The Sailor

I don't get why Lighting wants me to be with him, and not to man the device. I will be holding action until Lightning makes a move, so I can follow his lead.

Sakurako blinked as Eileen took the lead... maybe the adrenaline of needing something done was a motivator. "Casey, it's the red shed over near the athletic field, that's where everyone's headed. It's where all the training stuff is. Meet ya there." She sighed, it felt like no one was on the same page at all, as she started to head off. People were going to have to organize or this was going to turn very tragic, very quickly. She was picking up one or two of the people with her were waterphobic. She wasn't too sharp on it herself but her suit was a crutch she could rely on this once. Casey would have to take up the slack and she was afraid of what would happen if Casey was put into a leadership role. She had the confidence, but she was untested. Sakurako's dealt with disaster, but she isn't the physical specimen. "I'm so gonna need ya for this one, MG." Sakurako said as she started down the hallway, there was a look of concern on Sakurako's face... perhaps a look like she's bit off more than she can chew. She heads out the window and bee-lines to the shed where Eileen and Vicki were. Vicki was already making good choices. "Okay, if you can't handle the cold water, step in the shed and put one of those suits on. I'm gonna hunt around for..." Sakurako looked about the lit shed and spotted the still wrapped airline-style life preservers. "...bingo. 12 of them too. Might be helpful. Archetech donated some surplus aviation stuff for training students here in rescuing water landing survivors... There might be a couple small life rafts in here, about the size of a book bag, and some first aid kits too. But I got the life vests. Let me know if you need one." "Eileen, hunt around for the rafts or the first aid kits. When Casey gets here she can join us."

Actually I was, everyone.

Not that a girl whose suit is mostly white flying 500 feet in the air with clouds all about was sticking out... But before she could shoot off a retort she spotted some people on the grounds. "MG, Nevermore... there's some black suits in the compound. Prowling about. Also I don't know about hitting hard... I'm not a hard hitter close up... but at range I can give them something to worry about. Permission to begin an air strike? Once I unload MG and you guys'll have all the fun." Endeavor sets her EM Wand to it's discharge mode. "They're rather spread out, so I'll try to herd them to one spot."

Notice Check (+10): 1d20+10 20 - Not needing glasses any time soon. ^_^

Well the vests usually are in their own rip-open bag, and we can carry them in small bags. 3 for each of us, and for the non-confident swimmers in the group they can wear one so if something goes wrong (outside the boat) they can head to the surface. So, now lets see if we can find some life rafts. Note the wetsuits you were looking for are drysuits. Designed to help insulate in cold water. Might come in handy to those that get hypothermic.

Here we go then... Searching for manual-only inflatable life vests Enough for all of us and at least 8 crew members (12 in total, we can take three each. They're like the airliner style, so they're pretty small stowed, I know I already got something like that in my equipment, but I'm carrying a spare (for a crew member or if my primary malfunctions), and I wager at least the sea worthy members of our team would want a extra to carry.) Notice Check (+10): 1d20+10 12 Hero Point (I'm sure we're getting loads more later...) Notice Check (+10) with Hero Point: 1d20+10 21 Much better, a 21. I'd recommend we find a life raft, and a first aid kit too, with other people's searches, of course

No we're going to the same place.

Just wondering why you made the notice roll...

Sorry on that... I should have waited for the next post from you. Should I make a notice check to spot the type of life vests I want to grab?

"Alons-y!" Sakurako shouted... She knew the best route in the school. She in fact calculated them. She knew Hestina would be grabbing kit pretty fast, so... before running off she said. "Casey, two doors forward, window's not locked, hover to ground level. I'll take Eileen if she can't hover it herself. Run down the east walkway to the red shed-like doors. That's the main entrance to the storage shed. Estimated travel time is 45 seconds. Move!" Sakurako started to hustle, grabbing Eileen's hand and moving to the window she mentioned. "Sorry for being rude, Eileen, but this is a race against time." She felt apologizing was the right thing to do... but possibly unnecessary. "Don't worry... I've got your back, Eileen. Trust me. No one is drowning on my watch." Says the girl who can barely doggie paddle... with a inflated life vest on...

Seeing the group had lost interest in her conversation, she continued eating her meal quietly. It seemed when it came to social things, she wasn't very good at holding the conversation for long. She knew soon she'd be done and could return to the lab. Then again that's probably why they don't talk to her... maybe nothing really interests them. Although Casey does show interest it might just be because they're roommates. And Elias knew how to steal the conversation. She wiped some dust off her suit. She was going to take it in later to install the final life support upgrades she needed.

We can't move the story forward until you do. We're not dallying. Or at least start to get us moving.

"No the Navy wouldn't be using common civilian distress frequencies. They'd be radioing the Coast Guard right away, and on a military frequency. You'd not want to let out the Navy had a ship in distress on a channel that can be eavesdropped." She put her hand on Eileen's shoulder. "And trust me, I'm scared right now. Just after Christmas I almost got killed by a robotic crab that tried to sink a fishing boat, then there were the Cyberpirates... If anything a routine rescue would calm my nerves. Those sailors need us." "That and by now I've gotten a page or two of proper water safety. Heck if they got drysuits in the store-room the cold water won't be a problem." Sakurako was starting to over-think again. "But the sooner we get out there the less that boat will have sunk... so we gotta move. Get ready fast and get out there faster."

Alrightie then... Well at least I won't be uncomfortable.

Endeavor stood fast... "No... something my folks told me... never ignore a sailor in distress." She turned to everyone. "We work together, we can do this. Just like what the trainers tell us. We got the skill set." "We'll have to make due with whatever emergency equipment the ship has and our ingenuity." She started to head off. "I think Claremont's got some nautical and rescue gear usually saved for training exercises, but I think they won't miss it... although to be honest, we would be stealing, but for a good cause. We can be kitted out in... a minute, then out to the ship in no time. Just remember to grab the manual only inflatable life preservers if you need one... don't want one setting off when we're inside a ship filling with water." "In route I can code up a app for your phone, Vicki, where you can tap buttons for mission appropriate responses through the native text to voice system as well as your normal typing. We'll have to toss your phone in a zip-lock but I think things will still work." "I hate to push, but we don't got time. People need us, we can call the Coast Guard there. That signal seemed real weak, though... I'd hate to know they didn't hear that signal." "That's right, Sakurako... take the lead with ideas... that helps when I'm scared, maybe that'll help the others too!" She thought...

Ok! ^_^ Could Sakurako not be using her suit for this? Might be an interesting challenge to have her just with what's in her Equipment and a Claremont Uniform.

Endeavor flies past the roots and branches, barely avoiding them as she flies in a straight vector at Sakura-no-Onna... "Sorry, but you have to be stopped..." She flies past swinging with her Plasma Blade at Sakura-no-Onna before getting to altitude over her, switching to her Electricity Emitter. "Please... surrender, we can still talk this out but I am serious. You're putting the lives of those here in jeopardy! The trees, the people, and that sentient digital life form!" "Please... if you don't listen to reason we will be forced to stop you... with physical force if necessary. Please..." She plead.

Well, I was originally up for this thread, but if this has turned to a Senior trip I understand. Although Endeavor would appreciate the practice in the woods... and the chance to study the flora and fauna of the area! And to get away from it all...

Endeavor gulped. "Totally not good... glad I finally put that upgrade in for my life support." "B... but... who here is seaworthy? As in not needing to breathe underwater? I could grab a raft from storage, might hold a few survivors, and we could leave a person or two with the survivors... then again that depends on if there's only one or two people or many..." Sakurako started to enter a circular thought pattern, trying to plan. "N... no... that water's too cold, and that thing isn't big enough... we need a better plan than that... although by the time we get out there the Coast Guard might be there already, right?" She massaged her arm. Casey knew she always had to swallow back some of her recent bad experiences on the water. "Although... we gotta move fast anyways, don't we?"

"Huh?" Sakurako knows she just heard a mayday call... She looks at the frequency. "Common distress frequency, but that antenna might not be set up right to recieve at a distance... But I know how to up the range..." She activates her EM wand, setting it into manipulation mode, but then she adjusts the dial on it and points it at the radio, ionizing the air around it. "There, just reversed the polarity of the Ions in the air around the radio and pointing upward to act as a air antenna, using the fields from my EM-Wand to help things along. Use the fine tuner dial to get that in clearer..." She hands off her smart phone to Casey. "Casey, I need you to pull up the weather for the area." She had a look on her face. 'that' look. The 'it's time for capes and tights' look. She was already flipping through her mind palace, coming up with the possible general locations of where the distress call could have been made... most gave her a bit of concern. "Please don't be the ocean, please oh please oh please..."

Seahawk smiled. "Well, Miss A smiled. That means she's good with ya'..." Seahawk said, standing up, brushing off her suit. "So... got any common patrol routes?" "I've been operatin' around Trainor Airport. Obviously... that and it's easy f'me to balance my life as..." She pulls her goggles back. Her accent becomes a bit more refined, military even in precision. "Naomi Baines." She holds out her hand. "Test pilot for Archetech... as we're keeping your secrets, I wager you can keep mine." She presses a button and her suit turns international orange with red sections and black patches on the elbow and knees, as well as it's treaded shoes. "Never thought you'd be trading numbers with a test pilot for one of the biggest tech firms on the planet, eh?" She said, giving Lynn a business card from the belt of her suit. "To be honest, Miss A's been encouraging me to start making connections in the superhuman community." She smiles. "There's perks... I get to risk my life on dodgy prototypes so no one else has to, and even if I lawndart, I get better. Takes a little time, but I get better." She said, moving some of her hair behind her elvish ears. "And if the ears are a little off-putting well... long story. Just starting to learn about everything myself. Talking with my mom is... revealing things. Haven't had to punch bad guys yet, but I've saved people here and there... oh... and there was this time I got into a guy's plane who had a heart attack and prevented a crash! Saved the guy's family... I still have to check on the guy though. I think they revived him at the scene..." "Never the less... Although having Miss A revealing things... I think there's been enough lids being blown off." She said, scratching her head with a smile.

Where is Endeavor in that list? Wait... that was EP's characters... NM.

Well Vox makes six. I will start the thread on the 10th.

So far we got... BrigandineRampartHestinaMiracle GirlI could use at least one more before I consider starting. I wager there is some sort of transporter or what-not to take the students up?