be easy.&nbsp; She'd totally defeat this crazy lady's challenges and help out her friends while doing it.&nbsp; This would go even better than her (self-awarded) gold medal participation in the amateur porn construction with the Auxilia drones.&nbsp; She'd have to give herself a platinum medal!<br><br>The rabbit girl had donned a little bandit mask just for this occasion, and she promptly ripped it off as if it was actually hiding her identity before speaking up.<br><br>"I am Kanina Zanahoria!&nbsp; I challenge your challenge, honorable Sultana, for the honor and glory of my kin's bounty hunter tradition!" That she was the only member of, of course.&nbsp; She pointed a finger at the monarch as if trying to accuse, but was grinning too much for it to make any sense.&nbsp; "Also for my bro Darclight whose base you totally kinda took over!" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>24-10-2016, 09:14:22</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d8 Emotional | 10 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Alright, Ace is fairly confident she's guessed the villains' plans, so she's going to go after the powersuit/robot enemy first, flying right into and punching him.<br><br>Solo d10 + Extraterrestrial Powerhouse d8 + Space Flight d12 + Godlike Strength 2d12 (using Comic Book Super-Strength SFX)<br><br>3d12 = 9, 9, 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96184)<br>d10 = 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96185)<br>d8 = 6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96186)<br><br>And that adds up to a <strong>19 total, d12 effect, with 1 Opportunity</strong>.<br><br>Also, I'm choosing to start this fight with d8 Emotional Stress, because Ace is definitely going to be going into this fight a bit distracted, given the ending of the scene with Silvia. :P I don't think there's actually a rule for anything like that, but it makes logical sense to me and puts me at a small disadvantage anyway, so...<br></div></div><hr><br>Ace's mental processes ground to a screeching halt when Silvia pressed up against her, the Silver Spider's lips pressing to her own.&nbsp; The move had caught her completely off-guard, as shown by the look of innocent shock that persisted on her face for several seconds after they had separated, the bright blush spread across her cheeks, and the way that she remained standing there, awkward and frozen as the other woman pulled away again.&nbsp; It was the first time she had ever been kissed by another girl, at least in a romantic manner, and it was such an out-of-context situation for her that she was left completely unable to respond, at least until another knock on the door jolted her back into action.<br><br>Her thoughts were awhirl as she tried to listen to the guard explain the situation, and she hoped he didn't take much notice of the slight flush still tinting her face a light pink color as she looked out to where the flying enemies were incoming.<br><br>"You can count on me,"&nbsp; She responded afterwards, trying her best to sound more confident and sure of herself than she was at the moment.&nbsp; Her mind kept flashing back to that kiss, and then farther back to the previous fight she had been in, when Doc Tabby had been acting strangely towards her.&nbsp; She had discounted it at the time, but if women having romantic entanglements with one another was something that was done on this world, then it was clear that the catgirl sorceress truly had been flirting with her...&nbsp; "Let the Warden know that the Spider has already figured out how to disable her shock collar.&nbsp; The flying enemies are probably a distraction, while the tunneling machine will make the actual extraction.&nbsp; I'll have to handle the flyers first; Part of the distraction is probably going to be an attack intended to destroy the Warden's trailer and those net-cannons you have set up, and we can't allow that.&nbsp; If I can't finish them off in time, then try to keep the tunneler busy with what you've got on hand, but tell the other men that you should all get clear if it turns out to be more than you can handle.&nbsp; I can recapture the Silver Spider if she escapes again, so it's not worth risking your lives over to keep her here."<br><br>The powersuit or robot, whichever it was.&nbsp; That would be her first target, once she was sure that her instructions had been understood and launched herself off into the sky.&nbsp; A gunship could be a powerful foe, to be sure, but if it was accompanied by only a single flying robot, then the robot was in and of itself probably about as powerful as a gunship, and likely far more durable.&nbsp; Or at least, that was how it usually went back home.&nbsp; If she was wrong, then it would crumple easily when she slammed into it fists-first, and then she would be able to focus on the gunship without having to worry about getting blindsided by the robot.<br><br>Also, feeling her fists hitting solid metal would, hopefully, serve as a good distraction to keep her from thinking back to that kiss.&nbsp; Maybe she would be able to calm down and feel a little more clearheaded after smashing something up...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>25-10-2016, 00:42:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Calming down.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D10 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">1 XP for a heroic declaration that is hammy as fuck<br><br>Recovering Emotional Stress.<br><br>The Great Project’s greatest failure for a D10, D8 for Buddy and D10 for Super Agility!<br><br>Rolled a 12 and using one d10 effect die to clear her stress.<br></div></div><hr><br>She'd had icecream and scritches from robot girls, she'd hacked the Gibson and now she was having a challenge? Today was a good day for Doc Tabs. <br><br>"Oh oh don't forget me! I'm in! I'm in!" Tabitha said, tail swishing happily at the thought of getting put through her paces as she pounced Kanina and clambered up on her shoulders to give her deceleration from up high. Thankfully Tabitha was quite light.<br><br>"I am Tabitha, Queen of the twenty third circle of hell, you've probably never heard of it. Scratch Champion of Khalzador Prime, the last best hope for the Great Project and occasional booty call of Mnemosyne"<br><br>Tabitha was still waiting for Mnemosyne to call back actually, but she felt it worth mentioning and it's not like anyone was going to check this.<br><br>"I've got a hot date with an even hotter demoness for later but I can totally fit a queen in between so bring it on." she said, giving a hip wiggle that showed a flexibility that always made people a little hot under the collar.<br><br>"I will bride the fuck out of you"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>25-10-2016, 05:20:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch Former HQ<br>Doing What: MY HOUSE!!!!<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 9xp (of 29xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>A metal hand was raised to address the matter.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"If, by chance, we are not here as the would-be subject of your tests...would it be acceptable to request passage to the top of the building, past whatever traps you may have laid out for such participants?"&nbsp; </tt>Darclight understood that the one who was being tested here was Kanina, that she was the one who had drawn the attention of the vampire and thus had to be 'proven' worthy of the position.&nbsp; (Though as he understood it, Kanina was going to reject the offer.&nbsp; Apparently marriage was not her style.)&nbsp; The more important thing, to him, was that he get to the control center.&nbsp; Which was not located at the top.&nbsp; (What, you think they were stupid?&nbsp; <em>Of course</em> bad guys always went for the top!&nbsp; No, the actual command center was four floors under it, but there was a high-speed elevator that&nbsp; traveled between the two floors.)&nbsp; If he could get to the command center, and the vampire hadn't replaced a significant portion of the electronics in the tower, then Darclight could get in and reactivate the Stormwatch assault-repulsion systems.&nbsp; (Hopefully she was too stupid to work with modern tech and thus co-opt them for herself.&nbsp; Vampires tended towards the more mystical stuff anyways - that animated dullahan at the entrance was a dead giveaway.)&nbsp; He could help Kanina and Tabs through, and get this vampire out of his base.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>25-10-2016, 06:57:46</strong>
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				<strong>Ace</strong><br><br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/f/fa/Power_armor_girl_evil_resized.png)</div>If the guards had any notion that Ace was blushing as she exited the trailer, they didn't make any sign of it, but saluted and got to their business, the lead notifying the Warden in particular that the shock collar was a no-go. "Roger. The robot is breaking off from the gunship to come at us from another angle, you'll have a clean approach."<br><br>The city's skyscrapers blurred into lines as Ace accelerated, interstellar flight-speed quickly forming a mach cone as air resistance fought futilely against her before breaking with a spectacular boom, whipping up a fierce wind in her path. She had just enough time to catch sight of her target - a feminine face with at least heavy cybernetic augmentation and a black and red powersuit with personal jet boosters on the back. Really, anybody going with black and dark red as a color scheme with that look of menace in a situation like this was asking for a punching, right? Her eyes widened as she caught sight of the Venusian Vixen far, far too late to evade or defend. All she had time to say was a little gasp of, "wha-?"<br><br><strong>POW!</strong><br><br>She looked a little scorched already, but she had but begun to feel the pain! A shockwave spread out behind her, kicking up a great wave over the water as Ace's fist impacted her! The sheer force shot her back over the horizon, trailing parts, shattering her stabilizers, her flight system, her dampeners and most likely a number of her ribs and/or vital systems.<br><br>Ace's super-hearing could pick up a shopkeeper nearby shout to his customers, "NEXT!"<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Nephilim takes an angry d12 full of damage (well, physical stress) right to the face! That's not quite a ring-out, but it'll take it a while for her to get back into the fray. Taking Ace's opportunity, get ye PP. Gunship and tunneler are moving in!</div></div><br><br><br><hr><br><strong>Darclight, Kanina, Tabs</strong><br><br>"Another challenger!" the Sultana clapped her hands together, "and a Queen of Hell as well!" She sniffed, "even if it probably is one of those ironic hells that are so popular nowadays. <em>We</em> were into Tartarus when it was still underground, you know?" <br><br>She pointed at both Tabs and Kanina. "Very well! We accept your challenge, and you..." Darclight made his request, and Sultana started to laugh uproariously, "that's cute. Oh daughter!" she called upward at the tower, "this young man has been very careless with his demesne. Would you be so kind as to FIRE THE LASER CANNON!"<br><br>A beam focuser near the top of the tower started to glow, and she shrugged at the heroes as an antipersonnel laser barrage rained down, providing an explosive backdrop for their conflict. "Childe these days are so technically savvy. Ah, if only they spent less time on their Twitters..." The vampire herself burst into a swarm of bats that quickly scattered and flew away, but her voice remained. "First, navigate your way into the tower! The moat should be child's play, aside from the spirits of the restless damned trying to drag you down, so We took the liberty of spicing things up a little! There will be some animated crushing blocks, some projectile saws. A few skulls shooting fire, a few gravestones trying to suck you in. We may have forgotten to enumerate a few, We went shopping and threw everything We could find into the cart. And mind the lasers. And the immortal alligators! Have fun!"<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Use the boost to get through! By which I mean roll vs doom pool (currently 6d10) to brute force your way through! Failure will result in being tagged with some sort of Complication, depending on how you fail and how badly! OR come up with something that results in not having to brute force your way through. Trap challenges are like that.<br><br>Tabs' stress relief roll doesn't succeed, but since it's self-help it doesn't hurt her any, and because of the prior scene change her emotional stress goes down to d8 automagically.<br>Kanina gets 1XP, and Tabs has already noted hers.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>25-10-2016, 07:59:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch Former HQ<br>Doing What: My Very Best Anthony Hopkins-as-Van Helsing Impression<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 9xp (of 29xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Making that roll to brute-force through!<br><br>Stormwatch - OG Red Team Leader Distinction (d8); Team Affiliation (d10); Superhuman Durability (d10); Cold Weapons (d10); Combat Master (d10)<br><br>Pool Total: d8 + 4d10!<br><br>Second roll: Complicate the Vampire!<br><br>Kiss My Acid-Base Complex Distinction (d4 + 1PP); Team Affiliation (d10); Jump-Jets (d10); Cold Mastery (d10); Science Master (d10, changed out for 2d8)<br><br>Pool total: 1d4 + 2d8 + 3d10!<br><br>See Specifics Below.<br><br></div></div><hr><br>The armor <em>glared</em> at Kanina.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"You just <em>had</em> to tell her it was formerly mine!&nbsp; Next time you get the idea to talk about someone else's history, <em>ask first</em>!"</tt>&nbsp; It wasn't like he was going around telling every living soul that Kanina was heir to a <em>galactic civilzation</em> or such things.&nbsp; Of course, such things fell by the wayside when the matter of gigantic laser blasts from the array came about.&nbsp; <em>Fuck</em>.&nbsp; The centuries-old vampire had decided to grab someone from the more modern era - probably some idiot fainting Tumblr Goth who spazzed out about 'OMG, a Real Vampire?!&nbsp; Are you, like, Dracula or Edward?' - to manage the tech-y aspects of the building.&nbsp; Well, note to that, she had been here long enough that she knew about those parts of the building, which precluded her having moved in last week...<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Get through, and meet inside!" </tt> On the trip over, they had agreed that Darclight's cold-projection combat systems - the last piece necessary for activation of the Absolute Zero Cannon - should be powered up.&nbsp; However, Conway had nixed the idea of actually bringing the Cannon online.&nbsp; ("We're going to Stormwatch HQ, the last thing I want to do is have it damaged in case my shot misses and I end up freezing over the whole damn building.&nbsp; Or someone else.")&nbsp; But it had been proven in their encounter with the Kraken that they needed to step up their ability to slow things down - or otherwise impair them - with his cold-projectors.&nbsp; So, they had agreed to give them a little boost in that respect.<br><br>Powering on the combat-projectors, Darclight formed two large armblades out of his ice, and began utilizing them - as well as his natural toughness - to carve a path through the laser beams and reach safety at the front door.&nbsp; On the way there, however, he spotted an opportunity.&nbsp; The vampire - now a bat swarm - was flying away from the melee and using her new multiplicity to evade the laser beams.&nbsp; Of course, a normal hero would have just tried to focus on staying alive.<br><br>But Darclight was hardly your normal hero.&nbsp; This was his <em>home</em>, and some undead lady-of-the-evening was not going to keep it!&nbsp; "Khaj!&nbsp; Fire up the rest of the projector array, full power!&nbsp; I have an idea!"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Sir, I do not think this is the time-"</span><br><br>"She's GETTING AWAY, and not expecting what's coming!"<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Sir."</span><br><br>Disengaging one of his arm blades, he fired the jump-jets, rising into the air in the direction of the swarm.&nbsp; When he was close enough, and the readout read 100%, Darclight threw a wall of cold at the vicinity of the bat swarm, hoping to catch them in place and freeze them solid.&nbsp; Vampires might be dead, but they could still be deprived of motion, right?&nbsp; Conway did think about how he was going to affect an undead creature with the science of the living, but...only for a moment.&nbsp; This <em>*itch</em> had his <em>house!</em><br><br>Also, perhaps to prove that Darclight was Not So Above It All <sup>(TM)</sup>, this was the next thing that Kanina and Tabs heard from the space warrior:<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"VAMPIRE!&nbsp; Mock me and mine, will you?!&nbsp; You and your undead spawn shall not survive the night, for what you possess is rightfully mine!&nbsp; I am Darclight, Master of War of the Ten Thousand Worlds!&nbsp; And even that which is dead fears my wrath!&nbsp; Flee now and know peace!&nbsp; And take your blathering Twitter-bound Gothophile with you!"</tt><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Roll vs Doom Pool:<br><br>4, 5, 5, 8, 8.&nbsp; Spending 1 PP to keep extra die for total - total 21, with d10 effect.<br><br>Roll to Complicate Vampire:<br><br>1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 10.&nbsp; 20, with d10 effect, stepped up to d12 by <em>Frozen Grasp</em> SFX.&nbsp; 1 opportunity.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>26-10-2016, 00:50:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Charge!<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 3<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Team D6<br>Runaway Alien Queen D8<br>Superhuman Leaping D8<br>Enhanced Speed D8<br>Acrobatics Master D10<br><br>9, effect d8 (one opportunity)<br><br>4, 1, 4, 5, 4<br><br>At 2016-10-25 17:47:28, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d6 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96282)<br>At 2016-10-25 17:48:01, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d10 Result: 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96283)<br>At 2016-10-25 17:48:23, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 3d8 Result: 13 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96284)<br></div></div><hr>"Sorry!&nbsp; I was trying to do the hero thing!" Kanina rubbed the back of her head, before breaking into a run.&nbsp; There was a little known fact about these kinds of traps.&nbsp; Charging in full tilt was the way you got around them, not patiently timing things out.<br><br>As long as she kept running and jumping, no trap would impede her progress!<br><br>Really, the biggest distraction was Darclight, and that was more because he was being really kickass right now!<br><br>"Hey, Darclight, that was awesome!&nbsp; I'll have to work harder if I'm going to master this hero thing!" She cheered as she rolled under some projectile saw blades and leaped right through a trap using sharpened tombstones as guillotines.&nbsp; She groaned a little bit as she realized that 'a few things that 'We' forgot to enumerate on' was quite a lot as some Skeletal Witnesses tried to get her to listen to a lecture about their one true savior the Skeleton King.&nbsp; To be honest, a Skeleton King might have sounded really awesome if anyone else was telling the tale, but their opening lines made him sound boring as all get out.<br><br>She tried to jump over them in a single bound, hurrying toward the center of it all.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>26-10-2016, 04:27:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Silver Age Sensibilities<br><del>2</del> 1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d8 Emotional | 10 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Alright, Ace is going to go for one big, flashy move here to try to take the helicopter gunship down in a single attack.&nbsp; The Tech stunt I mentioned in the OOC thread, plus her AoE SFX, as well as using Radiation Boost to shutdown Flight in order to boost her Eye Lasers up to d10, and using Multipower to add two separate traits from Venusian Physiology into the dicepool.&nbsp; Adding it all up...<br><br>Solo d10 + Extraterrestrial Powerhouse d8 + Gamma Laser Eyebeams d10 + 2d6 (Laser Eyebeam Sweep SFX) + Superhuman Reflexes d8 + Godlike Stamina d10 + Tech Expert d8 + Stunt d8 + Physical Stress d6<br><br>3d10 = 6, 3, 10 (http://6, 3, 10)<br>4d8 = 6, 6, 2, 7 (http://6, 6, 2, 7)<br>3d6 = 3, 4, 4 (http://3, 4, 4)<br><br>So then, take the 10 and the 7 for my total, spend a plot point to add one of those d8s that rolled a 6 into the total, and thanks to the Laser Eyebeam Sweep SFX, the final result is <strong>23 total, effect dice d10, d10 and d8</strong>.&nbsp; The gunship will probably want to start spending dice from the doom pool on its own rolls if it doesn't want to get completely taken out in one hit. :P<br><br>Whether the gunship gets taken out in one hit or now, Ace is also going to be activating her Empty Reserves Limit, shutting down her Gamma Laser Eyebeams afterwards in order to get back 1 PP.<br></div></div><hr><br>"And don't come back!"&nbsp; Ace took a few seconds to call out a quick warning to the cyborg woman that she had sent flying, though she would be surprised if the woman was in a position to listen, given the hit she had just taken.&nbsp; She was sure that the other flying woman would think twice before getting back into the fight, though, which meant that she had at least bought a little more time.&nbsp; Now, turning her attention to the gunship...<br><br>The Venusian Wonder had originally been expecting some sort of high-tech hovering device, possibly of alien origin, when she heard that a gunship was heading towards the prison.&nbsp; Instead she found herself facing down a helicopter, when she turned her attention towards it, though it was at least a considerably more advanced model than the ones she was used to seeing back home.&nbsp; It was considerably more well-armed, too, though a keen eye and a little technical know-how soon picked out some structural weakness and other faults in the machine.&nbsp; These flaws weren't part of the original design, though... Shoddy maintenance?&nbsp; Or was it just that this particular machine had been slated to be decommissioned or something like that, and was then stolen and refurbished for some other, more sinister purpose?&nbsp; Either way, all those poorly-insulated wires and exposed circuits were an obvious and easy way to leave the helicopter grounded without sending the pilot into an out-of-control crash, and Ace soon focused, her eyes glowing bright green and the sparkles from her flight fading out as she gathered up her energy.<br><br>All she needed to do was hit one big concentration of the machine's electronics, likely leaving a smoking hole through the vehicle in the process, and secondary power surges would fry the rest of the electronics and force the pilot into an emergency landing.&nbsp; She would need pin-point aim to pull it off, however, and would have to pour everything she had into one big, concentrated blast of radiation.&nbsp; Success or failure, a stunt like this one would leave her body temporarily depleted of radiation, grounding her and putting her laser eyebeams out of commission.&nbsp; She would just have to hope that the helicopter went down, and that she could leap back to the prison with her superhumanly-strong legs in time to stop anything that was happening there in her absence.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>26-10-2016, 21:20:52</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Ramping up<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Buddy D8<br>Widening Fissures D8<br>Super Reflexes D8<br>Mimic D10<br>Medical Master D10<br><br>D10 - 8, 10, 9<br>D8 -&nbsp; 3, 3<br><br>19 roll, D10 Effect dice!<br></div></div><hr><br>"Immortal Crocs? Ooh" Tabitha said, cracking her knuckles. She wanted a look at them.<br><br>Darclight and Kanina were being pretty badass right now and it made her want to try match them, Tabitha following Kanina's nimble bouncing and ending up hitting every single trap that Kanina had just sprung. The sharpened tombstones sheared off half her clothes and she barely had time to repair some of the rips with a bit of magic before they were coming back. So she caught it this time and let it swing her up.<br><br>Cutting the tombstone free at the height of the swing, she interrupted the Skeletal Witnesses lecture by dint of crushing him with a massive tombstone, his bones giving out in a rather sad CRUNCH. Looking at the students, she adjusted her clothes, which more or less fell off.<br><br>Oh god. She was in front of the class in her underwear. One skeleton gave her a lewd clicking which she took as an eyebrow waggle. They didn't have eyebrows, but she knew. SHE KNEW.<br><br>"Well. Um. The Skeletal King. He's like.... bony.... big.... and .... oh hell let's have a visual aid."<br><br>The class broke apart into a shattering pile of bones as Tabitha blasted them with a storm of magic missiles and then bit her own thumb to let out a drop of blood and summon a crack in the ground, which broke apart into a fiery ravine that the bones felt into, churning the fires before a red tinted giant skeletal hand rose from the fiery depths and pounded the ground. Tabitha running up the arm onto it's shoulder as it rose to it's full height. <br><br>"Skeletal King! Onward! To the crocodiles!"<br><br>It took one step and then fell over due to lack of ligaments or visible, smashing into the ground with a heavy CLUNK and sending Tabitha spilling into the moat with the immortal crocodiles. As one opened it's mouth to bite her in half her hands whipped out and forced it's jaws open, an evil glint in her eye. <br><br>"So. Immortal hrm? I could certainly learn a bit from that. Time for your first vets visit~"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>27-10-2016, 06:55:20</strong>
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				<strong>Ace</strong><br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/6f/Dragon_bird_fire_resized.png)(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/26/Drider_girl.jpg)</div>"Minerva?" From the back of the gunship as it started to lose control and power, its circuits fried by Ace's overwhelming radiation blast, the pilot desperately trying to land by auto-rotation.<br><br>"Yes?" One in the cockpit.<br><br>"Did that bicycle-helmeted bitch just trash our ride?"<br><br>"Yes, yes she did. Dollar."<br><br>"Want to get out and put her in her place?"<br><br>"Yes." <br><br>The rear doors of the helicopter swung open, revealing a woman with a spider's lower body, white hair and entirely too many eyes. She must have been the whole of the helicopter's cargo!<br><br>"Both little Ellie and Ace at once? Oh my, this <em>really</em> isn't Silvia's day," Arachne giggled, rappelling on an unspooling line of silk down to the ground to face the Venusian Vixen, "I'm so glad we decided to <em>drop in</em>!"<br><br>"Fighting advance, Arachne!" A quicksilver fist punched out of the helicopter's cockpit, and a swarm of bees swiftly poured itself out of the hole before reforming into a winged, horned, cloven-footed woman hovering over Ace's position. By contrast to the spider, she was composed, a fierceness in her smile. "Don't lose sight of the goal. Recluse is counting on you to recover-"<br><br>"Yeah, yeah, I know! Fuck, sorry girlie," she said to Ace, "<em>Auntie</em> hasn't had her coffee this morning. I'll just tie you up and then away we'll go."<br><br>A little coffee can with a slit in the top crashed down to earth next to the drider, with 'swear jar' written on it in marker. "Two dollars."<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">The, uh, the doom pool can't actually save that gunship! It's going doooown~<br><br>Arachne and Minerva pop out of it! Minerva and Ace act simultaneously, followed by Arachne, so it's your go! Doom Pool is 1d6+4d10+1d12</div></div><hr><br><strong>Darclight, Kanina, Tabs</strong><br>The heroes sprinted across the traps, platforming their way through saws and blocks and bats and lasers. Distracted by her companions, Kanina got caught in the moat and wound up politely having to listen to a witnessing of the power and glory of Our Savior, Falling-Apart Skeleton King until Tabs wound up saving her. (It wouldn't have been so disturbing except that the entire thing was done in teeth-rattling.)<br><br>The crocodile tried to snap its jaw shut on Tabs, then realized to its horror that it couldn't. As Tabs cranked open its mouth, she saw it had something caught in its teeth: a small fuzzy green alligator about the size of a large rat, with big beady eyes, completely oblivious to its predicament and apparently no worse the wear for it. "Hi!" it said. <br><br>The bats turned into frozen blood and shattered as Darclight's wave of ice impacted them. "What a frightful man you are," the vampire's voice sounded, "We wonder if We could compel your shade to serve Us after you receive your final rest. Tell Us, do you talk in the theater?"<br><br>They had crossed the gauntlet, however, and had reached the inside of the castle/HQ!<br><br>"Gothophile?" that was definitely a teenager of some flavor on the intercom, "Gothophile?! You'll eat those words! I'll mash your face into the dirt and make you lick my feet!"<br><br>"Daughter, can you perhaps not proposition Our guests quite so readily?" the Sultana's voice sounded amused.<br><br>"That wasn't... I wasn't... whatever! I don't care! I'm going to destroy him!" This was accompanied by the sound of interior turrets spooling up, tracking Darclight and singling him out for a barrage of electricity blasts.<br><br>"Ahem! Yes, hold a moment," the turrets stopped, "We believe We need to test your hearts. Chirurgeons?"<br><br>A number of ghosts sprang from the wall, dressed in scrubs. They carried armbands, meters, stethoscopes. "heart examinations for Our guests, please."<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Hmm. On the one hand what Darclight just tried to do was basically trying to freeze someone through a magic-hologram, which is literally impossible. On the other hand BEYOND THE IMPOSSIBLE. Knock a d10 off the doom pool for it. Whether the vampire is Complicated... well, you'll find out. I'm taking Kanina's and Darclight's Opportunities, get ye PP. Doom pool is 1d6+4d10+1d12.<br><br>Darc and Tabs succeed against the doom pool, Kanina very much does not and takes a d10 Complication of Spooky Scary Skeletons</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>27-10-2016, 08:02:24</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d8 Emotional | 10 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Ace is going to be going after Arachne first, since she doesn't want to get tied up.&nbsp; Using Multipower and Comic Book Super-Strength to get a decently-big dicepool...<br><br>Solo d10 + Extraterrestrial Powerhouse d8 + Superhuman Reflexes d8 + Godlike Strength 2d10<br><br>2d8 = 4, 8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96329)<br>3d10 = 9, 10, 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96328)<br><br>Well, that's an extremely lucky roll.&nbsp; <strong>20 total, d10 effect</strong>.&nbsp; Likely not enough to take Arachne out of commission, but if the blow lands then the Stress will at least be an extra die Ace can roll in on her reaction.&nbsp; On the other hand, if Arachne manages to successfully defend against this attack, then that's an extra d10 to the Doom Pool.<br></div></div><hr><br>'Little Ellie'?&nbsp; That was another thing Ace tucked away in her memory, as she watched the two new women bust out of the helicopter's interior during the emergency landing and move to keep her flanked.&nbsp; The smaller and younger-looking of the two women was quite clearly a shapeshifter of some sort, while the arachnid woman was clearly from the same laboratory that had created Silvia.&nbsp; Based on the conversation the two were having, the more mature-looking spider was apparently the younger of the two, however, and prone to being more talkative and more-easily distracted as a result.<br><br>"Let's make it three!"&nbsp; Given the boasting she was doing about leaving her tied-up, the Venusian Wonder decided to focus on this 'Arachne' person first, rushing forward in a tackle that was sure to send the spider woman flying back with the wind knocked out of her.&nbsp; Of course, it was always possible that the super-strong blonde might bounce off instead if, say, the spider woman's chest had a decidedly high silicone content, but what were the chances of that being the case?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>28-10-2016, 03:37:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Basking in Adorable.<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Not a Real Doctor D10 <br>Medical Master D10<br>Buddy D8<br>Sorcery D10<br>Strength D8<br><br>D10: 6, 1, 8<br>D8: 7, 1<br><br>15 on effect. D10. Making a self experiment resource I might use for XP later! Also get XP for experimenting on myself!<br></div></div><hr><br>"You are so cute it's sickening." Tabs said as she poked her hands into the crocodiles jaw and locked it open, by stabbing into the muscles and filling it with a paralytic venom. Picking up the little fuzzy one, she pops them on her shoulder before flipping the crocodile over so she can get to work dissecting it.<br><br>"So how'd you end up here little guy?" she said as she cut the crocodile open and got a good look at its insides. Magic of course! Were these Sobek's? The Egyptian religion worshiped cats so they were pretty okay by her, but why on earth his crocodiles would be out here was anyone's guess.<br><br>Waste not want not, picking apart some of the threads of divine power she winds it around her hand and then lets it slip into her own aura, rifling through the magic for anything useful as the crocodile husk began to crumble into ash. <br><br>"You're not a god right?" Tabs said, absent mindlessly as the power flowed into her. Immortality was something she hadn't had difficult getting, but there were a lot of different types. You could always pick up something and it never hurt to be double immortal. <br><br>"I mean it's cool if you are, but you might have heard of me and I swear it's all not true. Not even the bit with the balloon animals"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>28-10-2016, 17:15:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Making a Distraction!<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>0 PP (+1 from opportunity, -1 from stunt)&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 3<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Suffering from a Complication Spooky Scary Skeletons D10<br><br>Kanina is seeking to bluster (a combination of truth and a little fast talk) about her unique alien biology to grant Darclight (or Tabs) an 'Distraction', while the enemy boss tries to find sufficient equipment.<br><br>She rolls 13, effect d8 (8 + 5) (1 opportunity)<br><br>(Ignore the 'additions' to the dice roller in the rolls.&nbsp; This dice roller really needs to 'scrub' itself after you close the window.)<br><br>At 2016-10-28 10:10:56, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 3d8 Result: 16 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96388)<br>At 2016-10-28 10:09:49, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d6 Result:1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96387)</div></div><hr>Kanina's heart was pounding.&nbsp; Admittedly, her heart could pound a lot harder and faster than a human's and not pop, but the thought of sitting through a speech on that for even one more minute was enough to panic a battle hardened soldier, let alone someone who hated commitment.<br><br>"Hold it!" She pointed a finger accusingly and said, "you can't try reading my heart!"<br><br>It sounded like she was going to leave it at that, but she pulled out a few pieces of paper and slapped them, as if pointing to important details.&nbsp; "Zaichek Biology, without fail, is unreadable on or overloads all human monitoring devices due to our heart structure and our resting heart rate of 30 kbpm.&nbsp; If your ghosties use the wrong kind of equipment, not only will they ruin their equipment, but they may be blown into the next-next life!" <br><br>She then put away those particular papers, and they would never be seen again.&nbsp; The Xeno Queen wasn't really sure if there was a life after life after death, but she hoped that she was fast talking enough for the Sultana to get confused and let someone have a momentary opening...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>28-10-2016, 21:55:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch <del>Former</del> HQ<br>Doing What: GO FROM SUCK TO BLOW, VAMPI-MINI<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 9xp (of 29xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Inflict 'Gears Frozen in Place' Complication on the Turrets.<br><br>Dicepool: Team Affiliation (d10); Stormwatch, OG Red Team Leader (d8); Cybernetic Senses (d8); Cold Mastery (d10); Covert Specialty (d8)<br><br>See Specifics Below.<br><br>Also, does Darclight's 'Master of War of 10,000 Worlds' declaration and all such things merit 'hammy'?<br><br></div></div><hr><br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Ha!&nbsp; So the unseen speaks!" </tt> Darclight said as the sound of the vampire's 'daughter' broke through on the loudspeakers. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Not too busy posting on her Tumblr page about whatever latest 'trend' exists amongst your little subculture!&nbsp; I suppose you've outgrown the need for ceramic fangs and heavy make-up - though it appears your inside is not as un-dead as your outside!"</tt>&nbsp; It was clear to him that he'd gotten her goat more than just a little bit with the sputtering of 'Gothophile' that had resulted from his supremely badass declaration outside the castle.&nbsp; (Also, <em>somehow</em> he'd frozen over the bats and make them explode into piles of blood, but the *itch was somehow still kicking.&nbsp; Probably magic, Conway told himself.&nbsp; God, he wished Shovel Knight was here.)<br><br>He considered trying to play up on that angle, get her even more angry and impotent with rage, but he decided against it.&nbsp; That sort of stuff really wasn't his thing, though perhaps he could look into the matter.&nbsp; Maybe take a few lessons from Gunvolt on it, if he could get her back.&nbsp; However, he recognized that as the turrets dropped down that he would need some sort of edge, an advantage that he could use against them as he took back his home.<br><br>So he continued.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Lick your feet?&nbsp; Good luck with that!&nbsp; More likely I'll get up there and discover that you're an angry brat with a body like a twig!" </tt> Darclight decided not to try and play the idea that he had no tongue, either she was in control of the cameras and could see no face there, or she would get a nice surprise when he showed up wherever it was she was hiding.<br><br>Then came the ghosts.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"There is also a slight problem with this test, as per my particular configuration."</tt>&nbsp; He held up a hand in front of the ghostly medicals.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"I suppose you could attempt to test my power core, as that is technically my equivalent of a biological 'heart,' but I fear your medical devices are not quite up to the task of doing so.&nbsp; Medical equipment meant for biologicals in general is not going to accurately assess the capabilities of power cores, servos, power distribution nodes and circuits, and the like."</tt><br><br>Conway engaged the total sound baffles in the armor.&nbsp; "Khaj, the turrets.&nbsp; Can we affect them from this range?&nbsp; Scan them.&nbsp; I want to see if we can freeze the gears that they use for motion and tracking, get them stuck in position and more like a static defense rather than something to be actively paid attention to and avoided."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Indeed, sir.&nbsp; We shall have to be discreet about it."</span><br><br>"Right.&nbsp; Do it.&nbsp; Also, make sure our operation sounds are turned up as much as they can be.&nbsp; I don't want those guys discovering that there's a person inside this armor."<br><br><span class="bbc_u">"Sir."</span><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>3d8 = 1, 2, 7<br>2d10 = 3, 9<br><br>Action Total 16, d10 Effect, 1 opportunity.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>29-10-2016, 07:40:57</strong>
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				"Body like a twig?! Hang on, got a good video of you flat-shaming that I'm sharing on tumblr. You've already got, let's see... twelve thousand vendettas proclaimed against you. That might actually be a record this week. Last week was a lady who wouldn't pick up after her dog."<br><br>"...flat-shaming, daughter? Is that even a real thing? There is no shame in being a little underdeveloped for your age, you know," Sultana said incredulously.<br><br>"I guess it is now! Oh man, people are saying the funniest things about you. Would you like me to pick out some good ones? 'The days of bust privilege are come to an end, forward my flat legions!' These guys are ridiculous. ... Boy, I hope none of them are serious about firebombing your house, isn't that where we are? I wouldn't give it any thought except for the new generation of Amazon drones. Speaking of..." Water dripped off the turrets in spades as the heating system melted the subtle bits of ice. It remained to be seen if the turrets would still function, though...<br><br>"Hearts!" Sultana said quickly, changing the subject, "since one of you is going to make Our shades explode, and one of you is heartless enough to criticize a teenager's figure, and the last is busy picking apart a minor river god who dropped in for a bite to eat..." the immortal crocodile managed to waddle away with most of its entrails intact, glaring fiercely at Tabs. The tiny fuzzy alligator showed no fear of her, being entirely invulnerable itself, and merely said, "honk!"<br><br>"...We will do this the old-fashioned way!" A blinding light filled the would-be gatehouse of the Stormwatch HQ, and when it had faded, there was a two-dimensional readout of hearts hovering over everyone's head. Darclight had five hearts over his head, Tabs had four, and Kanina had a mere three! The cheek of it!<br><br>"Strength of character We believe was next!" A curtain suddenly raised to reveal... one of the new occupants of the tower had installed an eerie-looking (and clearly-mystical) game system and plasma TV (possibly using actual blood plasma), showing off a character select screen for something called, 'Ultimate Netherworld Brawl 47, Game of the Century Edition'. Available were such luminaries as, 'Alucard,' 'Simon Belmont,' 'Anthony Hopkins,' 'Bill' and 'Peashooter.' "Choose yours!"<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Darclight fails in his endeavor even with Kanina's support, and takes d4 emotional stress from people saying mean things about him on tumblr. Tabs creates a d10 Asset (if she doesn't spend PP) or Resource (if she does). Taking EVERYONE'S opportunities, giving everyone 1PP, because clearly nothing is so dooming as playing video games against the badguy. Everyone gets 1XP because I used a d12 in Ace's section. Doom pool at 1d8+5d10<br><br>Darclight gets the 1XP I had forgotten before, and Tabs does indeed get 1xp for self-experimentation.</div></div><br><hr><strong>Ace</strong><br>Arachne's breasts might have had some silicone to them, but that didn't stop Ace from tackling the spider-woman to the ground. "Waugh!" she shouted as they impacted the ground, Ace feeling the telltale <em>crack</em> of the drider's ribs as they made an impressive crater in the ground, her limbs flailing ineffectually. "Fuck!"<br><br>"Three dollars it is. <em>Really</em>," Minerva said, descending, her form already visibly slimming, "it's like nobody else is good enough to take on a monster like Ace."<br><br>"That's exactly what it's like, now help me out!" Arachne struggled, curling up her lower body to try and web Ace around the arms and throat, not managing to get a good angle as the Venusian proved far more nimble than anticipated. Minerva casually dodged the web-streams, using Ace's distraction in crushing Arachne to slip around her waist, shifting into a giant white snake with yellow slitted pupils. The snake wrapped around Ace's waist, under her arms up to her neck to look her in the face, holding her gaze with its weaving neck and its hypnotic eyes. Ace could feel her blood slowing, her limbs becoming heavy as she looked into those eyes, and Arachne started to slip free as Ace's arms started to become entombed in stone. <br><br>"That'sssss better," Minerva hissed, "just ssssubmit to it."<br><br>That wasn't on the cards, it seemed, as Ace tried to direct Arachne's frenzied webbing attempts onto her snake captor! Minerva shed the webs like a snake shedding its skin (which was perhaps also true in the literal sense) with a burst of flame and a contemptuous air. The Venusian Vixen was surely in a pickle, as she was but moments away from becoming a statue!<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Dice rolls in the OOC. Ace smacks the crap out of Arachne for d12 physical stress. Minerva attempts to petrify Ace and tags her with a d12 Almost Completely Petrified complication. Nephilim fixes herself up, which means 1XP for the Watcher having used a d12 from the doom pool. Both Arachne and Ace's counter fail to be effective. Ace's go! Doom pool stands at 1d8+5d10</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>29-10-2016, 08:33:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch <del>Former</del> HQ<br>Doing What: Video Games...Are You *ucking KIDDING ME?!<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>3 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d4 Emotional | 11xp (of 31xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Action will be to establish an Asset for Darclight to use later on in the scene.&nbsp; Asset to be named once it's deployed.<br><br>Dicepool: Team Affiliation (d10); Stormwatch - OG Red Team Leader (d8); Enhanced Reflexes (d8); Cold Weapons (d10); Covert Specialty (d8); Combat Master (d10, 1PP cost)<br></div></div><hr><br><br>Normally, Darclight wouldn't have cared about a bunch of blathering Tumblr Special Snowflakes denouncing him and declaring vengeance against his very being.&nbsp; But the idea of actually having to <em>deal</em> with twelve-thousand actual idiots who didn't understand that breasts were genetically determined and that flat-shaming was not actually a damn thing...he could feel his rage level rising a little bit.&nbsp; At least the Sultana did him a favor and provided a...oh, what the *uck was THIS?!&nbsp; A video game?&nbsp; WERE.&nbsp; YOU.&nbsp; KIDDING?!&nbsp; This was not going to end well for the vampiric *itches that had decided to <em>take his house</em>!<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Give me Hopkins."</tt>&nbsp; He said through the emotionally-flattened voice modulators of the armor.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The man was good enough to take on your progenitor and win." </tt> He meant it in strictly the literary sense, of course - one of the more infuriating things about vampires was that they tended to be inscrutable when it came to determining their actual ages.&nbsp; And callous enough to criticize the body of someone he'd never seen he might be, but to ask a lady her age, <em>never</em>!&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Ladies, you're next.&nbsp; Perhaps you can scroll through and find perhaps...another option?"</tt>&nbsp; He looked through the choices.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Do you seriously have no huntresses?"</tt>&nbsp; He challenged the intercom.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Where are your Buffys, your Anita Blakes, your Mercy Thompsons, your Integras?"</tt><br><br>Inside the armor, Conway was not pleased.&nbsp; They were going to criticize him for doing something like calling attention (inadvertently correctly, it seemed) to the size of one person's chest, but then all the hunter characters they were going to toss him were <em>men</em>?<br><br>(And somewhere, in the CPUs of the Darclight armor, Khaj sensed the emotional state of his pilot changing, and began digging up a clip to run through the armor's speakers in case he should need it...)<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">3d8 = 2, 6, 7<br>3d10 = 3, 4, 7<br><br>Adding both 7s together, and spending a PP for the 6 for a grand total of <em>20</em>, with a d10 Effect.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>29-10-2016, 08:36:07</strong>
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				The Sultana was quick to offer a correction on this point, "ah, the curse of knowledge! We are not so mean as that. The right bumper on the controller switches to the second page." Really, after forty-six sequels, huntresses were an inevitability just from sheer time and scale. As, for that matter, were multiple pages of characters.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>29-10-2016, 10:54:12</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison, Temporary Housing Complex<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Silver Age Sensibilities<br><del>1</del> 0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d8 Emotional | 11 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Alright, the other dice rolls were handled in the OOC thread. For Ace's action this turn, we're bringing out a little-used but quite potent power in the Silver Age arsenal: Venusian Super-Hypnosis!<br><br>Solo d10 + Comic Book Superhero d8 + Psych Expert d8 + Venusian Super-Hypnosis d8 (Psych Stunt) + Impulsive SFX d10<br><br>3d8 = 3, 8, 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96433)<br>2d10 = 9, 6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96435)<br><br>One opportunity, which I'm using the plot point from to add that 3 to the final result.&nbsp; <strong>20 total, d10 effect</strong>.&nbsp; And what I'm banking on is that Minerva doesn't have much in the way of power traits or specialties that will allow her to build a dicepool against this attack, and it also hopefully isn't one where Ace's Petrified complication would come to bear.&nbsp; Even so, I'm expecting that Ace's effect die is probably only going to be stepped up to a d12, but if Minerva gets unlucky and her total is less than 10, she's going to be complicated right out of the fight.<br><br>The d10 I borrowed is returned to the doom pool as a d12.<br></div></div><hr><br>Ace tried to work fast, hoping to wrestle the spider-woman into submission in short order, so that she could turn and face the shapeshifter.&nbsp; Unfortunately, Arachne proved just resilient enough to stay conscious and mobile in spite of her best efforts, and soon the Venusian Wonder found herself being wrestled away, Minerva coiled around her in a snake-like form.<br><br>"Great Venus! My body... is turning to stone!"&nbsp; She exclaimed, as soon as she noticed what was happening.&nbsp; Her movements were slowing, her limbs becoming stiff and sluggish, she could see the fabric of her outfit turning from brilliant blue to stony grey...&nbsp; "Have to... move!&nbsp; Only one chance!"<br><br>Arachne had moved around her, taking the time while she was being petrified to line up another shot with her webbing, but the instant she fired, Ace pivoted, her stony arms locked around Minerva's snake-like coils carrying the shapeshifter right into the path of the webbing spray.&nbsp; It didn't wind up taking her out of the fight as the Venusian Wonder had hoped it would, but it did cut off the petrifying gaze, and force the sinister serpent-like creature to untangle herself from the blonde as she wriggled free from the webbing.&nbsp; Desperate times called for desperate measures, and Ace could think of only one ability from among her phenomenal list of super-powers that could save her this time.<br><br>She locked eyes with Minerva and her petrifying gaze, willingly this time, and began to exert her will.<br><br>"You are growing tired,"&nbsp; She stated, speaking in a calm, melodic, even hypnotizing tone of voice.&nbsp; "So tired, so very tired.&nbsp; Your eyelids are growing heavy, and even awake, you feel as though you are falling into a trance.&nbsp; You are exhausted.&nbsp; You need to sleep.&nbsp; Go on... sleep... Fall asleeeeeep...!"<br><br>Venusian Super-Hypnosis.&nbsp; A risky move, in the midst of a battle like this one, but since she had an opponent who wanted her to look them directly in the eye anyway, it was the best move she had available to her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>31-10-2016, 05:27:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Videogames?<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>0 PP&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 4 (+1 recent)<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr>Kanina looked at all of that and almost instantly selected Simon Belmont, mostly for lack of recognition of most of them.<br><br>"I am not entirely familiar with earth video games, but this appears to be something that will be...quite entertaining?" She smiled with the innocence of someone who was about to be wrecked by people who were far better at the game than her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>31-10-2016, 08:23:29</strong>
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				<strong>Ace</strong><br><br>The snake that was Minerva started to look drowsy as Ace asserted her will (hypnotizing a snake? Who knew that would work?), but sleep wasn't on the cards as she suddenly sprouted six more heads from her body. The main head dozed off, but the remaining six only looked a little bit sleepy. They spoke in unision, "I don't want to damage you. Thissss will be sssso much easssier if you don't resssissst..."<br><br>Seeing this, Arachne rushed into the fray, slipping on a pair of gloves that emitted a high-pitched whine and sparks of electricity. "Hey boss! Rise and shine!" she shouted with an air of glee, grabbing the hydra's body and the Venusian and channeling into the gloves enough voltage to lay out a pair of elephants!<br><br>Minerva's main head snapped to attention immediately amid the lengthy shock with seven full-throated (if hissing) cries of pain, and that one head flipped around to glare at Arachne.<br><br>"You couldn't have warned me?"<br><br>"Nope!" The drider looked absolutely pleased with herself.<br><br>"Of coursssse not..." The other six heads stared full-on at Ace, though, aiming to complete their transmutation. <br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Doom pool stands at 1d8+2d10+1d12 when the smoke clears. Much better! Can go a little bit out of order because Ace is going to be out of the action for a bit. I'll let you write a reaction, and then we'll change places a bit!</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>31-10-2016, 08:35:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: New New Newgate Prison and surrounding countryside<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Silver Age Sensibilities<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | <del>d8</del> d6 Emotional | 13 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: <del>Almost Completely Petrified d12</del> Complicated out of scene | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Rolls in the OOC.&nbsp; Ace is complicated out of the scene and, since this is a new Transition scene, her Emotional Stress steps back to d6 automatically.<br></div></div><hr><br>Venusian Super-Hypnosis had been a gamble, and it was one that Ace lost when Minerva proved mentally resistant enough to not immediately fall under her hypnotic spell.&nbsp; Arachne was able to rush in and use some glove-based gadget that could deliver electric shocks to shock her superior out of the trance she had slipped into.<br><br>"N-no!&nbsp; Have to... keep fighting...!"&nbsp; But alas, it was no use.&nbsp; Within seconds, the look of determined resistance was frozen on the Venusian Wonder's face as she was finally transformed completely into stone!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>31-10-2016, 11:52:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: VIDEJO GARMES!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Tabitha, scrolled past each character looking for the one true character that she knew suited her the best. The lil' croc on her shoulders called out names as she went past them "Lincoln! Killer Croc! Sultana"<br><br>"No we can't be the host, that's rude" Tabitha said as she got to the very last page and selected the very last character. A black silhouette with a Question Mark on it. <br><br>"Yeah! Random pick! This game is a proper fighter!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>01-11-2016, 05:23:27</strong>
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				"Points for bravery!" Sultana said, the game chirped as the cursor roulette'd over the choices, finally settling on...<br><br>"If I'm not back in five minutes, call the Pope."<br><strong>Jesus Christ, Vampire Hunter!</strong><br><br>"Oooh, bad luck, his charge-up takes three days. So! It looks like it will be three-on-three. Daughter?" Sultana said as she locked in, <em>of course</em>, <strong>the Sultana of Burning Sands</strong>.<br><br>"Yeah, but his recovery is second to none. I'm going to eat them for breakfast, but we need a third." Daughter said as she selected <strong>Seras Victoria</strong>.<br><br>"Fortunately We have accounted for such circumstances!"<br><br>The animatronic dullahan from outside&nbsp; (apparently a little more animated than it had first appeared) shuffled up, plopped itself down on a couch, placed its pumpkin-head on the table in front of them and took a controller too. <strong>ABRAHAM LINCOLN!</strong><br><br>"Hey! You're supposed to choose a vampire! We had a theme going!"<br><br>"Just roll with it!"<br><br>"<em>I</em> chose one and I'm-"<br><br>"Just roll with it!"<br><br>"Fine. <sub><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">Could have been Buffy if I'd known that he was going to...</span></sub>" she trailed off, grumbling.<br><br>The stage was set in a dark and stormy castle as the team of three vampire hunters dramatically dodged out of the way of a pendulum and a line of spears, posing. The team of... two vampires and (apparently) a turncoat vampire hunter took the high ground, towering over their foes.<br><br><strong>READY? FIGHT!</strong><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">VIDYA GAMES! Actions are taken against Sultana's diepools for now. Heroes go first because of superior reflexes.<br>Mewsic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwQjBgV4lck</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>01-11-2016, 06:05:47</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch <del>Former</del> HQ<br>Doing What: Video Games...Are You *ucking KIDDING ME?!<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d4 Emotional | 11xp (of 31xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Action will be to go after 'Daughter,' hoping to freeze up Seras' weapons and thus remove her ranged capability and force her to close to melee.&nbsp; In game terms, inflicting the Complication <strong>Useless, Frozen Weapons</strong>.<br><br>Dicepool: Team Affiliation (d10); Stormwatch - OG Red Team Leader (d8); Jump-Jets (d10); Cold Mastery (d10); Science Master (2d8)<br></div></div><hr><br>This was ridiculous.&nbsp; He was going to have to play video games against a vampire, her stupid daughter, and now that magicked-up dullahan from outside.&nbsp; Conway was not pleased, not pleased in the slightest.&nbsp; At least he might be able to turn this in his favor!&nbsp; If they could make a strong enough showing in the first few rounds, MAYBE they could get passage up to the command center and get back his house!<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Ladies,"</tt> Darclight responded as he picked up the controller in front of him.<tt class="bbc_tt">&nbsp; "Here's the plan.&nbsp; <em>Win</em>." </tt> Conway knew the three characters selected.&nbsp; Lincoln?&nbsp; If it was like the one in the movie, used mostly axes and the occasional Civil War-era firearm.&nbsp; Sultana?&nbsp; Probably had her own abilities.&nbsp; Seras?&nbsp; Had a freaking miniature howitzer that she carried around everywhere.&nbsp; That had to go.&nbsp; As the game started, Darclight triggered the immediate speed boost that flashed for his character on the screen, having come at the end of Hopkins' quote:&nbsp; "The undead...the foe I have pursued all my life!"&nbsp; And then started laughing.<br><br>He wished <em>he</em> was playing as himself, instead of as a movie character.&nbsp; Granted, that character had a torch and a sword, but still wasn't quite his cold projectors...<br><br>...at least until he torch-bashed the platform he'd double-jumped to and discovered the sub-weapon pickup was the <em>Ice</em> spell.&nbsp; Okay, that worked.<br><br>The speed boost was almost gone, he needed to hurry!&nbsp; Double-jumping across three platforms, he turned at the last moment as his momentum carried him over the lip of the platform, and landed him on the ledge right behind where the three opponents stood.&nbsp; Pressing the sub-weapon button, he invoked the Ice spell, which sent a wave of frost right at his intended target, Seras and her fancy modern firearms.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">3d8 = 5, 8, 8.<br>3d10 = 1, 3, 9.<br><br>Spending Darclight's last PP to throw in a final die for the addition: <strong>Action Total 25, Effect Die d12</strong> (d10 stepped up b/c of <em>Frozen Grasp</em>.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>02-11-2016, 00:09:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Jesus Christ Super Cat<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Tech Mastery! D10<br>Team!&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;D10<br>Super Reflexes D10<br>The Great Project’s greatest failure D8<br><br>6, 1, 6on the D10's. 8 on the D8.<br><br>Going for 14 effect with a D10 to create an asset of "SLAM TILT"<br></div></div><hr><br>You are the Son of God. You are in a climatic boss battle. <br><br><strong>Fight</strong><br><br>You are the Son of Peace, you don't know how to fight.<br><br><strong>Learn to fight</strong><br><br>You don't really have time to learn how to fight, also you'd feel a bit conflicted about even trying to.<br><br><strong>Pick up weapon of ultimate power</strong><br><br>It's so shiny! It's also completely frozen over. This thing is only good with whiskey now.<br><br><strong>OH MY GOD</strong><br><br>No he's busy.<br><br><strong>GO LEFT</strong><br><br>You wander off towards the left of the stage. It begins to tilt as people weight it down.<br><br><strong>PUSH EVERYONE OFF</strong><br><br>What part of PACIFIST are you having difficulty with?<br><br><strong>ARGHWEGEWOIFJWEHFEWHG</strong><br><br>That's not even words.<br><br><hr><br>Shaking the controller, Tabitha's tail wags as she tries to work out the text based control system. As a gimmick character goes this one is taking the piss.<br><br>"DARCLIGHT HELP. I AM HAVING DIFFICULTY WITH VIDEOGAMES"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>02-11-2016, 01:39:59</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Videogames ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS!<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>0 PP (1 spent this turn)&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 4<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Following Darclight's advice, Kanina goes on the offensive to try to pick off the weak Link-coln!<br><br>use one PP to keep an extra die for the roll<br><br>16, effect d6<br><br>4, 4, 1, 5, 7<br><br>At 2016-11-01 18:34:13, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d6 Result: 8 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96602)<br>At 2016-11-01 18:35:26, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d10 Result: 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96604)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At 2016-11-01 18:35:03, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d8 Result: 6 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96603)<br><br>Team d6<br>Shirks Responsibility Regularly d8 (Video games count, right?)<br>Superhuman Leaping D8<br>Enhanced Speed&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;d6<br>Acrobatics Master D10<br></div></div><hr><br>Kanina began murmuring to herself, "two vampires and a human.&nbsp; I'm playing a vampire hunter.&nbsp; Vampires are strong.&nbsp; Humans are weak, so if I attack the Lincoln directly, I'll get the weakest part of their formation!" <br><br>Now, normally a bad video game player would be anything but an asset here, but the Zaichik Queen was erratic at worst and a fast learner at best.&nbsp; As she pressed just about every button in trying to climb up into range to toss a bottle of holy water (tossing at least two before she got up there and figuring out at least one special combo), she slowly began to understand the point of fighting games.<br><br>To ruin your friendships, to destroy enemies, and to WIN!<br><br>"Thank you, Jesus, for letting me punish this traitor to humanity!" she cried in real life as she guided Simon into attack range and activated a special move shouting out, "purification rains from above!"<br><br>And, apparently, so did five jugs of holy water, and they were aimed right at Lincoln!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>02-11-2016, 04:54:13</strong>
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				The holy water splashed Abraham Lincoln! Tons of holy water splashed Abraham Lincoln!<br><br>Abraham Lincoln... was not one of the undead. At least it got him wet?<br><br>The Dullahan took a moment (during which its character was quite defenseless), lifted up its pumpkin-head and pointed it at Kanina, pulled out a marker, and scribbled an inquisitive eyebrow above one glowing triangle eye.<br><br>Seras Victoria, nimble as she was, was having an easy time evading Anthony Hopkins' powered-up icy strikes, returning fire with her pistols to make him keep having to dodge instead of going for the killing blow. When he went for the superpowered killshot, Darclight could practically hear Daughter's satisfaction as she prepared to punish his overextension...<br><br>...then Jesus, unleashing his level combo Bearing the Weight of the World, tilted the entire stage, throwing Seras right into the path of the otherwise-avoidable strike! She flew off the stage and exploded in a cloud of bats!<br><br><strong>RING OUT!</strong><br><br>"What?! Those combos... that can't have been intentional!"<br><br>"We think miss Tabitha is mashing buttons. We should strive to rectify the numbers advantage, at least..."<br><br>Now three-on-two, the Sultana flitted across the stage to engage in a mortal contest with the Son of God, blood flying around her in orbits and suddenly around him too, as she tried to imprison him in cords of it! "Hic est enim sanguis <em>meus</em>, pvnc!"<br><br>Not losing sight of the threat, Abraham Lincoln launched a battering axe charge at the vulnerable Anthony Hopkins. "Foooooooour scoooore!"<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Lots of stuff happens!<br>Reaction vs Darc is 14, d10 effect. Exceptional Success! Seras Victoria is Complicated out of the ring!<br>Reaction vs Kanina is 14, d8 effect with one Watcher opportunity, which means d6 mental stress from bafflement for Abraham Lincoln.<br>Reaction vs Tabs is 14, d10 effect, which means that a d10 SLAM TILT Asset is successfully created.<br><br>Retaliation!<br>Sultana vs Tabs is 17, d12 effect, with one watcher opportunity, trying to tag her with a Blood Ties complication.<br>Lincoln vs Darclight uses a d10 doom to add a third die and get a 28 result, with d8 effect, inflicting Physical Stress.<br><br>Taking three player opportunities, so you each get 1PP, and I get that d10 back<br>Doom Pool stands at 1d8+2d10+1d12 for you guys.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>03-11-2016, 22:59:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch <del>Former</del> HQ<br>Doing What: HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d4 Emotional | 11xp (of 31xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>First, spending PP to scene-permatize Darclight's newly revealed Asset!<br><br>Reaction Dicepool: Widening Fissures (d4 + 1PP), Team Affiliation (d10), Superhuman Strength (d10), Cold Weapons (d10), Combat Master (d10), Michael Myers Would Be Proud Asset (d10), Lincoln's Mental Stress (d6, forgotten in actual roll)<br><br>Action will be to go after Daughter, bursting through a formerly closed and weakened door slasher-style, scaring her out of her wits.&nbsp; In game terms, inflicting emotional stress.<br><br>Dicepool: Team Affiliation (d10); Light a Candle (d4 + 1PP); Superhuman Strength (d10); Cold Weapons (d10); Covert Expert (d8); Michael Myers Would Be Proud Asset (d10)<br></div></div><hr><br>"DARCLIGHT HELP.&nbsp; I AM HAVING TROUBLE WITH VIDEOGAMES."<br><br>Let it be known, readers of this tale of heroism and comic mockery, that everyone can have their breaking point, the point at which they no longer care about restraint and just want to *uck shi* <em>up</em>.&nbsp; They were down one man, who had gone to do something entirely stupid like convince a career criminal to change sides, and the other two were a half-insane cat mage who did not understand videogames (Darclight refused to make the 'herding cats' joke), and a rabbit who did not seem to understand that this Abraham Lincoln was not ZOMBIE LINCOLN.&nbsp; Add on top of that the irritating fact that the dullahan - pumpkin head and all - actually seemed to be understanding how to play Abraham Lincoln with his mighty woodaxe, and you can begin to understand why Darclight might lose his cool.<br><br>Not as bad as Minerva, and in a few moments he would be absolutely fine again, but for those moments, he was <em>pissed</em>.&nbsp; And emotions can have a strange way of interacting with magic.&nbsp; For example, the lights flickering in the base, going out for only a few seconds, or the video game's BGM that was playing from the speakers of Stormwatch HQ:<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=676A6VymGCk</div></div><br><br>There was no sign that anything had malfunctioned, the game was still on and everything (you could tell because Anthony Hopkins had, while parrying the blow to the best of his ability, taken a small amount of damage), it was simply that the music refused to work.&nbsp; (Also that Darclight was no longer on the couch.)&nbsp; At least for only a few seconds, when another track - and somehow, this one didn't even EXIST IN THE GAME - started playing through the speakers.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">SURPRISE MOTHER*UCKER</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtQFZPnX8hE</div></div><br><br>The next time anyone saw of Darclight, well, that was 'Daughter,' who would now have to contend with a very angry and pissed off war machine whose pilot had definitely seen a certain slasher movie franchise a few too many times for his own good, as he broke down one of the doors into the control room with extreme prejudice, sending it catapulting across the space and slamming into a wall.&nbsp; In Darclight's hand was an unmelting knife of sharpest ice, an instrument favored for carving turkeys...usually.&nbsp; He said nothing as he came towards Daughter, silent as the grave.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Reaction Roll:<br><br>1d4 = 4.<br>5d10 = 2, 4, 8, 9, 10.<br><br>Spending PP from Negative Distinction to add an extra die to the total - Reaction total 27, effect die d10.&nbsp; Action succeeds, but stress is stepped back due to larger reaction effect die.<br><br>Action Roll<br><br>1d4 = 4.<br>1d8 = 1.<br>4d10 = 7, 9, 9, 10.<br><br>Spending PP from Negative Distinction to add an extra die to the total - Action total 28, effect die d10.&nbsp; Taking 1 PP for opportunity from GM.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>04-11-2016, 00:30:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Jesus Christ Super Cat<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Tech Mastery D10, Sorcercy D10, Light a Candle D8, Super Reflexes D8, Team D10<br>Reaction: 18!<br><br>She blocks.<br><br>Mystic Mastery D10, Sorcery D10, Super Reflexes D10, SLAM TILT D10, Team D10<br>Result: 18<br>Effect Die: D10<br><br>Spending 1pp to activate Cat-Like Agility for the Step up and Reroll.<br>Yes. It's time for the return of the Gibson LASER BLAST.<br><br></div></div><hr><br>Tab's is right on that discarded controller! Snaffling it from Darclight as she looks between the controllers, one in each hand, before mashing them together with a bright flash gold. <br><br>She had Jesus and Anthony Hopkins Hellsing, but what she needed was a real stone cold killer. Well if she takes the star power from Hopkins and find someone who'd played Jesus who could also kill few vampires. Someone crazy enough to be in this fight. Real crazy.<br><br>Sailing through the vast depths of space, a force knew it was needed.<br><br>The blood sailing around Tabs was a nice catalyst too and she slammed the controller through it, spinning as runes flared out from the ground around her and on the screen assaulted by blood, Jesus began to swell, blue veins pulsing along his skin. He began to growl, then let out a guttural, terrifying roar.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Yes we're going there</div><div class="spoiler_body">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLCEUpIg8rE<br></div></div><br>"Yes! Time for some passion in this romance game already" Tabs said, letting on what her usual kind of video game was. She hammers her golden controllers buttons hard enough one pings off and flies across the room. On the screen, Gibson Jesus is just screaming and firing lasers literally everywhere. It's not exactly good for the scenery or anyone caught in its way as the stage is ripped up and sent pinwheeling all over the place. But the button mashings worked for her thus far, she's gonna keep it up! She's going to romance all these characters SO HARD. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>05-11-2016, 18:59:22</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Videogames ARE S- actually they aren't that serious.<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP (+ from Distinction)&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 4<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Attempting to locate/access her location.<br>14 effect d6 (10+4)<br><br>Results<br>2d10:&nbsp; 10, 1 (opportunity)<br>d8: 1 (opportunity)<br>d6: 2<br>d4: 4<br><br>Solo d10 (Deliberately separating herself from the Squad)<br>Shirks Responsibility Regularly 1d4 (Clearly didn't think this through)<br>Superhuman Hearing d8<br>Enhanced Speed d6<br>Crime Master&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;D10 (Circumventing security/traps)<br><br>At 2016-11-05 11:51:25, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d10 Result: 11<br>[url=/forums/dicebot.php?r=96736]At 2016-11-05 11:53:01, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d4 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96733)<br>At 2016-11-05 11:52:50, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d6 Result: 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96735)<br>At 2016-11-05 11:52:06, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d8 Result: 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96734)[/url]<br></div></div><hr><br>"Take care of this for me!" Kanina tossed her controller toward Tabs and booked it.&nbsp; If she could make it to wherever the Sultana was, politely ask her to give up over delicious booze (or kick her in the face while drinking), and shut down the defenses, Darclight would be happy and they'd have more more potential ally (or enemy) in their quest for victory.<br><br>Now, she didn't really know WHERE exactly the Sultana was (or else had forgotten in the heat of the moment), but she was excellent at moving quickly and hearing the sounds of evil (or at least evil looking) people by listening through walls and at doors.&nbsp; It also made her pretty good at defeating locking systems and other nonsense in a pinch!&nbsp; If she got lucky, maybe she'd be able to make some headway in finding the (current) mistress of the house.<br><br>Of course, such an audacious and poorly planned plan was almost certain to go wrong, but if it went right, she'd be the real winner!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>06-11-2016, 07:56:13</strong>
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				"Wait, where is he? How'd he do that? Where'd he go?" Darclight's sensors registered sitting in the big chair surrounded by monitors, a runic greataxe leaned against the chair and more turrets overhead to defend the central command: one teenage girl, somewhat enhanced, but entirely human. Well. She might have had a little banshee in her, since her girlish shriek at the sight of him could have woken the dead. Of course, a banshee wouldn't have fainted. Daughter, however, promptly did.<br><br>"Bother. Must We do everything Ourselves? Horseman! Take the wheel!"<br><br>Suddenly it was a one-on-one, as Sultana's controller (wherever she had holed up) merged with the dullahan's! The headless horseman battled Tabs; videogame-Sultana formed a spinning shield of blood while Abraham Lincoln bellowed, "nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character..." he charged up, growing three sizes that day and glowing with a presidential aura, "give! Him! Pooooweeeeeer!"<br><br>The real Sultana, meanwhile, dropped out of the shadows in the control room's ceiling like she was throwing off a coat. A bloody greatsword formed in her hands, and she held it at eye level and outward at Darclight in a guard position, defending the fainted technical human. "Very well! We will do you the honor of this duel!" she proclaimed.<br><br>---<br><br>The bad guy was always at the top of the building! Kanina knew this. In a spectacular stroke of luck, after navigating only three flamethrower traps and a wall of spears, she found an elevator!<br><br>As it turned out, a very long elevator.<br><br>A positively glacial elevator. With no indicators as to the floor it was currently at.<br><br>If she had been able to properly calculate the rate of ascent, she would have estimated herself as currently being somewhere in the vicinity of Earth's moon, only she had barely moved at all.<br><br>If only she had some sort of crew of intergalactic badasses to have a conversation on said elevator, it might go quicker...<br><br>Wait! This was an elevator <em>trap</em>! She'd spend forty to eighty hours on this elevator if she let it!<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Dullahan successfully defends his peeps against the Gibson, and powers up, creating an Asset of his own.<br>Sofiya utterly fails to defend against Darc's attempts to scare her, and is Emotionally Stressed Out of the scene.<br>Sultana employs Shadow Teleportation to come to the rescue.<br><br>Kanina is stuck in an elevator, and will take an extra turn to wind up engaging Sultana. Probably. Taking her opportunities and granting her 1 PP.<br><br>Doom pool stands at... 1d8+3d10+1d12.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>06-11-2016, 19:46:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch <del>Former</del> HQ<br>Doing What: I Come in Peace<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d4 Emotional | 11xp (of 31xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Action will be to talk down Sultana, trying to get her to stop and talk rather than fight.<br><br>Dicepool: Solo Affiliation (d8); Brought You All Together for a Purpose (d8); Enhanced Senses (d8); Cold Weapons (d10); Michael Myers Would Be Proud Asset (d10); Sultana's Mental Stress (d6)<br></div></div><hr><br>Daughter shrieked - a scan of her revealed that she might be a little more than human, but otherwise was - and then promptly fainted at the mere sight of the war machine.&nbsp; That provoked a response from the Sultana herself, who appeared via shadow before him, a sword formed out of blood in her hands before herself.&nbsp; Combat here could be potentially disastrous, for the HQ and for those caught in the middle.&nbsp; Besides, there was the matter of Kanina and Doc Tabs to also consider.&nbsp; So the war machine decided to go against its playbook, and talk.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Think about what you're doing, here." </tt> As he talked, Darclight slowly let weapons of ice form - hoping that they would serve as ample incentive to get the Sultana to listen. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I may understand this declarations seems insane, but I am not your enemy here.&nbsp; I do not <em>want</em> to be your enemy, here.&nbsp; You and I are only in conflict because you possess my home.&nbsp; That is all.&nbsp; And I am not averse to allowing you a space to call your and your daughter's here, once the tower belongs to me again.&nbsp; That we can discuss and negotiate, but not here, and not like this.&nbsp; Understand that <em>I do not want to fight you</em>.&nbsp; Harm and destruction is not my goal, here.&nbsp; You and I - we - have the power to end this conflict right now, if you will but agree and hear me out."</tt><br><br>Darclight stood, facing down the Sultana. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "And in case you are thinking that my talk is just talk, I would remind you of this.&nbsp; I shattered your blood-bats, and defeated your daughter, twice, each time with nary but a single move.&nbsp; How long could you possibly last, especially if I decided to 'get serious'?&nbsp; You may rebuff me by saying that I was 'just lucky,' and I can understand why you would wish to think such things.&nbsp; After all, if I was just lucky, then you may still have a chance.&nbsp; But I assure you that that is not the case.&nbsp; I am every inch as competent as you have witnessed me to be."</tt><br><br>He decided to alter course, just a little.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"You said you wished to test our bodies, hearts, and strength of character.&nbsp; Has that not been done here today?&nbsp; Have you not accomplished your goal?&nbsp; I will be the first to admit the tests and the testees are...a bit different that what you might typically expect, but have they not proven that they are the best?&nbsp; That is what you want, right?&nbsp; The best for yourself, for your daughter, for others.&nbsp; I cannot blame you, for you and I are so very similar in that respect."</tt><br><br>And the finish-up. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Please.&nbsp; I implore you.&nbsp; Do not fight me.&nbsp; Work with me, talk with me.&nbsp; This may end, but only with your word."</tt><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Action Roll<br><br>1d6 = 1<br>3d8 = 1, 4, 7<br>2d10 = 6, 10.<br><br>Spending 1 PP to add an extra die to the total.&nbsp; <strong>Action total 21, effect d10.</strong>&nbsp; 2 opportunities.<br><br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>08-11-2016, 16:36:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Videogames ARE S- actually they aren't that serious.<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP (+1 opportunity, -1 spent here)&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 4<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Giving herself a pep talk/lap dance with some hastily constructed projections.<br><br>Solo D10<br>Runaway Alien Queen D8<br>Tech Expert D8<br>Tech Stunt D8<br><br>Results: 10, 5, 1, 1<br><br>15, effect d4 to pass herself a bonus for when she gets out of the elevator.&nbsp; I'm going to guess lap dances aren't good motivation.<br><br>At 2016-11-08 09:35:05, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 3d8 Result: 7 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96808)<br>At 2016-11-08 09:34:42, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 1d10 Result: 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=96807)<br></div></div><hr><br>Kanina tapped her foot for a moment before sighing, pulling two holoprojectors out of her pocket and throwing them down on the ground.<br><br>On her left appears a Kanina dressed in space Marine armor.&nbsp; On her right appears a Kanina dressed for a strip club.<br><br>"What up, girl?" her stripper self asked her.<br><br>"Good evening, ma'am!" Space Marine Kanina said, snapping to salute.<br><br>"You know I'm a civilian, right?" Kanina asked herself.<br><br>"Yes ma'am, but you're a Queen."<br><br>"Not the Wet T-shirt Queen, though!" Stripper Kanina interjected.<br><br>"Ma'am, I did not know that, ma'am, good evening ma'am!" Space Marine Kanina saluted the Stripper.<br><br>"That's more like it." Stripper Kanina stands triumphant, her comically oversized breasts heaving.<br><br>"Wait a minute, you two are here to give me a peptalk, not to salute her for being the queen of a Wet T-Shirt Contest!"<br><br>"No," Stripper Kanina leaned on her (hard light is a kick, huh physicists?) and said, "we're here for banter to help pass the time, and maybe give you the motivation to fight on so our dreams live on."<br><br>"Oh.&nbsp; Well, hopefully this passes some time." Kanina sighed and set down a holographic projector for a tacky (but comfortable) strip club chair and sat on it.&nbsp; "Both of you give me a lap dance or something while we wait."<br><br>"Now you're speaking my language, girl!" Stripper Kanina gave an unnecessary waggle of her tail end before going to work.<br><br>"Aye ma'am!"<br><br>That's how Kanina would be found when the elevator opened, between two hard light projections of herself and looking pretty damn relaxed.<br><br>Unfortunately, she'd probably be heavily distracted by Space Marine Kanina's butt right in her face if she needed to act quickly...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>08-11-2016, 22:54:00</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: I have no idea.<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Solo D6<br>Widening Fissures D8<br>Sorcery D10<br>Super Reflexes D10<br>Mystical Master D10<br><br>Spending a PP to boost roll. 23 on attack. D10 hit to ... emotions? I have no idea.<br></div></div><hr><br>"So..... headless huh?" Tabitha says trying to make small talk with someone who doesn't have a mouth. Maybe she should focus on the game since everyone else bailed. She's got the team's honour at stake here!<br><br>The Gibson facing down a giant empowered Lincoln didn't have much choice but to go for the weakness of all governments. <br><br>"Every man dies. Not every man TRULY DIES!" screeches the Gibson as he auto-crucifies himself, his health dipping down to a tiny sliver as they're raised up on the wooden posts. However their religion bar had now maxed out and a fissure began to run through the stage, before the TV itself began to crack and glow. <br><br>"HOW'S THIS FOR SEPERATION OF CHURCH AND STATE PAL"<br><br>The TV explodes and the section with Jesus Gibson is left spinning on the stand stuck fast by the wooden crucifix that had been driven deep into the TV stand. Lincoln's half didn't have that mooring and was blasted across the room, smashing off a wall with purple sparks and richocheting around the room and barely missing Tabitha as she nimbly jumped into Dullahan's lap. <br><br>"Ring out, ring out! C'mon!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>16-11-2016, 01:31:14</strong>
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				"Hah!" Sultana laughed, "the hunter, upon triumphing against the mouse, fancies his chances against the lion."<br><br>She smiled back at the fainted redheaded human, fondly, sadly, "seriously, Sofiya might be my blood, but she's completely hopeless at this sort of thing." She looked back to Darclight, a battle-ready grin across her face, "she will need to train eight hundred times harder if she hopes to rule the Netherworld in Our stead! And you! We will accept your offer, if We find your skill to be matched well against Our own! Ah, since We do not wish Our daughter harmed, and you do not wish your precious computers harmed..."<br><br>Stepping behind him in a blink, a series of chains sprung from her weapon just as they had in the video game, trying to bind Darclight's limbs so that his only available targets for his cold weapons was the ceiling or the floor! "In strength of character, We will test your restraint!"<br><br>She blinked as the elevator opened, revealing Kanina getting a lapdance from two other Kaninas. Could vampires blush? Apparently they could!<br><br>"We... would also accept your offer in exchange for two of those."<br><br>---<br><br>The shattered remains of the television (leaking plasma as they were) were silent as the other half bounced on the floor. The speakers rang out the words...<br><br><strong>KO! Hunter Team Victory!</strong><br><br>The dullahan moved a hand up and placed it on Tabitha's head, situated as she was on its lap. Many scritches followed.<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Tabs victory! Tabs gets pats.<br><br>Sultana rejects Darclight's plan with a d8 used from the doom pool. Snagging his two opportunities to put it right back, and giving him 1 PP.<br>Kanina... surprisingly enough, gets her d4 Asset. Taking her two opportunities to add a d8 and giving her 1 PP.<br><br>Sultana then uses her blood chains ability to try and Complicate Darclight. Dropping a d10 from the pool to give her a total of 21, with d10 effect.<br><br>Doom pool stands at 2d8+2d10+1d12</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-11-2016, 03:14:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch <del>Former</del> HQ<br>Doing What: Seriously<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d4 Emotional | 11xp (of 31xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Reaction: Resist Blood Chains Complication<br><br>Dicepool: Solo (d8), Stormwatch Red Leader (d8); Superhuman Strength (d10); Cold Mastery (d10); Michael Myers Would be Proud (d10); Science Master (d10); Sultana's Stress (d6)<br><br>[Dicepool Amended: add in Jump-Jets (d10) through <em>Evasive Maneuvers</em> SFX]<br><br><br>Action will be to remove the Blood Chains Complication.<br><br>Dicepool: Solo Affiliation (d8); Stormwatch Red Leader (d8); Superhuman Strength (d10); Cold Mastery (d10); Michael Myers Would Be Proud Asset (d10); Science Master (d10); Sultana's Mental Stress (d6)<br></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Don't."</tt>&nbsp; Darclight warned her, a last plea for her to listen to reason and surrender now before things got out of control.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Don't-"</tt>&nbsp; And then she was behind him, in a move whose speed surprised even him, but he managed to regain his footing just in time for the chains to spring into being.&nbsp; "Khaj, the chains, freeze and break!"&nbsp; It was a common counter that they used in order to defeat those that might want to keep him bound up.&nbsp; Darclight had drained a lot of his power, though, moving through the Stormwatch HQ so quickly to take Daughter - Sofiya, apparently - by surprise.&nbsp; As such, the first attempt to break the chains failed.&nbsp; "Freezerburn!"&nbsp; That was the codeword for firing the Jump-Jets, hoping that between the rapid freezing and melting (from the heat of the jets), the liquid chains would fail to adhere to the armor.&nbsp; <br><br>Maybe it was just the fact that Darclight was trying to use science against magic, or maybe it was just the fact that he'd been carrying the team on an impressive streak for some time, and that streak was going to end eventually...but the chains held.<br><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"ENOUGH!"</tt>&nbsp; Darclight shouted, and with a mighty heave, the bonds flash-froze in an instant before being shattered to little more than hand-sized ice blocks by the prodigious strength of the armor.&nbsp; Hovering there in the air on his jets, he issued a declaration. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "If she is a mouse, and you are a lion, then I am a pack of panthers!&nbsp; I am from beyond the stars!&nbsp; I am the Master of War of 10,000 Worlds!&nbsp; Your braggadocio means <em>nothing</em> to me!&nbsp; A Queen, you call yourself?&nbsp; I have slain <em>Empresses</em> by the pack-load!&nbsp; Lords of things living and dead by the score!&nbsp; Regicide is not new to me.&nbsp; Now <em>cease</em> before I am forced to add you to their number!"</tt><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Reaction Roll<br><br>1d6 = 1<br>2d8 = 1, 1<br>4d10 = 2, 4, 5, 6<br><br>HOLY...okay, adding a d6 to the Doom Pool to invoke <em>Evasive Maneuvers</em>.<br><br>Reaction Re-roll<br><br>1d6 = 5<br>2d8 = 3, 8<br>5d10 =&nbsp; 3, 4, 4, 4, 4<br><br>Spending 1 PP to keep an extra die for the total.&nbsp; Reaction 17, effect d10.&nbsp; Failure to resist, but the Complication is kept from stepping up.<br><br>Action Roll<br><br>1d6 = 1<br>2d8 = 3, 8<br>4d10 = 4, 6, 7, 8.<br><br>Spending 1 PP to add an extra die to the total.&nbsp; <strong>Action total 23, effect d10, 1 opportunity.</strong>&nbsp; Vs total of 21 to establish Complication, Complication removed.<br><br>Spending PP from rolled opportunity to keep an extra effect die (d10).&nbsp; Using as Complication: <em><strong>Facing the Master of War of 10,000 Worlds</strong></em>.<br><br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>16-11-2016, 04:35:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Winning...maybe.<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP (+1 opportunity, -1 spent here)&nbsp; | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 4<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>20 (8, 6, 6; -1 PP to keep a third die), effect d8 to kick her in the face (inflict physical stress.)<br><br>8, 3, 3, 6, 6, 2<br><br>Buddy d8<br>Rabbit Girl Bounty Hunter d8<br>Enhanced Kicking d8<br>Combat Expert d8<br>Enemy Complication&nbsp; &nbsp; d10<br>Pep Talk Asset d4<br></div></div><hr><br>Halfway distracted, Kanina leaps out from between her holograms with her foot at the ready.&nbsp; "Whatever's going on I'm going to kick you in the face!"<br><br>She's riding the high from her lap dance and she's ready to show the Sultana how to do the tango of justice!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>21-11-2016, 04:09:54</strong>
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				Darclight's words seemed to have a profound effect on the Sultana, her gaze hardened and her stance became tighter, her movements more focused. "So much talk, so little action!" she said with bravado, but the hero had clearly rattled her.<br><br>Just then Kanina burst out of the elevator and kicked her right in the face, sending her spinning, wings shielding around her. Although the rabbit had rung her bell a bit, she shook her head and looked over her new opponent with a little bloodlust and maybe a little regular lust. "See? That's more like it!"<br><br>Wiping the blood from her lip, she continued, "Ah, I thought we were going to make this a friendly contest. But if you're going to add my head to the pile," the darkness coalesced around Sultana and mystic glyphs lit up on her chest, a collection of bright mandalas lighting up the ceiling, "I'll have to take this seriously!" Drops of blood flew from her hands up to the mandalas, forming ten, twenty, a hundred weapons. Each hung precariously from their circle like a hundred Swords of Damocles, and with a single downward gesture from Sultana, each rained down from the ceiling, hurtling down one after the other like machine-gun fire, a torrent of weapons like the mythic Gate of Babylon.<br><br>The force of the sword-rain blew a hole from the fourth-from-the-top floor all the way down to ground level, shredding metal and drywall and flooring alike, leaving everyone amid the further-shattered remains of the television and almost every floor of the Stormwatch Headquarters, debris pinned to the ground by a sea of blood-swords. <br><br>That was right around the time that the Silver Spider, with a loot-sack, her pet spider (with an autocannon on its back), appeared on the couch next to the Dullahan and Doc Tabs. She was wearing Ace's helmet, as well.<br><br>Uh. So, vampire queen going absolutely medieval on the surroundings. Doc Tabs and a headless horseman next to her. Wasn't that teleporter supposed to send her someplace <em>safe</em>?<br><br>Well, at least the vampire looked pretty worn-out after that attack. That was something. She did brighten right up at Silvia's appearance, taking a bow as more blood-weapons continued to rain down around her. "Oh oh! Is it another suitor come to visit Us? Please pardon the meagerness of Our abode."<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Okay! So. Since the scenes combine, the combined doom pool comes to 2d8+2d10+2d12. A d8 of that was used to prevent Darc's complication from stepping up, another d8 will be used to avoid damage from Kanina's attack. I add a d6 from Evasive Maneuvers, and buy one of Silvia's opportunities in the side thread (take a PP for that) to make it d8. That makes 1d8+2d10+2d12.<br><br>So! Tossing both d12s into the attack, and using a d10 to keep an extra total, and a d10 to keep an extra effect die, and lastly the d8 to bring the team together, I can empty the entire doom pool!<br><br>Attack targets both Kanina and Darclight, for a total of 31, inflicting Physical Stress. Effect die at Darc is d12, at Kanina is d10. The Silver Spider 'ports in (Ace will come in a bit later) and is now chilling with Tabs and the Dullahan, and Sultana has just crashed through to the bottom floor so (almost) everyone is in one place.<br><br>Before I forget, Darc gets 1XP for a hammy as fuck declaration, and so does Tabs. Everyone gets 2XP for the d12s just used, and also 1XP for the d12 I used in Kuno's scene.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>21-11-2016, 04:56:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch <del>Former</del> HQ<br>Doing What: <span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>DARCLIGHT ANGRY!</strong></span><br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | d4 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Reaction: Defeat d12 Sword Rain Attack<br><br>Dicepool: Team (d10); Kiss my Acid-Base Complex (d4 + 1PP); Superhuman Durability (d10); Cold Weapons (d10); Michael Myers Would be Proud (d10); Combat Master (d10); Facing the Master of War of 10,000 Worlds Complication (d10); Sultana's Stress (d6)<br></div></div><hr><br>Of course.&nbsp; Of <em>course</em> he had to wisemouth off to her instead of doing the tactical thing and just caving her head in and being done with stupid vampire prats.&nbsp; (Looking at you, Sparklepyre!)&nbsp; He probably could have given her something else to remember him by, but now, he had to try and dissuade her from fighting any more, and now she was <em>freaking destroying his house.</em>&nbsp; It was a good thing that the civilization that had built Darclight - the Armorists - had done so with an eye towards standing up anything short of a tactical nuclear strike, because while the armor remained standing, it was going to take a little bit of time to get fixed up and look good as new again.&nbsp; It had taken nearly everything he had to just <em>stay up</em> under the sword barrage.&nbsp; He had used gigantic swords of his own ice, hacking through the pattern of projectiles that had flown at him from where the Sultana had summoned them.&nbsp; The HQ was going to need a lot of work after this was done.&nbsp; Fortunately, he figured that between himself, Auxilia, and the rest of the team, they would be able to put it back together in...Conway did not want to look at the projections right now.<br><br>However.<br><br>"Sir, may I remind you that while the nanite stock is capable of repairing the damage after the auto-safeguards are complete, I-"<br><br>"I know, I know.&nbsp; It'll be a lot easier to find someone to help put it back together.&nbsp; I'll see what I can do about the matter.&nbsp; See if you can find and track Auxilia-Prime and her drones, they should be able to help out here.&nbsp; But first, I have one last thing to do."<br><br>The sound of the armor coming towards where everyone else had congregated, either by choice or...uh, gravity, would no doubt unnerve at least a couple of the personages there.&nbsp; For the Spider, this was the man that had almost single-handedly defeated her.&nbsp; For Sultana, he had withstood her strongest attack, and did not look like he was going to let up in the slightest. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "I gave you an opportunity to stand down, so you could spare damage to <strong>my </strong>house.&nbsp; You did not take it.&nbsp; Quite the opposite in fact.&nbsp; And this is not your house anymore, from now on you rent, and <em>you are going to owe so much rent it will make your head spin</em>." </tt> He came towards her.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"And your first payment is due <em>right now</em>." </tt> With that, Darclight <em>flicked</em> Sultana in the forehead with his middle finger. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "That's your first payment.&nbsp; Your second is to <em>get me a new couch</em>!"</tt><br><br>With that, Darclight tromped off towards the Space Hopper, where Auxilia was still located...<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Actual Dice Rolls</div><div class="spoiler_body">Reaction Roll<br><br>1d4 = 1<br>1d6 = 2<br>6d10 = 1, 2, 6, 7, 7, 10<br><br>Spending 2 PP to keep extra dice for the total.&nbsp; Reaction 30, effect d10.&nbsp; Failure to resist, but kept from stepping up.&nbsp; d12 Physical Stress.<br></div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>21-11-2016, 06:41:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: NOT WINNING.&nbsp; EVERYTHING WENT WRONG!!!<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">1, 3, 5, 5 (One D8 is an opportunity)<br><br>10, effect d8; Kanina is in no way able to question the might of this blood sword tsunami!<br><br>Buddy d8<br>Runaway Zaichik Queen D8<br>Superhuman Reflexes D10<br>Acrobatics Master&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;D10<br><br>At 2016-11-20 23:30:00, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d10 Result: 10 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=97176)<br>At 2016-11-20 23:29:51, TheFourthShade (uid: 55451) rolls: 2d8 Result: 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=97175)</div></div><hr><br>Kanina was no in position to dodge.&nbsp; That is not to say that she didn't try, but she was just recovering from her formidable kick when the weapons started falling.&nbsp; Sure, she might have dodged one, two, or even a dozen, but it was inevitable that one would hit her, and then another would hit her while she was stumbling.&nbsp; She might end up looking less damaged than the castle, but by how much would be a question for either the sawbones or the undertaker once the dust cleared...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>22-11-2016, 05:44:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Geesaroni/spiderchick.jpg)</div>Name: Silver Spider<br>Where: The Hollowed-Out Shell of a Stormwatch Base<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Red On My Ledger<br><del>1</del> 0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: Ace The Wonder Girl Is On My Side d12 | Complications: None | Resources: Pet Giant Spider d10<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"><br>Team d6 + Arachnid Trapmaster d8 + Webbing d8 + Acrobatics d8 + Silvia's Pet Giant Spider d10 + Ace The Wonder Girl Is On My Side d12 + Sultana's Mental Stress d6 + Entanglement SFX d6<br><br>3d6 = 4, 2, 1 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=97229)<br>3d8 = 1, 6, 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=97230)<br>d10 = 2 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=97231)<br>d12 = 4 (https://elliquiy.com/forums/dicebot.php?r=97232)<br><br>Alright, assuming those two opportunities are being condensed together to only give me +1 PP.&nbsp; Spending both Plot Points to improve my final result, and the effect die gets stepped up by 1 from using the Entanglement SFX, so <strong>18 total, effect die d12</strong>.&nbsp; The Sultana will be complicated out of the scene unless she rolls at least 14 on her reaction.<br></div></div><hr><br>This was... not quite the last thing that Silvia had been expecting, when it came to places that the teleportation circle would spit her out at, but certainly one that would have been far down the list, if she had had time to come up with one.&nbsp; Appearing in the midst of what seemed to be some sort of odd mixture of medieval castle and high-tech military base?&nbsp; And one that was clearly in the midst of some rather unexpected renovations, given the pieces of ceiling still tumbling down in a few odd spots all around her?&nbsp; Not to mention the couch, the videogame system, the widescreen tv...&nbsp; It almost made sense when she saw that she had teleported into the company of the rest of Ace's teammates, but they were in the middle of a fight with a vampire!&nbsp; Clearly, she was going to have to complain to the Sorceress Supreme about her obviously faulty teleportation spell, if she ever somehow saw the woman again.<br><br>Speaking of said vampire, however...<br><br>"Sorry, my dear, but I'm afraid it's only a happy accident that has brought me to your doorstep,"&nbsp; She responded, employing a little theatricality of her own to match that the vampiress was using.&nbsp; "I gave my old employers my resignation in order to pursue a new career as a superhero.&nbsp; My old boss went into a bit of a meltdown over that, so I had to make a hasty escape with an emergency teleporter.&nbsp; It looks like I've stepped into a good chance to make my big debut, though.&nbsp; Percie?"<br><br>"<em>Chrrr?</em>"<br><br>"Webs away!"&nbsp; Of course, since the giant spider had to turn around and point his rear at the enemy in order to launch his webbing at them, he would be relying on his mistress to aim him in the right direction, which she accomplished by using her legs to place pressure on him, like guiding a horse, and get him to turn towards the enemy.&nbsp; She would also add in her own bursts of webbing, in order to maximize coverage and make absolutely sure that they got the admittedly rather shapely vampire all tied up from head to toe.&nbsp; It looked like the rest of the team had already done a pretty good job of taking out any minions the vampire lady might have had, so if she could weave a tangled web around this final foe, it would make for a perfect ending to this engagement.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>23-11-2016, 01:13:40</strong>
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				<hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What:<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">Team D10<br>Sorcery D10<br>Magical Master D8<br>Super Stamina D8<br>"I'll show them! I'll show them all!" D8<br><br>D10: 4, 4<br>D8: 6, 8, 8<br><br>Spending a PP to get one more dice for an attack of 22 and an effect die of D10. <br>XP for taking on a vampire in blood magic!<br></div></div><hr><br>The purr of a well scritched Tabs is not unlike a jet engine warming up, but when a thousand bloody swords rain from the sky and turn the room into a mess of dust, plasterboard and twisted steel girders the engine stalls. The couch is bisected and her scritching partner is replaced with a spider woman and her pet gun totting arachnid and they don't look like they're giving out scritches at all, not even with all those legs to spare.<br><br>Still the spray of webbing was a good idea and maybe there would be scritching in the future, she could live in hope. A hand stretched out towards the sticky ropes of webbing, Tabs stabbed her own claws into her palm to well up a little blood and then pressed her hand to one of the blood swords, letting her own vital essence drip down the blade. It came clear of the couch with a rather swish slice as she leveled the now glowing blade at the vampire queen. <br><br>"You're a sore loser!" Tabitha called as she let the blood spiral from the blade to weave among the webs and go for that Vampire Queen.<br><br>"So by web and by blood we bind you. Bound in body, mind and spirit. Feel the power in my blood encircle you, tremble as it worms through your veins and establishes primacy. By my power I call, nay command you. Stop being such a bitch!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>23-11-2016, 07:47:21</strong>
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				Sultana's surprise at suddenly being under attack from two new vectors was plainly evident, as the webs wrapped around her, trapping her limbs and giving her trouble keeping her balance as she was suddenly unable to make use of her arms and legs. She struggled against the webs and against Tabs sudden turning of her magic against her, but failed to free herself or shatter the enchantment!<br><br>"Fine, fine!" she huffed angrily, "war machine over there kept talking about how he was going to kill me, but I guess that was just a bluff so I'd stop fighting. The man should learn to not flip between scary and nice so often, people will think he's bipolar. You-oh, that's not good."<br><br>Stepping back, she vanished into the shadows, reappearing in a moment with the downed Kanina over her shoulder (although how she had managed to do this while still tied hand and foot was a mystery for the ages), "I suppose I overdid it a little. Do you have a doctor handy, or do I need to send for the chirurgeon?"<br><br>As Darclight exited the base/castle, he saw Auxilia running toward him. "Darc! The Silver Spider's holding cell, it's been totally destroyed. Have you heard from Ace at all?"<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">As Shade has probably already surmised, Kanina is Stressed out and has d6 Physical Trauma. <br><br>Sultana is d12 complicated twice-over (unless Tabs wants to inflict Stress instead, I'm going with a mental influence of Stop Being A Bitch d12), and thoroughly fails to free herself with her action (rolling three opportunities, if that's significant to anyone). She is conceding, so the fight's over.</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>23-11-2016, 08:08:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Darclight Talking to the Lady<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | d12 Physical | 0 Mental | d4 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Darclight looked up as he saw Auxilia coming towards him. &nbsp;<tt class="bbc_tt">"I haven't.&nbsp; But I think that we'll be okay."</tt> &nbsp;He pointed into the shell of the partly-destroyed tower.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The Spider is in there, she's wearing Ace's helmet, and she doesn't look like she's planning on running away from us any time soon.&nbsp; So I'm going to go ahead and posit that Ace probably had something to do with that, and knowing Ace, she'll probably be along very shortly to explain the whole thing to us.&nbsp; In the meantime..." </tt> Darclight looked at her.&nbsp; Judging by his status monitors, he was probably not looking all nice and optimized.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"...I'd like your help - all your help - with this.&nbsp; The armor should be able to handle most of it by itself, but I might need you to occasionally put something back in place, or follow another instruction.&nbsp; After I'm all ready to go again, we can get started on rebuilding the base."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>29-11-2016, 22:23:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Being way too eager.<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Doc Tabs bounces at the call for medical attention and begins waving her hand like an eager schoolgirl. "Oh oh! Me ma'am! Let me take care of Kamina, I'll make her better than she's ever been"<br><br>The smile on her face is truly something to behold, Sharks would have evolved legs just to run away faster. <br><br>"I mean she dropped kick a space monster, so it's hard to improve on awesome but I will try. I WILL TRY"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>30-11-2016, 07:50:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Geesaroni/spiderchick.jpg)</div>Name: Silver Spider<br>Where: The Hollowed-Out Shell of a Stormwatch Base<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Red On My Ledger<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"It may be a good idea to call in a licensed medical doctor, as well,"&nbsp; Silvia commented, upon seeing the excitement with which Doc Tabs rushed to her task.&nbsp; "Or at least a nurse of some sort.&nbsp; I look rather stunning in a nurse's uniform, myself, but I don't have any medical training, so..."<br><br>And after managing to politely extricate herself from the ensuing conversation, Silvia's next move would be to hop down off of her oversized pet spider and lead Percie outside, following in Darclight's footsteps.&nbsp; He was pretty clearly the man-er, robot in charge at the moment, so she supposed it would be a good idea to report in to him and let him know what Ace was up to.<br><br>"Auxilia?"&nbsp; Of course, all thoughts of actually doing so were momentarily set aside when she caught up with him and saw who he had gone off to speak with.&nbsp; "My, now this is something of a surprise.&nbsp; I take it they gave you a job offer, too?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>02-12-2016, 21:15:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: TIME TO PRACTICE MEDICINE<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body">1pp for this!<br><br>Trust me, I’m a Doctor. Add sorcery to your dice pool when helping others recover stress. Spend 1 PP to recover your own or another’s Physical Stress or step back your own or another’s Physical Trauma by –1.<br><br>D10 Team<br>D10 Sorcery<br>D10 Medical<br>D8 Strength<br>D8 Not a real doctor<br><br>16 on the roll. D10 effect dice. 2 Opportunities for the GM if they want them.<br><br>Stress stepped back by -1 whatever happens, even failure! If succeed its just a bonus.<br></div></div><hr><br>Tabitha wasn't going to wait for that nurse, though she was going to feel owed one later. Taking Kanina off the vampire queens shoulders as if they were nothing more than a paperweight she wove a hand to summon up a gurney with a red velvet cloth over it and laid the Zaichek Queen down on it.<br><br>"Hrm. Hrm yes I see the problem." she said to no one in particular "See? Right here, around five hundred cuts and stab wounds" <br><br>There's more than enough blood to work some more magic and while it's a grisly task, she traces Kamina's wounds leaving the fuzzy blue light that often went with Tabitha's magic (The green fire was far less healey) and she let it probe through the body of the bunny lass as it seeped into the flesh and ran along her veins.<br><br>"Also she's broken most of her bones ... oh! Which are actually rather neat, they make human bones look positively brittle. Really nice musculature too, rrrrgh."<br><br>It is possibly the least sexy scene ever to anyone who wasn't a Vampire, but since her audience was one her reaction was hopefully not too weird. As the healing magic began to smooth out the wounds and knit flesh together, she did her best to form up the bones so they'd set properly and treat some of the many, many internal injuries. <br><br>"It's a good thing she's tough as nails, or I'd have to be trekking to the underworld right now and Charon really, really, really hates me. I don't know why, I'm always so nice and I tip."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>05-12-2016, 01:47:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Darclight Talking to the Lady<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | d12 Physical | 0 Mental | d4 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Darclight looked up when he heard a new person enter the conversation. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Hello, Silvia.&nbsp; It's nice to see you here, and yes, I recruited Auxilia to work for us, just as it seems Ace did with you.&nbsp; That is why you have her helmet, correct?" </tt> He turned fully to face Silvia.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"You've encountered us before - and by us, I don't just mean this team, I mean Stormwatch.&nbsp; So I'll give you the quick rundown.&nbsp; Right now, we haven't enough people to fully constitute the Stormwatch any of us are familiar with - it's more or less ad hoc now - but when I can rebuild, I'm having strong thoughts for placing you on Black Team.&nbsp; Depending on who I have at hand when the time comes, you might even end up as Black Leader."</tt>&nbsp; Boy, he told himself, that would be a big one - getting one of your old foes as the new team leader for a major part of the group.&nbsp; Would have its benefits and drawbacks.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>05-12-2016, 06:21:09</strong>
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				"Uh, hi! That's definitely why Silvia has the helmet. That is the first thing I would think of. I would not think that she had stolen it and was intending to take it as a trophy to taunt you about where Ace was tied up," Auxilia said, giving a wry smile to the two of them. <br><br>She winked at Silvia, "that's true, actually. You would have done it up in silver and decorated it if you weren't just borrowing it." She embraced the Silver Spider cheerfully. "hey, life is strange, isn't it?" Another one of her that had hopped out of the Space Hopper started looking over Darclight's damaged armor and making little <em>hmm</em>ing noises and gave him a thumbs up. She would repair him!<br><br>Meanwhile inside, the mostly-less-bitchy Sultana looked upon Tabs' healing with the most profound attention. "Have you tried paying in something other than ancient Greek silver? We think he collects those American state quarters..."<br><br>When Tabs was finished, she nodded to herself and said, "in truth, We chose this location, wreathed as it is in the echoes of past heroism, in hopes of finding some sort of champion to further Our daughter's education, in hopes that she might someday rule our particular part of the Netherworld. Would you by chance take her as your apprentice?" Her chest puffed out in pride, even wrapped up in webs, "We assure you We have toughened her up enough to handle the rigors of it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>05-12-2016, 09:08:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Geesaroni/spiderchick.jpg)</div>Name: Silver Spider<br>Where: Just Outside the Hollowed-Out Shell of a Stormwatch Base<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Red On My Ledger<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"It certainly is, dear,"&nbsp; Silvia agreed with Auxilia's last comment, returning the androids cheerful embrace.&nbsp; "And you're right, I would have done a little redecorating.&nbsp; Blue and silver does make for a rather fetching combination, after all.<br><br>"And yes, Darclight, I have agreed to sign on,"&nbsp; She would then state, turning to face the armored robot.&nbsp; "I can't make any promises about whether or not I'll succeed as a hero, but I am willing to give it my best shot if you're willing to have me."<br><br>And it certainly sounded like he was.&nbsp; Black Team leader, eh?&nbsp; As she recalled, Black Team was the branch of Stormwatch that had been for their covert ops and super-spy types, right?&nbsp; She had to admit, that had a certain appeal to it.&nbsp; Silvia Atel, international woman of mystery, traveling to far-off and exotic locales, wooing handsome strangers, matching wits with devious criminal masterminds...&nbsp; Of course, given the shape the organization looked to be in right now, it would be a while yet before she reached that point.<br><br>"And just to reassure you that you're making the right choice, would you like a little run-down on what the Children of the Spider are up to at the moment?&nbsp; I imagine Zohar must be your top priority at the moment, so I'm sure you'll be very interested to know that they may have figured out a way to capture him."<br><br>Assuming Darclight was interested, she would then spend the next few minutes filling him in on various things, and would also take the opportunity to offload those various books and documents that she had swiped from the tunneling machine's cargo bay on Auxilia, since she was sure the android's multiple selves would be able to process it all much faster than anyone else.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>05-12-2016, 16:22:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Sitting, sitting...bleeding...<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP | (sideways 8) Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr>Somewhere during the healing process, Kanina's eyes would snap open and she'd say with seeming lucidity, "did anyone get the eye of the Blood Battalion that left all of its swords stuck up inside me?"<br><br>The rabbit girl sat up and had a look around, even as that probably was a terrible idea.<br><br>And then her eyes narrowed at the Sultana as she regained her real lucidity.&nbsp; What came out of her face did not match her severe expression.&nbsp; "Your face all right?&nbsp; I might have gotten a little too aggressive for just a game.&nbsp; Lap dances do make me a little too fighty for my own good, even if they're holo lap dances."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>06-12-2016, 00:21:32</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Minion get!<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Tucking a cherry lollipop into Kanina's cleavage, Tabitha turns her attention to the Vampire Queen. <br><br>"I did like her set up here, she's got a good creative spark. Does she know much magic, or is she being rebelliously techy? I mean I do machines too but the laws of physics are really inconvenient sometimes. Hrm."<br><br>Ears twitching as she thinks, Tabitha stands for a moment with arms folded as she mulls over the idea. She did like to be around people but responsibility was something she wasn't really cut out for. Maybe it was time to improve that! After all the Great Project required perfection in all things and that meant she'd have to go outside her comfort zones.<br><br>"Let's see her then, if she's willing to learn I'm willing to make her better. I mean a vampire base is a really good thing to build on!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>06-12-2016, 05:04:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Darclight Talking to the Spider<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | d10 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"You'll have your shot, I promise you that." </tt> Darclight told the Spider.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The super community may think I've lost my mind, but I run Stormwatch, not them.&nbsp; Show me what you can do, show me you can be just as capable as any other operative, and you'll have my backing, even for some of the more out-there decisions you make in the field."</tt>&nbsp; The space soldier was impressed that Ace had managed to convince the Spider to join.&nbsp; How she'd done that would be a matter for another time; right now, it was important to let the Spider know that as long as she was a part of Stormwatch, Darclight would protect her, but she had responsibilities as a part of the group.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"Recluse's cult has figured out how to <em>capture</em> Zohar?&nbsp; Are they out of their goddamn minds?&nbsp; Zohar is not a toy; he, it, whatever, is dangerous.&nbsp; I want it out of this solar system and out of this galaxy, if that's possible."</tt>&nbsp; It was a problem having to deal with <em>one</em> intergalactic-scale threat; if the Deathmarks showed up, that would make two, potentially.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Whatever you have to share, I'll be willing to hear it when we can get a roundtable up and running.&nbsp; As you can see, someone who decided to borrow my base without my permission had some issues with us coming back for it.&nbsp; "There is one other thing.&nbsp; When we last encountered you, you were trying to retrieve a case of your equipment.&nbsp; I still have that case, and it will be yours again when we can find it, but there was something missing when we looked in it; I'd like to know what that is."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>07-12-2016, 09:55:14</strong>
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				Shrugging out of her webs, Sultana pressed a kiss to Kanina's forehead. "The fault was Ours. Please forgive Us Our overeager destruction."<br><br>Just then, ragged from the great battle she had just fought, Ace appeared! "So many visitors! Please forgive Us, We have had enough suitors for one day. But if you require a doctor, there is one available."<br><br>"Our daughter is rebelliously technical," Sultana said to Tabs and gave a little humph, "We tell her that a Netherworld is retained through ritual, mystical attunement to one's Key, and ravishing good looks, but she is persistently attached to the idea of giant robots and orbital lasers. We can take you to her."<br><br>"I'm with Darclight," Auxilia said, outside, "Recluse has had a lot of crazy ideas, but kidnapping the giant fuckoff laserstar takes the cake. I'll..." Auxilia took the books and documents without complaint, although she seemed confused, "do... some reading, then, I guess?"<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">OOC</div><div class="spoiler_body">Okay! Transition scene time then!</div></div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>07-12-2016, 20:18:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Talking<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | d10 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><tt class="bbc_tt">"I will say - with some lack of enthusiasm - that it does make sense to capture Zohar if you're a megalomaniac like Recluse.&nbsp; Zohar is clearly powerful, and Recluse might just have the capability to keep it duped and without a clue.&nbsp; Zohar would constitute an ultimate force, a superweapon he could pull out and use at will to accomplish his goals.&nbsp; I just believe that he hasn't clearly thought the idea through, and that there isn't enough information available on Zohar to mount an effective capture..." </tt> He turned to the Spider.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"...which is why your information will be important.&nbsp; If they've figured out how to capture him, then they must have some idea of what his capabilities are."</tt>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>11-12-2016, 10:21:42</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll37/Geesaroni/spiderchick.jpg)</div>Name: Silver Spider<br>Where: Just Outside the Hollowed-Out Shell of a Stormwatch Base<br>Milestones: In the Name of the Moon and Red On My Ledger<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>If he was paying attention to her face, Darclight would notice some faint traces of relief in Silver Spider's eyes as he mentioned the jeweler's kit that they had taken at the scene of her last robbery.&nbsp; That relief would then transform into concern when he mentioned that something was missing from it, however.<br><br>"The... equipment that you took from me back at the Moonstone Museum isn't really all that important to me,"&nbsp; She responded, mostly to confirm something that she suspected he had already figured out at this point.&nbsp; "It was a cover for some information that Arachnos agents went to some trouble to obtain.&nbsp; There was a data crystal hidden in the handle of one of the magnifying glasses, and the basic plan was that either I would steal the case and bring it back to Arachnos, or it would wind up in a police evidence lockup, where it would have been mysteriously lost due to a processing error and still fallen into Recluse's web."<br><br>The crystal had also been wrapped in paper, from what she had been told.&nbsp; It was an old spy trick, helped to protect against static discharge, or something like that.<br><br>"As for what was on that data crystal, they didn't tell me everything that was on it,"&nbsp; Or at least her attention had wandered a little when they got to that part of the briefing...&nbsp; "But they did fill me in on the main reason they wanted it.&nbsp; You remember Ellie Tudor, aka Nephilim?&nbsp; Whoever stole that data crystal has the location of the homes where witness protection services placed her children."<br><br>The thought of delivering that information to Arachnos hadn't really sat well with her before, back when she was still working for them, but she had forced down those feelings at the time by reminding herself of just how poorly she typically got along with Nephilim.&nbsp; Minerva and Arachne wouldn't have had to fight off the killer cyborg earlier that day if Ellie had been flying to the prison to help her escape, after all.&nbsp; But now that she was trying to be one of the good guys, she couldn't just ignore those sorts of feelings anymore.&nbsp; She kept thinking back to some words Ace had said earlier that day, in particular...<br><br><em>"I've never really thought of it as having to follow a lot of rules.&nbsp; For me, it's always just been the one rule: Do what you think is right."</em><br><br>...She still thought that stealing from corrupt politicians and malevolent megacorporations sounded like the right thing to do, but when it came to that data crystal, there was a lot less room for argument.&nbsp; She couldn't let it fall into the clutches of the Children of the Spider, and whoever had their hands on it now was probably also not planning to do anything good with it, so she would have to do what she could to help track it down.<br><br>"Arachnos' plan was to threaten Ellie's kids, so that they could get her to cause a nice little distraction for the rest of their schemes by going on a rampage somewhere.&nbsp; I'm... not proud to have been an accessory to that, but if it's been stolen, that information could wind up being used for something even worse.&nbsp; So that's another potential threat to have to worry about, I'm afraid."<br><br><hr><br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: The Hollowed-Out Shell of a Stormwatch Base<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"...I'm fine,"&nbsp; Ace responded, once again mildly confused, this time due to being referred to as a 'suitor', though she was at least starting to get accustomed to the idea of women romancing other women, now.&nbsp; And she certainly was fine, even if her costume was scuffed and her hair mussed up a little, and much of her body covered in soot.&nbsp; Fangs, claws and fire breath could certainly leave a mess, but Minerva hadn't actually been able to hurt her at all. "Ah!&nbsp; Kanina, Tabitha!&nbsp; Great, so the teleporter took me right where I needed to go!&nbsp; Is the rest of the team here?&nbsp; And is there a radio I can use, or-"<br><br>Super-sensitive hearing answered her questions and provided her with most of the other bits of knowledge she wanted to learn when she detected the voices of Darclight, Auxilia and Silvia a short distance outside the building.&nbsp; It also didn't sound like things had devolved into a shouting match, which was excellent news, as far as she was concerned.<br><br>"Oh, never mind, it sounds like Silvia got sent here, too.&nbsp; That's really convenient!&nbsp; I checked the tunneling machine with my x-ray vision before I left and saw that all the Arachnos minions managed to evacuate, did they wind up here, too?"&nbsp; Of course, the answer to that one turned out to be no, and since she wasn't really all that knowledgeable in the ways of magic, she could only really chalk this situation up to a lucky coincidence.<br><br>The Venusian Wonder was able to pick up the tail end of Silvia's words to Darclight as she exited the building to go report in to the robot, and she didn't hesitate to call out a response and make herself known.<br><br>"...So that's another potential threat to have to worry about, I'm afraid."<br><br>"Sounds like we've got our work cut out for us, then!&nbsp; But I'm sure we can handle it now that we're all back together!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>11-12-2016, 13:23:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Flirting a little too obviously.<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP | (sideways 8) Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Nah, your overeager destruction was amazing!&nbsp; If it weren't for the fact that where I come from mixing magic and science without a license is punishable by exploding your brain, even if you're the acting monarch, I'd totally take lessons!" Kanina grinned as she hopped up.&nbsp; "Thanks for the fun time, and the kiss!"<br><br>She slipped in a kiss on the Sultana's cheek.&nbsp; "If you ever want to get into less serious fight for fun or sexual pleasure later, I think I'll need it after I help save the world from this Zohar guy.&nbsp; Or...maybe Zohar will want to make it a moresome?"<br><br>She stopped to ponder that, as her hard light clones came to life again.<br><br>"A fight with one of the biggest things in the universe would be a lot of fun," the space marine Kanina pondered.<br><br>"And sex with it would be..." Stripper Kanina kissed her fingers and said, "delicious!"<br><br>"Right, right." Kanina banished them.&nbsp; "Sorry to fight and run, but...I think we're up to something serious now?"&nbsp; She smiled at the woman who had eagerly impaled her with swords only moments earlier.&nbsp; "I'll send you the Space Hopper's frequency just in case you need anything.&nbsp; You and your daughter part of our group, so your problems are ours and we'll probably call you for advice or comic relief!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>12-12-2016, 23:58:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Minion get!<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Let's get to her yeah!" Tabby said, bouncing on her heals, tail swishing happily "I'll see if I can't introduce her to the wonders of magical tech, open her eyes to whole new worlds of reality crushing machines!"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>15-12-2016, 11:18:23</strong>
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				Sultana gave Kanina a sweeping bow as Ace rushed out, taking the bounty hunter's hand and kissing that as well. "Ah, you plan to battle the Lightbringer? What valor! We will provide what counsel or amusement we can." Taking hold of Tabs' hand, they stepped through the shadows to the damaged control center of the Stormwatch base, which was most definitely a place where one could leave Doc Tabs unattended and suffer no negative consequences. <br><br>"Congratulations! We've found you a new tutor," Sultana said, rousing her daughter with a gentle shake.<br><br>Sofiya took a moment to get her bearings. Registering Sultana's words, however, she hung her head. "Tell me it's not scary robot guy. Just tell me that."<br><br>"Congratulations! You are now apprenticed to the lovely lady here!"<br><br>Daughter looked at Tabs, aghast as the true horror of her situation manifested itself.<br><br>"You're doing what? To me? To her?! Don't you know who she is? Don't you know what she does? I can't be with her! Her Facebook fan club is a bunch of creepy occult kids! They'll all Follow me and clog up my timeline with constant drivel about how a technological terror with the ability to destroy a planet is insignificant next to the power of True Magick!!!!! With capital letters, a c-k at the end, and multiple exclamation marks!"<br><br>Sultana raised an eyebrow, perplexed. "Well, multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of a diseased mind, but in case you hadn't noticed, your mother is a vampire. You lived in the Forty-Seventh Netherworld until last week, subject to arcane energies unheard-of by man or beast. How exactly is this different?"<br><br>"I know! I'm on thin ice with my subscribers as it is!" Sofiya pleaded.<br><br>Sultana sniffed. "<em>Lion forbid</em> your online forum associates should shun you. Tabitha, she is yours to train as you like."<br><br>--<br><br>"Ace! You're okay!" Auxilia hugged her too, while another of her fussed over the damage to Darclight's armor while they spoke. "You gave us quite a scare. Well, me, anyway. Do you want a drink after... well it had to be a hell of a fight. Kanina's ship has a minibar, and Stormwatch has attached to the headquarters an amphibious operations training area that is totally not an open beach about a mile thataway." Auxi pointed in the direction of Malta's coast. One of the benefits of an island nation was that it was never far away! <br><br>"I do believe I could deal with pina coladas on the beach for my trouble," Silvia said brightly, "alas, I did forget to pack a swimsuit."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>17-12-2016, 20:34:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Enthusing<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"A technological terror with the ability to destroy a planet?" Tabitha repeats, tail swishing happily behind her. " Oh I like you, but I think you've only really met my fans. Judging people by their fandom is just cruel. I don't think true magic is better than technology."<br><br>She walked up to Sofiya and gave her a look over, which took a bit of a craning of the neck. Tabitha wasn't exactly tall and it turns out Sofiya was in that lanky, pale vampire kind of way. <br><br>"I think they're both kind of junk if you don't blend them together. You can't really be the best if you're only going to use half the tools." and she smiled up at the Vampire Teen "A vampire techy is new to me, but that's the kind of blend of thing I love."<br><br>Tail wrapping around Sofiya's waist, she slipped one of her arms through Sofiya's and swung the other out dramatically<br><br>"It's a collab! Your chance to steal all my subscribers and reach a whole new audience of weirdos!" she said, maybe not entirely grasping how social media works "I can get you fit too, I've got the sexy vampire strain totally coded. Even got rid of the sparkles! C'mon! It'll be great."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>20-12-2016, 07:17:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Just Outside the Hollowed-Out Shell of a Stormwatch Base<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Hmm...&nbsp; I'm not familiar with the legal drinking age in Malta in this universe..."&nbsp; Ace commented in response to Auxilia's offer, even as she reciprocated the hugs that both she and Silvia were giving her.&nbsp; "I recall that it was sixteen or seventeen, back on my Earth, though, and I'm nineteen.&nbsp; I don't usually drink because the legal drinking age back on my Earth's United States of America is 21, but I also don't have to worry about getting drunk, either, so I suppose a drink wouldn't hurt if I'm of legal drinking age on this Earth.<br><br>"I don't have a bathing suit, either, but if you don't mind going on a little shopping trip, we can go and pick out some nice swimwear for ourselves,"&nbsp; The blonde young woman added in, turning to the silver-haired one.&nbsp; "I've got a few pieces of coal tucked away in my pockets, so I can make us a diamond or two to pay for whatever we might need."<br><br>And they could bring an Auxilia along and buy some swimwear for all of her, for that matter, or at least for however many of her had been brought along on this particular mission.&nbsp; And once they had all had a chance to relax for a bit and rest up, they would be in good condition to help out with the rebuilding of Darclight's new base.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>23-12-2016, 08:15:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Going to the Base for MORE TALKING<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><tt class="bbc_tt"><br>"That is not good.&nbsp; In fact, that is very much the opposite of good."</tt>&nbsp; That was Darclight's response when he was told that the missing piece - a data crystal - contained the location of where the children of Ellie Tudor - now Nephilim, one of the worst cases ever of heroes going bad - had been hidden to protect them.&nbsp; That Recluse was going to use that information to provoke a rampage told him he wanted people trying to stop her, so Recluse could do something in secret.&nbsp; Or, you know, he could have just been told all of that by the Spider. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "Thank you for your assistance.&nbsp; When there is time, your case will be returned to you.&nbsp; Is there anything more that you can tell me about Recluse's plan?&nbsp; I realize that just having escaped from prison, in contrast to some of the others, you may not be fully in the know on the picture, but you can rest assured that when we deal with Recluse, I will be asking for your expertise on his organization and personnel."</tt><br><br>That was when Ace made her entrance, and various other matters were attended to. <tt class="bbc_tt"> "It appears we have some time and will need to reconstruct a significant portion of Stormwatch Command before we can broadcast our message worldwide.&nbsp; If there is nothing else pressing, I need to initiate self-repair.&nbsp; Do not worry, it is a simple process, and Auxilia will be there to ensure that everything goes as planned.&nbsp; In the meantime, Ace, having proven that you are capable of backing up your claims, you are in charge.&nbsp; I will return after repairs are complete.&nbsp; I am not to be disturbed until then."</tt><br><br>Darclight turned to Auxilia.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"Come.&nbsp; Bring a few of your selves and follow me.&nbsp; It may be partly destroyed, but Stormwatch Command is my home, and I still know it.&nbsp; All of it." </tt> He would lead her inside, weaving through corridors and stepping through passages only the hero knew existed, until finally he and a few Auxilias came to rest in a special chamber.&nbsp; <tt class="bbc_tt">"The process is mostly automated, but be sure to watch for any place you may lend your assistance."</tt>&nbsp; He then sat in the single chair that remained in the center of the room, and began to talk.&nbsp; After so many, many years, he could finally unburden himself of the whole truth - there had been others that knew Darclight was a man, but only Auxilia would know <em>everything.</em>&nbsp; The vocal filters he used to sound robotic, machine-like, were turned off.<br><br>“My name is Richard Conway.&nbsp; Twelve years ago, I was a graduate student at Simport Technical University.&nbsp; I was on the fast-track for my doctorate in chemistry, and I even had time to put in some work in other sciences, too.&nbsp; Late one night, I got hungry and took my car on a run for some Taco Bell.&nbsp; I returned three quarters of an hour later, Baja Blast and Chalupa Supremes in-hand, to discover that the tiny house I lived in had been practically obliterated by a spaceship that had plowed through it.”<br><br>“There was no official response, no police or fire, so I went to investigate.&nbsp; Inside the ship I found…my friend.&nbsp; This is Khaji Da, but you can call him Khaj, everyone does.&nbsp; I demanded to know why it was that instead of landing like most aliens, he had crashed through my house.&nbsp; And then I learned why.&nbsp; Remember the omnicidal robots I showed you at the harbor?&nbsp; The race that made this armor, long ago, encountered those robots, and almost wiped them out in a war.&nbsp; I say almost because one of the major leaders of the Deathmarks – Varkolak – had managed to hide himself and his army away.&nbsp; Years upon years upon years later, Varkolak reactivated, and did so with his army.&nbsp; When he did this, Khaj – who was still active, at least in the functionary sense, discovered what had happened.&nbsp; Following protocol, he raided the Deathmark space yard and stole a scoutship, to go and warn his creators that the Deathmarks had returned.&nbsp; In that raid, however, he was damaged, and lost the ability to independently operate.”<br><br>“That was why he had crashed into my house.&nbsp; He functioned long enough to escape the planet and set in a course of travel…but no more.&nbsp; Now that their scoutship crashed here, it’s just a matter of time before they come looking for it…and find Earth.&nbsp; I wasn’t a hero, and I didn’t have much desire to get involved in a war that happened long before I was born.&nbsp; But I did realize two things.&nbsp; One was that there would be an official response.&nbsp; You don’t get things crashing out of the sky and not get one.&nbsp; And since it had been my house, I would probably have people watching or following me the rest of my life, assuming they didn’t just make me disappear altogether.&nbsp; Two was that Khaj would almost certainly get dismantled, and that couldn’t happen, because he was the only functioning weapon against the Deathmarks that was ready in case they arrived tomorrow.”<br><br>“It was crazy, it was stupid…but in the end, I drank my Baja Blast, ate my Chalupas…and then made off with the armor and everything else of mine I could stuff into my car.&nbsp; I disappeared, Richard Conway is still listed as Missing, Presumed Alive.&nbsp; And when he disappeared, Darclight emerged.&nbsp; I worked for a few years as a solo hero, making out whatever living I could doing it, until Stormwatch came along.&nbsp; You pretty much know the rest of the story from there.”<br><br>“I never asked to be a hero, I just wanted to go about my life until Khaj crashed into my house.&nbsp; But I’ve set aside my own wants and needs.&nbsp; I haven’t drank a Baja Blast, or eaten a Chalupa, or done anything else that a normal human would do in front of others – save for a select few – for twelve years.&nbsp; I stepped up to be a hero, I stepped up to be Red Team leader, and now…now I’ll step up to lead Stormwatch itself until I find someone who can do it better than I will.” 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>06-01-2017, 12:42:22</strong>
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				"I'm not a vampire!" Sofiya whined, although she didn't oppose Tabs taking her around the waist, "she is and it's crimping my style. I'm one-hundred-percent perfectly-" Sultana coughed loudly, "-entirely completely-" another cough, louder than before "-<em>pretty much</em> human. It's her," she pointed at Sultana, "trying to act like she's a million years old that makes people think I'm at least some kind of half-vampire."<br><br>"Dhampir," Sultana corrected helpfully, "the position of Queen of the Netherworld does carry with it certain expectations of behavior, as I've explained many times before." She leaned in and stage-whispered to Tabs, "also it's fun."<br><br>Sofiya harrumphed, "I'll go with you if we get to show them, show them all. And I <em>could</em> use the ad revenue."<br><br>---<br><br>"Sixteen," Auxilia said, "the Maltese drinking age is sixteen. There was a lot of scuttlebutt about how Stormwatch chose it so they could be on hand when junior superteams went and-"<br><br>"Yes, <em>yes</em>," Silvia said, tucking Auxilia under one arm and (if she could) Ace under another, stretching a third to pump a fist into the air. "What I heard was, we're going swimsuit shopping!"<br><br>"Wait! We need to go and get-"<br><br>"They can catch up! Silver Spider needs retail therapy badly! Siri- <em>Auxi</em>, where's the nearest mall?"<br><br>...huh, Silvia could really book it when motivated. So motivated she didn't even stop to think that Ace carrying everyone (or stopping to get Kanina's ship) might be faster...<br><br>---<br><br>"Kanina," one of the Auxilias that neither Darclight nor Silvia had commandeered (she was suddenly becoming a locally scarce commodity) met her as she went outside, "Ace and Silvia and I have gone to buy swimsuits? I was wondering if you'd like to come with us."<br><br>---<br><br>The four Auxis that accompanied Darclight were more than happy to hang on his arm through the tour of Stormwatch Headquarters, regardless of the damage that time, hippies, cultists and unleashed vampire countesses had wreaked on it. (In fact, the signs of recent renovation were fairly common as he threaded his way through the halls.)<br><br>She listened attentively to his story, even if a couple of her raised eyebrows at particular parts of his tale.<br><br>"Darc," she said when he had finished, "this is going to sound bad, but... how have you not gone crazy? I know that if I had been stuck inside an armor suit for all that time I would've at least installed..." she stopped in mid-sentence, a little smile crossing her face, "well, never mind about that. But I had assumed that if you were secretly human you spent time outside in your secret identity. Don't you have, <em>you know</em>, all those needs a human has?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>08-01-2017, 02:44:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and...In the Name of the Moon.&nbsp; (Cue Darclight Facepalm)<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"I've wanted to.&nbsp; Wanted to just go crazy and let it all be someone else's problem.&nbsp; But I couldn't.&nbsp; Until today, Khaj and I were the only ones with the whole story.&nbsp; See, Stormwatch Red?&nbsp; They knew that I was a person - and I'm pretty sure that at least a few members of the other teams figured it out, too - but I never told them about the Deathmarks, about why I exist.&nbsp; You are the first to have the whole story, the entire picture.&nbsp; If I went crazy, what happens if they showed up tomorrow?&nbsp; Where would that leave the planet?"&nbsp; Conway tried to show Auxilia that it had most certainly been difficult, not getting to do human things for the last decade, but that there was always the question of his never-seen foe to keep him here.<br><br>"You are...quite right, though.&nbsp; I do have all those needs a human has.&nbsp; I could get a lot of them...managed, I guess would be the best word, here at Stormwatch HQ.&nbsp; Though it played with my sense of time when I had to wake up at three in the morning to get a shower while managing to avoid cameras so there was never any footage of me on them.&nbsp; And I mean <em>me</em>, not Darclight.&nbsp; But there's things that I really wish I could do..."&nbsp; He looked at her. &nbsp;"...why?&nbsp; Are you offering to help me with my human needs?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>08-01-2017, 04:09:28</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: Stormwatch's Malta Base/Sultana's Citadel<br>Doing What: Enthusing<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Tabitha's ears droop when she hears they're not a real vampire. Just a mostly regular human? But they're the worst! Surely it can't be true.<br><br>"You're way too smart to be a regular human" Tabitha said, tail wiggling against Sofiya's stomach. "But I guess I did lie about the sexy vampire thing, so we're all disappointed now"<br><br>A sad Tabby never lasted long though, as he ears began to bobble again as an idea formed. <br><br>"Is there expectations for a Princess? Because our tech loving lady here might be interested in nanomachines. Cyborg Princess! It even sounds amazing."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>11-01-2017, 05:40:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Just Outside the Hollowed-Out Shell of a Stormwatch Base<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Ace did wind up getting swept up in Silvia's enthusiasm when the Silver Spider first moved to pick both her and Auxilia up and rush off to the nearest mall, but she dug her heels in at roughly the point when Auxilia began giving directions and slipped free.&nbsp; The silver-haired shopping enthusiast hadn't realized that it would be quicker to fly to their destination, but the blonde Venusian certainly had, and it didn't take her very long at all to throw the two other women over her shoulders and take off into the sky, following their gynoid guide's directions and traveling straight towards the nearest shopping center.<br><br>Fortunately, she did have the presence of mind to make her landing on the outskirts of whatever town that Auxi's directions had taken them to, at least.&nbsp; Landing directly in front of the mall and walking in to go shopping would have attracted far too much attention for her tastes, though the fact that she was still in costume meant that she would probably still be attracting a little attention anyway.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 00:15:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; In transition<br>Doing What: Swimsuits?&nbsp; Of course!<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Kanina's grin showed a little fang for a second, but she got it under control.&nbsp; "Swimsuit shopping is something I'm very down for.&nbsp; I think the last of my spares was burned the last time I tried to do anything pool related."<br><br>She said nothing of how a swimsuit got burned, of course.&nbsp; She was still a little sore, but she did her best to hide it.&nbsp; Suit shopping would take her mind off of her most recent defeat...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 05:58:59</strong>
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				For a second Auxilia blushed at Darclight's question and he could practically see hearts popping off Auxi-Prime's head, but she quickly got a mischievous little grin. "Darc," she said playfully, stroking his arm, "any time you feel the itch... just ask, and I will buy you Taco Bell <em>whenever you want</em>."<br><br>---<br><br>"Aw yes, cyborg! How about a laser eye?" Sofiya nearly leaped into the air at Tabs' suggestion.<br><br>"What?!" Sultana said, "I- <em>We</em> absolutely forbid-"<br><br>"Ha ha! Too late! You already made me her apprentice!" Sofiya hugged Tabs, "I definitely want a retractable gun-arm too, if it shoots magical girl beams that's a fair compromise."<br><br>Sultana put a hand to her head. "This is going to be worse than the tattoo incident, isn't it?"<br><br>"A million times worse. Come on, let's get started!"<br><br>---<br><br>Kanina, whether through use of her Space Hopper or a lot of jumping, was well behind Ace's flight. It wouldn't take her long to catch up once Ace had stopped for a breather, though. Either way she got a good look at the island from the air (or at least a good height). It... wasn't large. She could probably leap across it in half an hour, if that. The towns (cities? they wouldn't really qualify as cities) started to run together the further East she looked, as well. She could easily make out the blue bullet that was Ace, except that she started flying straight over the bay. It wasn't wide, though; Kanina could totally swim across if she happened to feel like getting her fur wet prematurely.<br><br>As indeed, now that Auxilia was flying she directed Ace over a bay of sparkling blue water and a couple of sandy beaches, toward a sand-brown town of low, Italian-style buildings. If Ace had wanted to be subtle about her entrance, the Auxilia-drone going "WHEEEEEEEEEEE" in-flight might have ruined that a little as she touched down on the outskirts of&nbsp; People stopped and stared and a couple asked for autographs, but it didn't look like the paparazzi had arrived (possibly one of the ancillary advantages of Malta). <br><br>"All right," Auxi pointed in the appropriate directions, "plenty of small shops selling swimwear and alcohol. Two diving centers if you want to go exploring wrecks on the seafloor, which could be fun as long as Atlantia doesn't show up."<br><br>Ace's super-hearing caught a snippet of people talking to each other. "And I'm not going to the beach, I hear there's <em>mer-people</em> there. What happens if they start trying to carry people off?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>17-01-2017, 15:28:14</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Landing near some shops<br>Doing What: Merfolk stealing people?&nbsp; Sounds hilarious!<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Kanina took the ship, mostly because she'd need a place to store all of the stuff they bought (and if the first beach they went to was a drag they could always fly to another one).&nbsp; The Space Hopper ruined subtle even more than Auxie did, but it was all fine.&nbsp; It was all going to be fine.<br><br>"All right, we're going to need some stuff that's easy to sip, and some stuff that's so high in alcohol content that it'll make the beach spin a little." She nodded her head.&nbsp; "Oh, and...hm..."<br><br>She gauged each one of them in turn.<br><br>"A one piece for you," she pointed at Silvia.<br><br>"Something that can come off at a particularly sexy moment for you," she pointed at the Auxi drone with them.<br><br>"And a bikini for you?"&nbsp; She shrugged at Ace.&nbsp; Truth be told, she was eager to see Ace in any sort of swimsuit.<br><br>And then some local said something about abductions.&nbsp; She smiled at the idea, though she was a little confused as to the why behind that what. "People are getting kidnapped by...'mer' people?&nbsp; I think we're going to need two swimsuits each if people are just getting kidnapped."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>21-01-2017, 06:08:21</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: A Sunny Little Town in Malta<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"I... think that I would prefer a one-piece swimsuit, as well, actually,"&nbsp; Ace responded, a light blush crossing her face while her mind ground to a screeching halt trying to process the rather scandalous comment that Kanina had just made.&nbsp; A swimsuit that would... come off at a particularly sexy moment?&nbsp; But why would anyone want something as humiliating as that to happen to them?&nbsp; Was that a normal thing to have happen on this world? Or was it just that the rabbit-like alien was flirting with Auxi?<br><br>Actually, come to think of it, it was probably the latter option, but that only raised further questions.&nbsp; Was this how people normally flirted with one another in this universe?&nbsp; Or was it just that Kanina was particularly shameless?&nbsp; She was going to have to ask somebody about this later...&nbsp; Probably Auxilia, since she seemed rather well-informed about the state of the world in general.<br><br>"Er, why would we need two swimsuits?"&nbsp; Thankfully, a new topic of discussion soon came up to rescue the poor Venusian Wonder from her continuing incredulity at this strange new world she found herself in, and she moved on with it gratefully, even if the talk of mer-people and the earlier mention of Atlantia did have her moderately concerned.&nbsp; "Are you expecting something to happen to the ones we'll be wearing if these mer-people try to kidnap us?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>24-01-2017, 03:13:01</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Uhm...<br>Milestones: Can I Answer This Later?<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"That's not fair.&nbsp; To you, I mean.&nbsp; Asking you to help me out with all of those human needs and you getting...nothing in return."&nbsp; Conway realized from how Auxilia reacted she had been thinking of something <em>entirely different</em> than Taco Bell, and thought maybe he could help her out with that.<br><br>He took an armored finger and slowly ran it down the side of her face.&nbsp; "You and I?&nbsp; We're composite opposites of each other...but what we share is that part of us is mechanical, and part of us...isn't.&nbsp; So maybe...maybe...maybe we can share that part of us, that latter bit?"&nbsp; Conway was not going to pretend that he was an amazing lover - but...if Auxilia was going to do this for him, he at least owed her <em>something</em> in return for it.&nbsp; "What do you say?&nbsp; Well, you, you, and...you..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>27-01-2017, 20:17:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: YES WHERE!?!?<br>Doing What: Adventure's with sidekick girl<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Tabitha scooped up Sofiya into her arms and smiled at her mom one of her big, manic smiles.<br><br>"Don't worry, she's going to be a much better daughter soon enough"<br><br>And with a lick of green fire the pair of them disappeared from sight. <br><br>The reappeared in a bright, white walled room, with a rack of tools on one wall and a crazy assortment of machinery on the other, half of it glowing, half of it humming and none of it looking at all safe to be in the same universe as. Tabitha didn't pay it much mind, instead waving a hand to summon up two black leather office chairs and flumping herself down on one, looking over the chairs back as the wheels skidded it along the ground.<br><br>"So then! Laser eyes and gun arms? I'm all for built in weaponry but don't you think your body needs a bit of an upgrade first? Dhampir's are better than a human for sure" she nodded as if this was inarguable "But we can fortify muscles, redo your whole insides, get rid of some of those lame vampire weaknesses! What do you say?"<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>27-01-2017, 20:31:16</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Landing near some shops<br>Doing What: Explanation<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"I expect something to go wrong.&nbsp; To spill some ice cream right on the bikini top or for one our suits to be see through when we don't want it to be." Kanina smirked. "Or to not be see through when we thought it would be."<br><br>She giggled.&nbsp; "I also don't have any more, so having a back up is always good, they really don't make these suits to last like we did back home, and kidnappers are rarely gentle."<br><br>Really, the kidnapping would be the least bothersome part of the process.&nbsp; The bounty hunter was kind of used to inconvenient trips that didn't happen at her own decision.<br><br>"Makes me wonder why anyone would want to just kidnap people without a ransom demand, though.&nbsp; I mean...I wouldn't bounty hunt if it wasn't fun and well paying, so...why in the world would they be kidnapping people for no reason?&nbsp; Sounds silly, doesn't it?" She offered a shrug of her shoulders.&nbsp; "Anyway, what do you think?&nbsp; One really risque swimsuit you can wear just in private, and another more modest one that you can wear in public?&nbsp; Everyone's gotta have a swimsuit for showing off the goods, but, sometimes you gotta hide how awesome your bod is."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>20-02-2017, 09:20:45</strong>
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				"I'm not a dhampir!" Sofiya repeated, probably in vain to Tabs' insistence that she was. "Mother was completely human when she had me. But no, she goes and has a mid-life crisis and gets a vampire boyfriend and he turns out to be a doomed king and it's something out of a really bad knockoff of a really bad vampire novel, and-"<br><br>The sudden realization, and she sat down in the other chair Tabs had conjured. "You aren't actually listening, are you? Well, fine! Remove all those lame vampire weaknesses that I don't have. I'm kind of curious how that will work."<br><br>---<br><br>Auxilia couldn't help but giggle at Darclight's offer, Prime looking up at him with a sly smile as the other three of her looked ready to pounce on him right that instant. "So, I didn't get the specs on your armor when we were linked before. How is it at keeping you clean? If you've been in it for years, maybe we should get you a shower first..." It seemed she hadn't <em>quite</em> finished teasing him. "You should know I'm a <em>champion</em> back-scrubber."<br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">spoiler</div><div class="spoiler_body">Mainly because it's gonna flip to IC2 when she does, hah.</div></div><br>---<br><br>"I think," the Silver Spider said casually, "that if we have someone who can make diamonds with her bare hands treating us to a shopping trip, we should buy <em>all</em> the swimsuits." Ace might have <em>just</em> saved her, but that didn't mean Silvia was above taking advantage of the situation. Confident in this, she ran ahead!<br><br>One whirlwind of shopping later, Silvia seemed to have taken Kanina's advice to heart - insofar as they had stuck Auxilia with a strappy bikini that looked like it would come off with a stiff breeze (which she looked torn between being sour and being amused about), and a sleek silver (of course) one-piece for herself, and several back-ups in case they wound up having any sexy misadventures with mer-men.<br><br>"I guess we need to talk about everything we need to talk about," Silvia said to Ace a little while later, sitting on a bench, kicking her legs and waiting for a nearby drink stand to finish their order, "let me get some alcohol in me and then we can plan plans and upheave upheavals, all right?" She gave her savior a little smile and casually wrapped a spider-leg around her shoulder. "I promise it'll be worth it."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>21-02-2017, 01:38:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/e23WACC.png)</div><hr>Name: Tabitha<br>Where: I'll make a&nbsp; .... well a something of you that's for sure.<br>Doing What: Adventure's with sidekick girl<br>2 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"You're just Human?" Tabitha says gently patting poor deluded Sofiya's arm. Clearly the girl was embarrassed about her vampire blood, which is reasonable as Vampires are a bit rubbish really. Not human bad, but pretty close.<br><br>"It's okay you don't have to admit it. I've never met a human as thin and pale as you but I'm sure other humans don't really notice your heritage, their eyes can only see 10 million different shades you know?"<br><br>Her tail wagged as she thought of how to cure this girl of her clear weakness. Decapitation, fire, sunlight and a stake through the heart. Admittedly three of those worked on humans too if you had any stakes or fire going spare and the sun worked if you threw them into it. Not that she had, but she'd done the math once.<br><br>"Well I've always found the best way to get rid of a weakness is to bite its face off and assume its power, so let's harness that sun! I guess if you want to do it in a techy way we can go for that too" she said, reaching into her sub space litter box and coming out with an ornate metal ball that split apart like a lotus petal to reveal a small orb of fire, with a few tiny rocks orbiting it. It is very, very bright and the room starts to get uncomfortably warm almost immediately.<br><br>"A miniature sun! I kind of borrowed it from a universe way smaller than ours. Don't worry, nothings living on those planets. I think. If it is it's probably worshiping you now" she said peering at it suspiciously. She had left it in that orb for a long time after all, but as good as Tabitha's eyes were it'd have taken someone of Ace's powers to find out the truth to that.<br><br>"Anyway a good gadgeteer always needs a power source right? So how do you feel about becoming a super tiny universe? Relative to an actual one that is" she said looking up at Sofiya, Tab's didn't mind being short at all so she wasn't ashamed to admit it here.<br><br>"Near unlimited power to tap for heat blasts or laser beams and you won't feel groggy in the mornings. Might even give you a tan, eventually and no more pesky sun weakness now our one isn't primary to you anymore!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>23-02-2017, 17:33:27</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Near a beach?<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Describing clothing<br>Milestones: Runaway Zaichik Queen and In the Name of the Moon!<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Kanina ended up picking a black monokini that would snap like a piece of dental floss, two pieces in almost every camouflage scheme known to man (and one known to aliens), and a regular one piece in sky blue.&nbsp; Of those, she almost immediately stowed the last one in her luggage, boldly explaining that it was good to have a boring option on standby.&nbsp; Besides, she had enough bikinis to hand out spares to any other captives that fit her size on hand, so there really was no reason to carry a boring one piece.<br><br>"We're gonna have a great time, whether we get abducted or not!" She bounced along after Ace and Sylvia, not particularly paying attention to their larger conspiracy but glad to be involved in something.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>01-03-2017, 21:05:20</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: A Sunny Little Town in Malta<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Keep in mind, I only have a limited amount of coal!" Was Ace's response to Silvia's suggestion, the blonde Venusian mostly calling back to the rest of the party, since she was hurrying after the Silver Spider.&nbsp; The shopping trip got off to a bit of a rough start for Ace herself, who found that the majority of the swimwear available to choose from was a little too skimpy for her tastes.&nbsp; And that was before getting to the swimwear that everyone else found skimpy, which she simply found scandalous!<br><br>She had better luck when she found a rack full of what the label claimed were 'retro-style' bathing suits, and before long, she was adorned in a tasteful blue one-piece with a single, asymmetrical white stripe running down one side, sitting with Silvia on a bench outside.<br><br>"Alright,"&nbsp; She responded, not really noticing the arm that had slipped around her shoulder at the moment.&nbsp; Kanina's added exclamation afterwards brought a slightly wider smile to her face.&nbsp; "It should be good for me to spend a little time soaking in some solar radiation, too.&nbsp; I wound up burning through most of my reserves with all the fighting that happened today."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>10-03-2017, 16:59:56</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Uhm...<br>Milestones: Can I Answer This Later?<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"It...manages to at least keep most of the grime off of me, though I will admit it's not perfect.&nbsp; Part of the ultracool tech of the suit, though when Khaj turns it up a bit it can get a little bit cold inside." &nbsp;Conway continued.&nbsp; "You are probably right, though.&nbsp; A shower or some way to clean off is probably due first, before we look into attending anything.&nbsp; There should be something suitable for that nearby...this way." &nbsp;The armored suit began to lead Auxilia-Prime and her copies through the base again. &nbsp;"Hopefully you'll learn your way around here soon enough; the base can be quite expansive and has a number of secret methods of travel built within, for security purposes."&nbsp; The only reason Conway knew everything was because he'd had Khaj map the entire base, and throw it up on the viewscreen whenever he was traveling around.&nbsp; Most of the map he could remember himself, though - it was just for those pesky little things that he couldn't that he had it made.&nbsp; "Alright, we should be right in the area...it's right there."&nbsp; He pointed to a door.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>11-04-2017, 07:53:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/64/Ghost_shark_girl.png)</div><strong>Darclight</strong><br><br>The first thing that Darclight saw upon entering was that the bath was occupied!&nbsp; A girl with a long mermaid-esque tail, fins sweeping from her arms and back, with faintly dyed hair and a pink eye... it took a second to recognize her as faintly-translucent, for Khaj to register that she had no immediate physical presence, oh, and the flame pouring from her other eye. One of the Queen of the Netherworld's spirits, most likely.<br><br>The second thing he noticed was that the previously nice-but-compact shower complex, suitable for quick hygiene for a busy hero team on the go <em>and</em> for privacy, had been converted by Sultana into a positively <em>palatial</em> baths, with taps every couple of feet, a series of arcane switches behind each one, and the faint scent of perfume and incense.<br><br>"Hey!" the ghost-girl threw a little wooden wash-bucket (Khaj calmly registered spiritual telekinesis in her new file) at Darclight, which missed and hit Auxilia square in the face. "You're not the Mistress! What are you doing here?!"<br><br><strong>Tabs</strong><br><br>The process was... not flawless! Infusing a solar system or even a sun into a random mostly-human teenager was fraught with peril, and Tabs had to make a whole lot of conceptual spaces fit together that weren't even supposed to exist on dimensions below the twenty-seventh!<br><br>It didn't help at all that she got a text when the process was nearly complete. It was from a one Besiruilbu, medical demon! The demoness had taken... well, it was a very compromising selfie to send to Tabs.<br><br>Judging by the way her luxurious purple hair was hanging down, she was upside-down. Her hands were behind her back with white ropes covering her body indicating they might be bound there, and her tail showed partly in the foreground - she was probably using it to manipulate the camera. There was a gag in her mouth and a blindfold over her eyes, both etched in sealing runes.<br><br>The caption read, all tied up at the moment, but I could make time for some kind of mad sorceress hero &lt;3<br><br><strong>Ace, Kanina</strong><br><br>The water on the beach was as blue as crystal, and the sun glinted- we've done this already. The beach was sunny and warm and relatively well-populated and would have been perfect except that everyone was staying away from the water, and they could see a human-ish someone's head bobbing up out of the water. Ace's super-vision immediately identified finned ears (http://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/hostedimages/1451964847i/17626612._SY540_.jpg), gill slits on his neck. Hey! A <em>real</em> tourist!<br><br>"Hey!" he yelled, "I said bring me a martini! What's a guy have to do to get service around here?" The human tourists were very politely but <em>very</em> pointedly pretending he didn't exist.<br><br>"See the coast, they said," he grumbled to himself, too soft for Kanina to hear, "see the world, they said! Meet cute land-dweller girls, they said! This is as bad as that Candy Mountain boondoggle."<br><br><strong>Some Time Later! (All threads continue in IC2, if desired)</strong><br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/0f/Refire_war_room.png)</div><br>Silva Atel stood at the front of one of the Stormwatch HQ's situation rooms - it was a little bit in tatters, but the projector and the screens still worked, with numerous Auxilias manning consoles, as well as sweeping away debris and bringing coffee. (The logistics&nbsp; - or even necessity - of Auxilia determining which Auxilia had to get coffee were probably better left unexplained.)<br><br>"Minerva and Recluse never thought I'd be here, doing this. Thought I was too addicted to the life to even consider it. More fool them! So they were pretty chatty."<br><br>With a touch of her clicker, the words <strong>ZOHAR CONTROL PROJECT</strong> came up at the top of the screen.<br><br>"I'll start with the big guns. Minerva believes they've captured Zohar's brain. No, that's not quite right. They think they have trapped a sentient light-energy being of the same kind as Zohar. It's smaller and weaker, but according to Minerva it's much smarter - the brains to Zohar's brawn. If her theory is correct, the reason it's been so stupid all this time is that it's been missing its counterpart. It calls itself Luminary; they're holding it deep underground, hidden away in a series of magically-active caves. I don't know where they are, how to get in or what we'd find when we got there, but it represents Recluse's trump card in his bid to control the beast."<br><br>"Next is the guard that seemed to hold Zohar's weakness, who they have captured and are holding in much more mundane circumstances. I believe we can track that lead down much more easily."<br><br>"William Blount," Auxilia displays a completely ordinary dossier, probably even too ordinary for a supervillain prison guard (anybody with the bravery to contain angry supervillains was going to be <em>quirky</em> at best - and a common psychological profile involved the words "starved for vengeance"), "there's... absolutely nothing special about him at all. He doesn't even have any traffic tickets. <em>But</em>, he's not registered on the Ancestry project, so there might be some lingering magical or alien lineage?"<br><br>"Injuring him... damaged Zohar in some way. Maybe not physically, but mentally or psychically. Arachne said it 'flipped its marbles.' Her words, not mine. They're hoping to extract whatever makes him its bane. I would consider that 'low-hanging fruit.'" <br><br>"They're recruiting Jorias Quinn, who they're assuming will be responsible for the super-science involved in the actual control. They're also targeting people with the power to control light or darkness - mostly heroes or unaffiliated rogues. This is a list of the ones Minerva mentioned, which I don't need to remind you is not necessarily exhaustive. There aren't any outright villains she mentioned," she bit her lip, "so they've probably got nothing pleasant planned for whoever they lay their hands on."<br><br>The list read:<br>-Eclipse; Idol Singer; Unaffiliated; New York City-State<br>-Night Sparrow; Hermit; Unaffiliated; British Columbian Forests<br>-Ushas Deva, Ratri Deva, Surya Deva; Three Deva Superteam; Delhi, India<br>-Twilight Priestess; Solo Heroine; Rural New New Mexico<br>-Night Owl III; Night Owl Legacy, Heroic; Location Unknown<br>-Evelyn Gray; Unknown; Ukraine<br><br>"My suspicion about the Moonstone Robbery was that my target was information and equipment for the Black Lotus," a freelance spy and assassin, a notorious villain who had not been in prison during Retirement, but had gone silent. Well, silent-er. "For her to extract Nephilim's children, and... hold them as leverage to get her to wreak havoc to keep CHESS and the Firewall Remnants busy." She frowned, tapping her foot against the floor, "I'm not as sorry about that as I probably should be, Nephilim was probably going to turn me into a grease stain if Ace, Minerva and Arachne hadn't showed up."<br><br>"In sum."<br><br><strong>ZOHAR CONTROL PROJECT<br>STATUS: ASSEMBLING<br>-Luminary Advisor: Captured<br>-Bane Guard: Captured<br>-Not-Mad-Enough Scientist: ??<br>-Light and Darkness Heroes: Targeted<br>-Nephilim Diversion: Inactive</strong><br>--Thwarting Nephilim Diversion means CHESS and Firewall Remnant resources can be recruited!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>11-04-2017, 23:45:21</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/17/Safiya_possibly_resized.png)</div><hr>Name: Sofiya<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ, formerly her old room? <br>Doing What: Getting herself into trouble.<br>0PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D8 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"I have two questions" Sofiya said from the back of the room, sitting with her feet up on a table and finally taking her attention away from her phone. Auxie was watching her messages out, not that Sofiya had tried to spill any secrets. She'd mainly just been complaining about how extreme heat is hell for split ends and also about how robots were taking people's jobs these days and it would be annoying if they weren't so darn cute about it.<br><br>"Did you find my phone charger? I know this isn't technically our place anymore but it was hard to pack properly when you were busy blowing up all our things and I think it might be in another dimension now." she said, giving the general group a cheeky flick of her tongue as admonishment.<br><br>"Also less importantly, can I be on the team? Mom says I need a summer job and I am not doing the barista thing. I am not a customer service person. You're like ... the least uncool people I know? I can do sweet fire stuff now, I'll be useful."<br><br>To be fair Sofiya getting in the first place probably meant they were okay with that, but she wasn't about to assume they weren't going to just flake on her. Her old boss had after all for a demonic booty call, she wasn't even sure what weird things these people were fucking but she wanted to get in there before they had the chance to run off and do it!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>13-04-2017, 08:18:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ Situation Room<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Auxilia may have broken out the brooms and dustpans with the intent of sweeping away the debris, but what she didn't count on was having a Wonder-Girl on her side to help out. Even before the rest of the team had fully assembled for the meeting, Ace was able to use her incredible Venusian super-speed and super-dexterity to get the room completely spotless. A scan with her x-ray vision confirmed that all the important structural supports were intact, as well, so she didn't hesitate to help with patching up the room a little, mostly by finding loose or broken wires with her super-senses and reconnecting them at incredible speed.&nbsp; She would have patched up the room itself, as well, but since there weren't many suitable construction materials on-hand and there were more important things to attend to at the moment than going out to get them, she put that off for later.<br><br>Her Venusian super-coffee-making skills, on the other hand, were likely to come in quite handy.<br><br>Once the entire team had assembled, (or at least everyone but Doc Tabs, though Auxi assured Ace that it wasn't unusual for the super-intelligent catgirl to disappear on personal business every now and then,) the Venusian Wonder sat down to join everyone else for the briefing, and paid careful attention as Silvia outlined everything that she had learned about Arachnos' plans.&nbsp; They were already holding another sentient light-energy being called Luminary captive, and it wasn't any great stretch to assume that a lot of the damage Zohar was causing was part of an attempt to rescue its counterpart.&nbsp; Then there was the guard they had taken prisoner, who seemed to have some property to him that was harmful to Zohar, or at least highly disorienting.&nbsp; Arachnos was attempting to recruit a mad scientist to help them figure out how to duplicate this property.<br><br>Then there was a list of heroes and other individuals who had some ability to control either light or darkness who were being targeted, and finally there was the part that Silvia herself had played in this plan, which had been to hand off a list containing the location of Nephilim's children so that she could be blackmailed into going on a rampage and causing a major distraction for the hero community.&nbsp; That had been stopped, but the list itself hadn't actually been recovered, so she already knew what her first question was going to be.<br><br>"If the Black Lotus never actually got the information on the whereabouts of Nephilim's children, do we know who did?"&nbsp; Of course, she waited until after Sofiya's questions were resolved before speaking up, herself.&nbsp; Gaining a new ally in the never-ending battle for truth and justice would be a good thing, as far as she was concerned, but it was ultimately Darclight's call.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>13-04-2017, 08:41:49</strong>
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				While Auxi quietly searched a box full of spare cords and wires for Sofiya's phone charger (why were these things always so hard to find when you needed them?!), while another of her oversaw the process while sipping hot Venusian coffee (Ace's efforts had suddenly left her with a lot less to do than she had anticipated!), Silvia shook her head.<br><br>"Someone got there first. Haven't really had the chance to look into who, things have been... busy?"<br><br>"Security footage was destroyed, so they were at least a little bit careful."<br><br>Silvia kicked at the ground, "Er, I did that. Except the parts that made me look dashing, which wasn't most of them because that's not what security cameras were for."<br><br>Auxilia gave her a <em>look</em>. "Hey, don't look at me like that! You know how it is, heroes investigating the crime scene want to see one, unbroken montage of me stealing things with cool poses and camera angles, otherwise they'll start making jokes about how boring security footage is to look through."<br><br>"So we have no idea."<br><br>"I'm afraid so."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>13-04-2017, 11:41:09</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Situation Room<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Easily justifying why she's often underpaid and even more often broke<br>Milestones: ---<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Kanina rubbed the back of her head, smiling at the realization that they seemed to have failed at a rather crucial part of their job.&nbsp; Of course, no one told her that she needed to gather information about...someone's family.&nbsp; &nbsp;Nephilim?&nbsp; Why did it feel like that was someone really important but no one had ever bothered to explain the importance of.&nbsp; It was probably someone else who needed a kick in the face, or someone kicked in the face.&nbsp; "We're not really information gatherers.&nbsp; We're really more like...problem solvers."<br><br>Never mind that most of her job was, in fact, gathering information and then using it to resolve the problem (or find the lost individual).<br><br>"Anyway, enough about silly things like who has or doesn't have stuff, we have a new teammate!" She gestures toward Sofiya, beaming as she holds up a small device that probably isn't a jury-rigged power pack that may or may not cause her phone to explode.&nbsp; "You can totally use my omni-adaptational phone charger so long as you swear to use your fire powers to burn through the darkness of ignorance and injustice and stuff!"<br><br>Her smile falters, but at least she totally justified someone else being in charge of leading the way toward victory.&nbsp; &nbsp;Kanina will totally take up the torch when the time is right, though!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>13-04-2017, 20:32:49</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/17/Safiya_possibly_resized.png)</div><hr>Name: Sofiya<br>Where: Situation Room<br>Doing What: Recharging.<br>0PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Deal. I promise to only burn through stuff. I leave intangible concepts to the rest of you." Sophiya said with a sweet smile, taking the "phone charger" from Kanina and turning it in her hands to try to work out how to plug it in.<br><br>"Thanks though! You're my favorite now" she tried just plugging in what looked like a connector and hoping for the best but the phone didn't seem to do anything. It only took her a moment to strip the back off her phone and plug the cables into it directly and that got it going!<br><br>"You know I've actually studied some of Jorias Quinn's work, he's the easiest to understand of the giant death robot community but he's still way out of my league when it comes making machines. If they got him working for them they got a really reliable tech head helping them out. Probably the only reliable one"<br><br>Which didn't speak well of her own work, but she wasn't so proud she wouldn't admit she was outclassed.<br><br>"No idea why they'd mess with light and dark heroes though. I mean sure I won't pass up an excuse to go see Eclipse but pissing her off? She's a full on Hollywood girl, she'd absolutely crush them."<br><br>The phone took this opportunity to catch fire and she swats the flames out with her hand almost casually, the fire rippling and being sucked right into her skin giving her an incredibly brief angelic white hot glow, before she shrugged and pulled a backup phone out of her pocket.<br><br>"Second favorite." Sophiya said aside to Kanina "When I work out whose going to be the new first"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>16-04-2017, 20:56:37</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: COMMAND STUFF, IT'S VERY TECHNICAL YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and []<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br><br>Re-gathered in one of the situation rooms at HQ, the Spider wasted no time going over the entire plan that Recluse had for capturing and detaining Zohar.&nbsp; Multi-faceted, as Darclight had come to expect from the megalomaniacal supervillain.&nbsp; (Seriously, how many people who started a cult of personality do <em>you</em> know who aren't megalos in SOME freaking way?)&nbsp; There was an apparent...brain, though perhaps guide would be more correct?&nbsp; Luminary.&nbsp; There was the security guard at New Newgate that had been captured, somehow attacking him made Zohar go nuts.&nbsp; There was Jorias Quinn - who actually worried Darclight, because while it was true that he was nothing without a science lab, Recluse possessed the resources needed to make Quinn very very dangerous.&nbsp; There was a hitlist of various persons who had the ability to manipulate light and shadow.&nbsp; And there was the job that she had been attached to, which was to get Nephilim's kids out of Super WitSec and use her subsequent rampage to divert the attention of heroic teams.<br><br>"There is simply no possible way we could cover all the bases at this time...we will need to select one, possibly two should my call succeed, approaches and work off of those."&nbsp; Darclight stated when Silvia finished her run-down.&nbsp; "Our best options at this point will be to stop the Black Lotus and ensure the safety of Ellie Tudor's children - if we can do that, then we might be able to get more assistance, and the more heroes we have working on the matter the quicker we can put an end to the whole plot - and to stop the hitlist, for much the same reason.&nbsp; Recluse has Luminary, Blount, and Quinn.&nbsp; Luminary is, as you say, their ace card - it'll be under lock and key until the moment it needs freedom to work.&nbsp; Blount isn't held in a particularly secure location, so we might be able to extract him with just an additional member on the roster or three.&nbsp; Quinn is a threat, but if he's using science to develop a control mechanism, that will take time."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>24-04-2017, 05:56:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ Situation Room<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Do we know for sure that Black Lotus was the one who got the information?" Ace pointed out, after Darclight had spoken. "I mean, he definitely sounds like a bad guy that we need to track down at some point, but Silvia just said that she doesn't know for sure who took it.&nbsp; And if she was supposed to be the one passing it on to Black Lotus in the first place, why would he go in before her and get it on his own?&nbsp; It doesn't make much sense."<br><br>Of course, since that meant that they didn't actually know who took the information or why, that just meant that they had one more thing to worry about... Though, at least it didn't mean having one more thing that they would have to split their forces investigating.<br><br>"If we haven't done so already, we should definitely inform the witness protection agency that's taking care of Ellie Tudor's children about this plot, so that they can take appropriate measures to protect them.&nbsp; There are also too many people on the hitlist for all of us to protect at once, so we should see if we can get some help there." And, turning to an Auxilia... "There's still a lot that I don't know about this world.&nbsp; Could you explain what CHESS and Firewall are and what they do?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>24-04-2017, 08:21:22</strong>
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				"Central Headquarters for Expertise in Supers' Service," Auxilia rattled off, "CHESS is a United Nations-backed coalition of superteams, funded and supported by member nations. Mostly the richer states of the American Federation, if we're being totally honest. Their response network is global, and their goal is the preservation of world stability and the training and oversight of superheroes to prevent them from becoming that which they fight."<br><br>"Recluse's main enemy," Silvia chipped in, "because they're the ones that prop up the governments."<br><br>"Well, they're not the only ones. But their ideal of putting supers under nonpowered oversight is kind of trouble if you're looking to make a superpowered one world order, too. But they do try pretty hard to keep villains away from state power, whether it's by influencing nons, or assuming direct control."<br><br>"You know, now that you mention it, I remember hearing about <em>somebody</em> trying to get control of CHESS by shacking up with the entire central budget committee. Eh? Eh?" Silvia smirked and poked Auxilia playfully.<br><br>"That's not fair!" Auxilia coughed, "I was just trying to help them optimize their-"<br><br>"<em>Uh huh.</em> I'm not judging you, I'm..." she made a broad sweeping gesture toward the intrepid heroes, "<em>providing vital context.</em>"<br><br>"Anyway!" The Auxi-drone giving the presentation was beet red, but she carried on, "they're kind of a mainstay of this world, and they've shaped a lot of ideas regarding what supers are supposed to be and supposed to do. Stormwatch worked alongside them regularly. They're a bit, ah, straightforward in their problem-solving?"<br><br>"They're idiots who got by on being more powerful than everyone else."<br><br>"That's not fair either! They're really good at dealing with the usual suspects, but tended to stumble when confronted with anything new or weird or interesting. It's bureaucracy, for good and bad, the same rules that kept them in line also meant that every now and then they had to legally classify a temperature regulation program as a cigar.<br><br>Before Retirement they had the most heroes and the most powerful heroes too. Nowadays... less so. First there's the ones that have explicitly left to explore the universe, which was kind of a lot, but studying their response patterns, they seem to have suffered an enormous depletion of both supers and support staff above and beyond that. Atlantia attacked Simport and all they had on hand was Falling Petal, in the old days there would've been at least a couple of big guns prepped and ready to go."<br><br>"Wait, Simport was attacked-" <br><br>"By a hot mer-lady, yes."<br><br>"Would've liked to have been there for that."<br><br>"I'll show you the videos later. Anyway! Once upon a time, Firewall was a superteam based in the Silicon Valley Republic, focused on developing cutting-edge superheroic technology and net security. I've, ah, been in a few tumbles with them over the years, too. Ellie Tudor back in the day was a brilliant inventor, she's responsible for the first and second generations of artificial muscle fibers used in prosthetics, and a lot of the cognitive implants still used today. One of the others was responsible for the NetSec package on Stormwatch armor. Well, long story short, their leader, Charles Tudor, turned out to be the archvillain Tiamat, leader of the Cult of the Dragon. He was also Ellie Tudor's husband, and the father of their three children."<br><br>She kicked at the ground, looking down, "it didn't end well, when it came out. You won't hear a thing about the Cult of the Dragon nowadays because Ellie killed them all. Including Charles. She had to mess up her own brain pretty badly to do it, though. Ellie used to be one of the best heroes in the world. Nowadays she's called Nephilim, the Fallen Angel, and she's... well ever since Whizkid tried to totally reset her neural implants to try and bring her back, and Tzarina Tempest overloaded her brain electrically to try and bring her back, and Magnet Mandrill tried bathing her in magnetic fields to try and bring her back... well, she's been kind of a murderous cybernetic rage-monster ever since. The Firewall Remnant call themselves that because they don't want to forget. Also they're <em>super</em> choosy about who they let in any more, so there aren't many of them. I put the note up in the presentation with the understanding that if Nephilim does resurface and starts wrecking everything up, CHESS and Firewall will make that their top priority. But, since you've stopped that for the moment, they might be grateful for it. And Firewall <em>are</em> information gatherers," she gave Kanina a little smile, "some of the best, when you get down to it."<br><br>She nodded to Ace, "Firewall are probably the ones handling protection of Ellie's kids or are very close to the people who are. They're usually pretty prickly about her because people keep trying to help and screwing things up even worse, but I can shoot them a message. I'll be the first one to admit making this our priority would feel nice."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>TheFourthShade</strong> on <strong>25-04-2017, 01:30:50</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i.imgur.com/nE55m0M.jpg)</div>Name:&nbsp; Kanina Zanahoria<br>Where:&nbsp; Situation Room<br>Doing What:&nbsp; Pondering, Planning, and generally Floundering<br>Milestones: ---<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | XP = 7<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Kanina knew some of this,&nbsp; of course, but a lot of it was like so much history that she ignored about her own planet.&nbsp; "So why not make that last one a priority?&nbsp; It seems like we have a world of problems falling at our feet, so we might as well drill down and take care of them, and I admit that even though I'm really good at finding particular earthlings when they need to be turned over for the sake of justice (and my profits, of course)." She rubbed her hands together, before realized that she was still talking about something else entirely. "There's only so much I can do at a computer and most of it is figuring out a way to connect to the cyber-hyper-internet that's more reliable than an earth router.&nbsp; Do you think we can expect a response in short enough order, or do we have to focus on something else while we wait for them to think about how they want to respond to us?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>05-05-2017, 01:03:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ Situation Room<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Auxilia's lecture about the Firewall Remnant and CHESS, as well as Silvia's interruptions to add extra context, were both... highly informative to Ace about a great many things.&nbsp; Once again, she found herself in a situation where it seemed the best move was to ignore all the shocking and scandalous revelations that were being brought to light, since everyone else seemed to be doing so, and simply do her best to focus on the task at hand.&nbsp; From the sounds of things, CHESS would normally be the organization responsible for handling the protection of the various different heroes who were being targeted by Arachnos, but that organization seemed to have lost many of its members to Retirement.&nbsp; On the other hand...<br><br>"If Recluse's plan in the first place was to get Nephilim to go on a rampage to keep CHESS and Firewall busy, then CHESS and Firewall working together will probably be able to put a huge dent in that plan.&nbsp; Even if Black Lotus isn't the one with the data on Ellie's children, I think Darclight has the right idea.&nbsp; We should make it a priority to make sure they stay safe, and try to get as many other heroes to help on this one as we can.&nbsp; And that means either Auxi or Darclight should make calls to both CHESS and Firewall and let them know about everything we've found out so far.&nbsp; And we should offer to help them out however we can, too."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>08-05-2017, 06:55:09</strong>
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				"It seems we have an agreement!" Auxilia nodded. "I can handle the initial message. Unless there's someone specific you want, I think Major Jack of CHESS and Kanna of the Firewall Remnant will probably be the best points of contact. Give me a bit and I'll have them up."<br><br>"Do we have to? Dealing with Nephilim is a little... sordid."<br><br>"I think we might have to."<br><br>"What, I don't get a vote?"<br><br>"Well, three of the five hero slash hero-alikes here just went for the plan, so you can vote, but..."<br><br>"What, <em>you</em> don't get a vote?"<br><br>"Oh! Yes! Then it's one million, two hundred and twenty-three thousand, six hundred and eighty-seven in favor, to one opposed." Auxilia stuck her tongue out playfully at Silvia. "Seriously though, this is probably the right thing to do here. Without a serious recruitment drive or some kind of unbeatable advantage in intelligence, we need alliances to accomplish all our objectives and save the day."<br><br>"I... suppose getting to rub Major Jack's nose in the fact that I'm a hero now might be fun."<br><br>"Please don't. While we wait for a return message, is there anything else?"<br><br>"Are you going to go over the 401k plan now, or what?"<br><br>Auxilia scratched her head, "ooh, well, maybe we could, now that you mention it? It's really important for recruitment, you know. A lot of superteams aren't of the opinion that they'll make it to retirement age and even more than being trapped in another dimension or turned into cheese that really reduces retenti-"<br><br>"Auxi, I was joking."<br><br>"Oh."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>08-05-2017, 07:46:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: COMMAND STUFF, IT'S VERY TECHNICAL YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and []<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Auxilia?" &nbsp;Darclight was the first to break in after her banter with the Spider.&nbsp; "Contact the Remnant first, and give them a couple of days to get a response back to us before we go and enlist CHESS in the matter.&nbsp; If we have to contact CHESS, skip Thames.&nbsp; Talk to Falling Petal, or..." &nbsp;The robot gave the impression that it was thinking, which would hopefully be taken for super-speed-reading data archives of those who had remained with the organization. "...if push comes to shove, talk to Corona.&nbsp; They'll be fair."&nbsp; He supposed that with the current team of heroes he had, there would eventually have to be a talk like this, so he decided it would be given now.<br><br>"Normally, I wouldn't have to give this speech, but given the specific people we have in this room, I think it's necessary." &nbsp;Darclight turned to Auxilia.&nbsp; "Your basic description of CHESS is not wrong.&nbsp; And your input," he turned to the Spider, "was certainly welcome.&nbsp; However.&nbsp; There is one important dimension that was missing from what both of you offered up."&nbsp; A moment of silence, and then he addressed the Spider. &nbsp;"I'm probably going to sound a bit like your ex-boss for a moment, so I apologize for that.&nbsp; CHESS is an incredibly powerful organization, given the best resources and manpower on the planet.&nbsp; And it is <em>wasted</em> on the current CHESS structural model.&nbsp; CHESS would be able to do far more if it was set up like Stormwatch or Firewall."<br><br>Using his link to the Stormwatch system, he rifled through the profiles before he found Falling Petal. &nbsp;"You all met Petal at the Simport seaside attack, with the exception of Spider, who...you'll meet sometime face to face, if possible.&nbsp; I first met her in Japan, during the rampage of the Japanese anti-Kaiju weapon system Kiryu, and the subsequent cleanup.&nbsp; Over a hundred heroes responded to this incident - Stormwatch Red and Blue, Firewall, and...CHESS.&nbsp; Now, as Auxilia has explained, every nation involved in CHESS has a base, and heroes it contributes to the overall pool that CHESS possesses.&nbsp; In theory, a request for aid sent to one CHESS base can trigger a global response from the organization, depending on the sort of crisis that is emerging.&nbsp; In the Kiryu incident, a request was sent to CHESS for assistance, which was answered, first by CHESS-Korea, and then...CHESS-<em>Australia</em>.&nbsp; But China is a part of CHESS, and yet...they did not arrive on-scene until nearly six hours after the arrival of the Australian team.&nbsp; Now, being beat out by Korea was one thing, but Australia possessed no long-range travel capability aside from standard CHESS ramjet."<br><br>He paused for a moment. &nbsp;"I was there, I saw the destruction Kiryu caused firsthand.&nbsp; I alone <em>stopped</em> it from destroying the Japanese National Science Center with its ace weapon, the Absolute Zero Cannon.&nbsp; Every hour that China did not arrive was potentially another hour it was allowed to continue its destruction that turned into hours and hours and <em>hours</em> of rebuilding and cleanup."<br><br>Darclight continued.&nbsp; "Allow me to show you something.&nbsp; I think a few of us in this room will recognize it." &nbsp;He threw up a picture. &nbsp;"This is the AR-15 assault rifle, manufactured by Colt Arms of the United States."&nbsp; He raised his hand.&nbsp; "Please.&nbsp; Before anyone asks where I am going with this, hear me out.&nbsp; The AR-15 is one of the most common weapons in the world, alongside other such things like the AK-47, or Glock handguns.&nbsp; Now, the UN - CHESS' parent organization - has established a special task force for the securing of nuclear weapons.&nbsp; This, despite the fact that the only deaths of humans due to atomic detonation happened well over half a century ago.&nbsp; Nine out of ten deaths globally <em>today</em> are caused by weapons like the AR-15 - <em>this rifle</em> is the true weapon of mass destruction.&nbsp; But you will never find any action taken to cut down on arms sales by the UN, for precisely one reason - five of the top six arms dealers in the world have permanent seats on the UN Security Council, and any <em>one</em> of them may veto a UN resolution with no recourse."<br><br>Then the familiar face of Jorias Quinn. &nbsp;"Quinn may build a hundred-foot-tall mobile armor equipped with Fusion Cannons and use it to attack Germany, kill a few dozen, injure hundreds, and cause millions if not billions in property damage...but the President of the United States will ship weapons next month that will kill <em>thousands</em> worldwide and no one will try and stop him.&nbsp; Which brings me to this point: CHESS is a global organization, but it is run by bureaucrats, politicians, and people whose mindset can be summed up thusly: 'It is my job to make sure the interests of my country are looked after.'"<br><br>The Stormwatch Red Team leader went on.&nbsp; "No reasonable person would object to this - British Parliament is there to look after the best interest of British citizens, not Chinese.&nbsp; Those who run the UN, and CHESS by extension, are not there to look after the well-being of everyone world-wide, they are there to look after their own people.&nbsp; Especially if that person was elected or appointed by an elected official.&nbsp; But that mindset of 'my nation first' keeps CHESS from achieving what it can <em>really</em> do.&nbsp; And don't ask me...ask her." &nbsp;He turned to the Spider.&nbsp; "You worked in Recluse's organization for a long time.&nbsp; How many times did he escape capture or manage to salvage an operation because he can freely cross borders while CHESS has to follow rules and regulations about international operations?&nbsp; While politicians bickered and played their own version of Game of Thrones?"<br><br>Now, the finish.&nbsp; "A global organization, if it is <em>truly</em> global, cannot owe loyalty to <em>any</em> nation.&nbsp; That's what I want out of this team, in the end - an organization of heroes, beholden to no nation, and run by people whose cause is service to the heroic ideal.&nbsp; No human bureaucrats - <em>we</em> run our own ship."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>11-05-2017, 00:45:01</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/17/Safiya_possibly_resized.png)</div><hr>Name: Sofiya<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Getting fired up<br>0PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Beholden to no notion!" Sofiya loudly agreed waving a fist in the air with a single finger lit like she was waving a lighter. It was making the room uncomfortably warm all on its own and her desk was already bleaching away and curling up as its moisture burns off. <br><br>"No bureaucrats! No masters! Fuck the police!"<br><br>She slowly lowers the hand when the Auxilia's start starting at her and gives a few of them a smug smile, trying to stare down a small army. She isn't going to win that, eventually cracking and rubbing her neck as she looks down at the messed up table.<br><br>"Kidding? But seriously let's get this show on the road! I'm all eager to go do some heroine nonsense, Tabs got me all lit and now I'm ready to go overthrown the idea of world boundaries or save some kids or just whatever! Let's pick something and get a roll on!. "<br><br>She did seem pretty peppy compared to her usual teen like refusal to acknowledge existence, solar systems were better than espresso for getting a buzz on! <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>19-05-2017, 02:53:20</strong>
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				Silvia winced. "I won't lie, there is something of a resemblance, yes. I don't know what happened behind the scenes, but yes, Recluse has been able to rebuild by running away and crossing borders more times than he probably should have. Most of Arachnos had their own ideas why this was so, so I can't give you a definitive answer one way or the other."<br><br>Auxilia was staring. At Sofiya's enthusiastic sarcastic anarchism too, but also at Darclight. "Darc are we going to take over the world? Not, you know, threatening it with a superweapon and assuming political control, but you know this whole situation would be so much easier if we had control of the fiscal-"<br><br>Another Auxi-drone bopped the presenter on the back of the head. "Right. Sorry. Getting carried away. Message is sent to Firewall, they should be pretty quick. I will say, it might not be pleasant, but having a sit-down with CHESS on how you've decided to run the new Stormwatch might prevent some problems in the long run. If you, um, keep bringing on people like Silvia and me."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>22-05-2017, 06:11:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ Situation Room<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>At this point in the story, dear reader, it would be prudent to discuss some of the finer details of the code of ethics and standards established in 1954 by the Comics Magazine Association of America, and enforced by the Comics Code Authority.&nbsp; First drafted in response to widespread public concern over the gory, gruesome and often downright unwholesome content of popular horror comics of the time, as well as a few senate hearings on the matter, the Code was pushed into service as an industry alternative to government regulation, a means for comic book publishers and wholesalers to police themselves, rather than rely on intrusive government oversight.&nbsp; Embraced in particular by publishers of superhero-based content, the Comics Code led to a grand renewal for the genre, due in large part to a set of strict rules that killed popular horror comics of the day off almost overnight.<br><br>The anti-horror articles of the Code are not what concern us today, however.&nbsp; Instead, our focus must be drawn to one of many rules put in place to attempt to help combat the problem of rising juvenile delinquency that was such a blight upon society at the time.&nbsp; Specifically, under General Standards--Part A:<br><br><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">(3) Policemen, judges, Government officials and respected institutions shall never be presented in such a way as to create disrespect for established authority.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>And it is important to draw attention to this rule in particular so that you, dear reader, may come to a similar realization to the one Ace came to upon the conclusion of Darclight's speech.&nbsp; There had been a number of things over the course of the day that she had ignored, set aside for later, or outright avoided thinking about, but now she couldn't put it off any longer.&nbsp; The full knowledge of just how <em>different</em> this world was from her home was finally sinking in.&nbsp; She was in a world where the government of the United States of America wasn't completely trustworthy, where national representatives at the United Nations didn't come together to act for the benefit of all, but instead bickered and looked out for only their own national interests.&nbsp; And as Darclight himself said, thousands died as a result...<br><br>Auxilia would probably be the first one to realize that Ace was no longer in her seat.&nbsp; As for just where it was that she had slipped off to, at super-speed...&nbsp; She had briefly considered going as far as the Moon, figuring that the view of Earth from the peaceful silence of the lunar surface would be ideal for helping her to sort things out, but then she had remembered that that would cut her off from communication with the rest of the team, which she definitely couldn't do in the current situation.&nbsp; So instead, she simply made her way up to the roof of the building, and spent a good, long while looking up at the stars.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>22-05-2017, 21:18:30</strong>
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				<br><div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/17/Safiya_possibly_resized.png)</div><hr>Name: Sofiya<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Roof top chill sessions<br>0PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr> <br><br>Auxilia may have been the first to notice go but Sofiya was the second and she knew enough about the lady that it was worth finding out what's up. Not that they'd made it easy, eventually she'd given up just looking and triangulated Ace's comm instead and followed her phone to it and then after quarter of an hour checking a broom closet over and over in confusion, realizing that her tracker had a height option too. She was new to all this and nobody need know.<br><br>Ace got to watch a shooting star cut across the sky, but before she could make a wish on it the star got closer and bigger and turned into the form of Sofiya shrouded in a white hot fire, the air getting desert levels of stiflingly humid for a moment before she turned off the fire and dropping herself down onto the roof in a sprawl, red hair splayed out around her as she landed near Ace also staring up at the stars.<br><br>"Ow"<br><br>She needed to work on the landings. She had the presence of mind to respect the moment for a while before talking, just staring up with Ace before she eventually spoke more.<br><br>"Hey get this" she said eventually, watching the sky with a tiny little ball of flame on her fingertip she was using to draw out constellations for herself "I was worried I'd be too young for this team, but you know you're actually my age? I had to look it up, the only time I've seen you before this was on a Teen-Robot album cover with a bunch of other girl superheroes and I didn't know what that was about really. Comics weren't my thing."<br><br>She finished drawing out her idea of what shape the stars should be and tries to ignore the fact she's got one of them hanging out inside her for just a few minutes.<br><br>"You looked incredibly bubbly though and I loved it. I had a T-shirt with you for a whole two weeks before mom managed to melt it with acid. So uh. .. I'm not very good at this stuff. I guess what I'm kind of saying is we're both the teen girls on this team and that's not going to be easy, so I'd feel like shit if I didn't ask you if you're okay?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>30-05-2017, 07:53:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ Situation Room<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Ace was silent for a few seconds after Sofiya finished speaking, taking some time to think about the answer she wanted to give. The other girl's speech had stirred up a fresh new batch of complicated emotions within the blonde venusian, though they weren't all bad.&nbsp; It was nice to know that somebody else cared, for example, and that she wasn't alone, though being reminded that she was considered a fictional character in this world brought with it a sizable dose of existential angst, to add onto all the other varieties she was feeling at the moment.<br><br>"...I think I am, yes,"&nbsp; She responded, eventually, turning to the redhead and letting her lips spread into a slight smile.&nbsp; "I guess the word for it is... culture shock, I think?&nbsp; This Earth has some pretty big differences from mine, and I can tell they're not all just from being 50 years in the future."<br><br>Laughing softly to herself and shaking her head a little, the blonde turned her gaze back up to the stars above, comparing the constellations she knew with the ones the redhead had drawn.<br><br>"It's funny, really. I didn't have this problem when I first made the move from Venus to my Earth.&nbsp; Everything was exciting and new and different, and I was just happy to go on adventures with my cousin and make new Earth friends at school.&nbsp; But then, coming from there to this Earth...&nbsp; I guess the big problem is that, while there's a lot that's different, there's a lot that's the same, too.&nbsp; And that makes some of the differences feel a lot worse, like the world just... isn't working the way it should.<br><br>"I thought I was handling it, but then I realized that I was just putting it off for later, and trying not to think about it too hard.&nbsp; And that's not really going to solve anything, so..."&nbsp; And then, turning back to Sofiya, Ace gave the other teenage superhero a more earnest smile, now.&nbsp; "Thank you, though.&nbsp; I came up here to try and sort it all out on my own, but talking about it to someone else helps a lot."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>30-05-2017, 18:06:51</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/17/Safiya_possibly_resized.png)</div><hr>Name: Sofiya<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Roof top heart to hearts!<br>0PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr> <br><br>"Hey, no one should have to sort life out all on their own." Sofiya said, returning the smile. She didn't smile very often, teen angst demanded it be so, but right now she was positively beaming. It was hard to not have Ace cheer you up, even when she was going through some things. Sofiya was usually pretty good at finding the faults in people, but Ace was ridiculously good people and not even Sofiya was immune to that, she really did want to help her out.<br><br>She looked up at her little lines of fire joining the stars. They'd be different to what Ace was used to but that was mainly because Sofiya had a mystic as a mom and had been taught a lot of Asterisms that weren't exactly normal. There was the Big Dipper of course and Orion's Belt, but also the Asterisms of Rahu and Shatabhisha all wound up together into a big quilt. It'd have been hard to follow if not for Ace having more wonder powers than she knew what to do with, add Wonder-Stargazing to the list!<br><br>"Your world is better than ours, no doubt about that" she said as the fire lines hovering above them slowly dwindled out, "I think that's why this one needs big damn heroes all the more though? Sometimes things work out all right here but it's not often, if it's good people making bad choices or bad people just being the worst we get more than our fair share of it. I mean we were supposed to have more or less defeated all evil a few months ago and look how that's turning out."<br><br>She sighed at the world in general. It really would be nice to live in one where things happened like they were supposed to in stories with happy endings for all until next time.<br><br>"I guess I've always felt this world isn't working the way it should too, long as I can remember. It lets you down a lot even if you're one of the lucky ones like me who is amazing at everything and has a supportive and sometimes cool mom, but don't tell her I said that."<br><br>She would die if her mom ever knew that she was even a little impressed by her. It would be the worst.<br><br>"There's a lot of people who'll screw over others to get what they want. I like that you're not one of them, it's helped me get my head in a better place I think. I'm trying this hero thing out to see if there's any point in... well trying at all. Is there you think? Or is our world really screwed?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-06-2017, 03:22:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: COMMAND STUFF, IT'S VERY TECHNICAL YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and []<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Auxilia?" &nbsp;Darclight prompted the gynoid.&nbsp; "Take over is not the phrase I would use.&nbsp; That's Recluse's plan, but it's not mine.&nbsp; If the human governments of the world wish to continue on as they have, then they will be more than free to with my plan, something Recluse would not permit.&nbsp; What I am attempting to establish is-" &nbsp;And then he dropped in the middle of the sentence. &nbsp;"Everyone, take five, we will reconvene here after that." &nbsp;The armorsuit had noticed Ace missing from the meeting, as well as Sofiya, now.&nbsp; It wasn't hard for him to follow the latter - all the heat she threw off from being a miniature sun was entirely too easy to track with his sensors.&nbsp; He arrived on the roof to find them talking.<br><br>"Well said."&nbsp; He figured he would probably surprise Sofiya - Ace would be a different matter.&nbsp; "Ace.&nbsp; There is...something I left out of my little delivery there, and for that I apologize.&nbsp; Sometimes, in my wish to see things changed, I forget of all the things I would not alter."<br><br>The armor carried on.&nbsp; "I said that governments acted only for their own interest, and not for the benefit of all, as you might be accustomed to.&nbsp; That is true here; I will not take it back.&nbsp; A hurtful truth is truer than an assuring lie, no matter how hurtful it might be.&nbsp; But, I speak <em>merely</em> of governments of men.&nbsp; Men themselves...there is much good about them, though at times they struggle to do what is right, for fear of what rightness will bring to them.&nbsp; There are those out there - like Recluse - who would see greatness and truth and justice stamped out, and when you are a mortal man, it can be intimidating to face down such foes."<br><br>Then the speech turned. &nbsp;"But they are capable; make no mistake.&nbsp; <em>I have witnessed their capacity for courage, and though we are worlds apart, like us, there's more to them than meets the eye."</em>&nbsp; And that is why we are here, and that is why we must stay - we are an inspiration to them, a guiding light when all others cease to burn.&nbsp; I will not pretend that it will be easy, the effort, the struggle, the victory.&nbsp; But the right is on our side, and right is mightier than you dare dream.&nbsp; I have seen it, from city to city, across this world.&nbsp; People will hear us, if we but stand forward and lead." &nbsp;And in those words, he sounded less...robotic.&nbsp; More human, more understanding, coming from a place that few who called themselves <em>machine</em> had.&nbsp; "Come.&nbsp; We haven't much time.&nbsp; The children of Ellie Tudor need protecting."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>19-06-2017, 05:41:03</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ Rooftop<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Turning her gaze back up to the stars above once more, Ace spent the next few minutes watching Sofiya trace out constellations in the air with her new powers, the blonde's super-memory allowing her to recall even the most obscure of constellations that had appeared in the astronomy textbooks she had read.&nbsp; Her super-hearing allowed her to hear Darclight approaching, even as the redhead next to her continued to talk, of course, and so she wasn't surprised when the robot hero spoke up to answer the other teenage girl's question while she herself was still thinking of her own answer.<br><br>Darclight's impromptu speech was eloquent enough that it almost sounded rehearsed, though Ace was pretty certain that it was something he had come up with on the spot.&nbsp; There was also at least one line in there where he appeared to be quoting something or someone that she was unfamiliar with, some alien who had come to Earth, or perhaps another robot?&nbsp; Either way, whoever the speaker had been had apparently still seen some worth in humanity in this universe, which certainly sounded reassuring.&nbsp; The Venusian Wonder turned to the fiery redhead next to her as she gave her response.<br><br>"Things are a lot... simpler, back on my Earth.&nbsp; Or more straightforward, at least.&nbsp; But so far, on this Earth, the good people that I've met have way outnumbered the bad.&nbsp; And so long as there are good people left, I think it's always worth it to try and save them."&nbsp; And, bounding to her feet, she held out a hand to help Sofiya up while turning her head to face the robot standing across from them.&nbsp; "Sorry to have run off in the middle of your briefing, Darclight.&nbsp; You're right, we've still got work to do."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>21-06-2017, 00:46:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/17/Safiya_possibly_resized.png)</div><hr>Name: Sofiya<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Roof top heart to hearts!<br>0PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr> <br><br>Sofiya didn't hear Darc coming at all and she gave a girlish squeak when he appeared and ended up shooting a jet of flame into the sky long enough that it punched a hole in the clouds and there was a very brief, very Sofiya localized deluge of water that evaporated off the red heads pale skin and clothes with a searing hiss, giving her a whispy aura of fog for a few seconds as she shook it off.<br><br>She took the offered hand rather bashfully but without worrying about getting her power down again first. She wasn't about to burn Ace by touch, if anything the waves of heat coming off her skin was just a light snack the Venusian power house.<br><br>"I'm not sorry" she said, regaining her cocky smirk "My first real girls heart to heart, wouldn't miss it for the world."<br><br>She didn't want to admit that Ace and Dark were operating right now on a level of nobility and general heroism that she didn't find herself at all capable of, but she tried to at least put her own little spin on it.<br><br>"I think I'm going to try being a good person before I worry about how everyone else is doing, you two just let me know if I'm fucking it up." she said, shaking back her long red hair with its horrendous split ends. Thank god for cosmetic magic, the best kind of magic. <br><br>"Let's go save some kids!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>03-07-2017, 08:39:19</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b3/Motoko_kusanagi_resized.png)</div><br>It was a couple of hours before Auxilia had a response from Firewall, more than enough time for any heart-to-hearts and potentially visits to fortresses of solitude if one happened to be a <em>particularly</em> fast flyer. Auxi's drones had roped whoever happened to be available into the conference room to receive it, as apparently their representative had wanted to do things the old-fashioned way.<br><br>Which was to say video conferencing. Auxi fiddled with the screen (and wound up asking Safiya for help, whether she actually needed it or not was a mystery but if she didn't, she at least put on a pretty good show of being baffled by the retro-tech), until at last she brought up the image and connected the call!<br><br>"Hey. Super busy these days but I wanted to take the time to congratulate you on the formation of your team." Paige Perkins a.k.a. Kanna Kamui, the cybernetic wizard (figuratively, for once) of the Firewall Remnant, was hooked up to both a 'net connection and what was probably a charging port. "Your communications director gave me quite a surprise," she smiled at Auxi, who rubbed the back of her neck in embarrassment. "I look forward to seeing you bring some justice and order, things are chaotic enough as it is and I'm glad to see you're stepping up.<br><br>Switching gears, it would be pretty shitty to do this over text so here we are. I've looked over your proposal and answer's no. I see what you're trying to do here and nobody would be happier than me if it works out. But I can't trust my organization's most closely-guarded secrets to Auxilia. Nothing personal, we just have a lot of rules about potential moles and I'm sure you understand why." Perkins sounded almost apologetic, but nonetheless completely firm.<br><br>Auxi balled her hands into fists and said nothing. <br><br>"Oh no, don't make that face, that's the worst face," Perkins said, "here's what I can do for you, since you warned me about a plot and I want to encourage that in the future. I can't give you our information on Ellie's kids, but I think I can help you steal Arachnos'. This," she made a small motion with her head and a supervillain's picture appeared on the screen, a black and purple uniform with a beret, shoulderpads and lightning so bright it had probably damaged the camera, "is Tzarina Tempest. For the uninitiated, she's part of the inner circle, she's been obsessed with Nephilim since she started as a villain, and I just happen to have gotten my hands on some communications that suggest she's moved into one of her old bases and she's been gearing up for something big. My gut says it's related."<br><br><div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/22/Tzarina_Tempest_resized.png)</div><br>She turned fully to face the camera and her smile was quite like a cat's. "So how do you feel about storming a storm castle?"<br><br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Premier</strong> on <strong>06-07-2017, 23:00:04</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/1/17/Safiya_possibly_resized.png)</div><hr>Name: Sofiya<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Bringing back the drama.<br>0PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | D0 Emotional<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><br>Sophiya was just happy to get the chance to help out, necessary or not. Auxilia was pretty cool in her eyes, socialist robot girls were always going to make her good books. She grabs her seat again as Paige talks and is quiet right up until Tzarina Tempest appears on the screen, nearly falling off the back of her chair. <br><br>"Oh my god she's.... she's..."<br><br>She'd gone paler than usual and looked absolutely terrified. <br><br>"Wearing a Beret with hair that fair? And shoulder pads are so last season! Is she crazy? She cannot be allowed to get away with fashion crimes of this magnitude" she said, wobbling herself back up to a sit and leaning on the table, eyes a blaze. "If this gets out she's going to make super-villain kids look like clowns!"<br><br>She takes a moment to think and then clears her throat. "Not that I'm a super-villain kid. Just.. you know.... A BERET! Really."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>12-07-2017, 04:05:46</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ Situation Room<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>Ace was still uncharacteristically quiet, when they all met back up for the videocall with the director of the Firewall Remnant, but now it was less a matter of her feeling overwhelmed, and more that she was paying careful attention to what was going on.&nbsp; It was a bit disappointing that Firewall didn't trust them enough to want to work with them directly, but it was also understandable, given their organization's history (and also Auxilia's history, though from what she had seen so far, she was sure they'd change their mind if they got to know the multi-bodied android girl).&nbsp; Though, speaking of said history...<br><br>"Uhm... Before we leave, is it alright if I ask a quick question, while we're still talking face to face?"&nbsp; The Venusian Wonder asked, stepping forward once it was clear that the decision had been made to storm Tzarina Tempest's castle.&nbsp; She was all for going on that particular adventure, herself, especially since it was a chance to kill two birds with one stone by taking on a member of Arachnos' inner circle, learning more about their plans and helping to protect Ellie Tudor's children from them.&nbsp; The blonde gave a quick wave once she was sure she had gotten the attention of the cyborg on the other end of the screen.&nbsp; "Hello, my name's Ace, and I'm from a parallel Earth.&nbsp; I wanted to ask something about Nephilim, since all I know about her so far is what Auxilia's been able to look up about her."<br><br>...And she had punched the cyborg supervillainess hard enough to send her flying over the horizon less than a day ago, but it was probably best not to bring that up at the moment.<br><br>"From what Auxie's told me, you're a bit wary about people trying to fix what Ms. Tudor's done to herself because everything anyone's ever tried has either been a failure at best, or has only made things worse for her.&nbsp; What I'd like to know is... has anyone been able to just walk up to her and ask her if she knows of a way to undo whatever damage has been done?"<br><br>She didn't doubt that somebody had thought of doing that at some point.&nbsp; According to the briefing, Ellie Tudor was one of the foremost cyberneticists of her time before becoming Nephilim, after all.&nbsp; The only question was whether or not anybody had been able to get through to her while, presumably, also needing to fight for their lives against the homicidal cybernetic assassin that she had crafted herself into.&nbsp; And if nobody had... well, what further damage could it possibly do to let someone super-strong, super-fast and invulnerable try?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>17-07-2017, 04:06:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Explaining the Super Hero World<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and []<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Kamui, I'll field that question."&nbsp; Darclight raised an arm to intervene before she needed to explain. &nbsp;"Ace, I applaud your open-mindedness about the situation, believe me, I do.&nbsp; But this situation isn't as simple as it was in the past."&nbsp; He cast a glance over at the Silver Spider.&nbsp; "No offense meant, but you and Nephilim are light-years apart in this case." &nbsp;The robot continued on. &nbsp;"Everyone who failed to redeem Ellie Tudor in the past did so because they believed her cybernetics could override her mind.&nbsp; I don't believe that to be the case.&nbsp; Tudor fell because she went mad at the revelation that her own husband was Tiamat, the man she had been pursuing.&nbsp; The father of her children, the man she loved and married..."<br><br><em>Don't ever get attached to them, Conway.&nbsp; It will never end well for you.</em> Darclight reminded himself.&nbsp; Then he went on.&nbsp; "...it's not a simple matter of plugging in the right technology and <em>boom</em>, she's fixed.&nbsp; Again..." &nbsp;He looked to the Spider. &nbsp;"...you haven't known what it's like to be a hero, not yet, but I know you will in time."&nbsp; Back to Ace.&nbsp; "Tudor has.&nbsp; And she was so thoroughly broken...I'm not saying it's <em>impossible</em>, but you would have to dig really deep to find whatever heroism is left in her."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Guancyto</strong> on <strong>17-07-2017, 09:29:01</strong>
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				"It's even worse than that, she has her people wear them too," Perkins said to Sofiya, "if you want to get her a fashion designer before you send her to jail I'd consider it a public service."<br><br>"Oh, someone new to this planet! And a cute one! Pardon me for not introducing myself," she gave a half-assed cross between a wave and a salute at Ace, "Kanna Kamui, resident storm goddess. I hope you've been praying to me recently, or you might want to stay away from wide open spaces. My hero identity got outed ages ago so you can just call me Paige though." She flashed a grin at the heroine, which settled into a serious expression to get down to brass tacks.<br><br>"I've pieced together a lot concerning Ellie, you might even kind of call it my hobby. I would encourage you to think of her troubles... less like a natural disaster and more like a dam bursting. Now, a dam can stand strong for ages, and it can take a flood or an earthquake - it's built to. If it bursts, though, failure occurs along an existing weakness. Rrgh, no, that's a terrible metaphor. Let me try this again."<br><br>"So Ellie really gave her all on everything she did. When she was a hero, she was one of our best. When she set her mind to cybernetics, she was <em>almost</em> as good as me. Not bragging, just facts. When she put her mind to being a wife and a mother she was so adorable you don't even know," the Firewall heroine gave a wistful sigh. "All that worked out pretty well for a while. Then we found out about her husband. I was there for a lot of the aftermath so I'll tell you I spent a lot of nights being her shoulder to cry on, but we also spent a lot of time trying to figure things out so they could work out for everybody and coming up empty."<br><br>"So, what happens when someone that dedicated sets her heart on protecting the people close to her, and sets her heart on dealing with the Tiamat problem, and finds out that not only can she not do both, she can't bring herself to do either? Long story short, she made herself into someone who <em>could</em>. And then it got worse. Darclight's right that her experimental cognitive implants are only part of it, but 'mad from the revelation' implies that there was one realization that set everything on its head and everything was padded walls and pills after that. She was still <em>her</em> in the days after, just... less. Nobody completely sane is going to start rewiring their brain to get rid of things that they think are unnecessary, but from the outside, it still looked like that kind of quiet total determination she had before. She stopped going out, she got shyer, she developed a stutter before she got rid of that too. If she'd been throwing herself into walls and howling about the elder gods I would've known to help right away, you know?"<br><br>Perkins shook her head, "anyway, that was before all the murder. Today I don't think it would be as simple as giving her a hug or asking her to fix herself, I've done both and she tried to cave in my skull both times and I should emphasize that I used to be her best friend. Still, if you run into her, you seem thoughtful enough that I don't mind if you try and help, as long as you don't die."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kunoichi</strong> on <strong>24-07-2017, 05:13:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/81/Superheroine-2.jpg)</div>Name: Ace the Wonder-Girl<br>Where: Stormwatch HQ Situation Room<br>Milestones: --<br>0 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 18 xp<br>Assets: None | Complications: None | Resources: None<br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>To be fair, Ace had at least considered the possibility that the biggest obstacle to redeeming the fallen angel Nephilim would be Ms. Ellie Tudor herself.&nbsp; She was also aware before she had even asked about the certainty that, even if a court were to absolve her of all legal responsibility for the crimes that she had committed while she was a crazy, wired-up cyborg, the decision to craft herself into one in the first place was still a crime she was going to have to pay for.&nbsp; Knowing all of that hadn't stopped her from really, really hoping that the answer to her question would have been 'Oh my, I hadn't thought of that! Sure, why don't you give it a try?', however.&nbsp; Still, even with the answer that she'd gotten, the Venusian Wonder was glad that she'd asked about it.<br><br>After all, now that she knew more about Ellie Tudor, she knew just how stubborn she was going to have to be if she wound up running into Nephilim again.<br><br>"Thank you,"&nbsp; She responded to Paige, bowing politely as well, once the woman had finished speaking.&nbsp; "Death shouldn't really be a problem with my invulnerability.&nbsp; It sounds like it'll be tougher to get through to her than I was expecting, but if I do run into Nephilim, I think I've got a good angle to start with."<br><br>And in the meantime, she relinquished the floor to anyone else who wanted to speak up, since she had learned everything she wanted to know.&nbsp; And once this call was over, it would be time to storm a storm castle, as Paige had so eloquently put it before.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Truth, Justice and Brownies if you got 'em (IC)</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>ReijiTabibito</strong> on <strong>26-08-2017, 04:50:53</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://orig10.deviantart.net/3f32/f/2012/002/5/6/dust_and_smoke_by_shimmering_sword-d4l4dg7.jpg)</div>Name: Darclight<br>Where: Malta, Stormwatch HQ<br>Doing What: Interrogating<br>Milestones: Riders on the Storm and []<br>1 PP | 0 Physical | 0 Mental | 0 Emotional | 15xp (of 35xp total)<br><br><br><div class="spoiler_container"><div onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button" class="spoiler_header">Mechanics</div><div class="spoiler_body"></div></div><hr><br>"Kamui, you said that you had information on the Tzarina."&nbsp; Darclight prompted the conversation to return to the original reason they'd called her.&nbsp; "You said that she was moving into one of her old bases, which if my memory serves me, is probably a Saint Basil's-style knockoff located somewhere in the former Soviet Republics, or within the domain of the Eastern Orthodox church."&nbsp; Black Team had carried out the occasional operations against the Tzarina, mainly when she was busy trying to steal old Soviet weapons to arm Recluse's organization, but they had fortunately never escalated to the level that would have required a Red Team intervention.&nbsp; (For every time that she and a bunch of Arachnos goons managed to steal a tank or several crates of old AK-47s, Ghost and Night Owl and theirs managed to foil one of her schemes to steal <em>much worse</em> Soviet hardware.&nbsp; Maybe twice as many times.)&nbsp; Still, in case that it ever got to that point, Darclight had been brought in to discuss what a Red Team response would look like and constitute.<br><br>"Do you have any idea of her capabilities at current?&nbsp; Or is that something we'll simply have to figure out when we get there?&nbsp; I don't enjoy the prospect of having to combat one of the inner circle with little idea about her status."
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