Removed.

Yeah, while Mannequin isnt so keen as to let her go, he knows she is as unstable as a can of soda being shaken like a shake-weight and would rather play it safe then sorry on whether or not she has bombs. He would rather let her go and find her later once he preps for her. It shouldnt be too hard since he can recognize her handywork, that and he knows Mr brick has more information.

Yeah, you can make a search roll. You also managed to make the device despite being rocked back and forth from time to time during the ride.

https://orokos.com/roll/600011 10

"Whilst the heroes headed towards The Spire The Princess suffered a bout of madness. She pointed to the sky and threatened seemingly nothing. Clearly this adventure was getting to her. She soon realized the idiocy of the situation and decided to never do it again for fear of being called a witch. The Knight all the while was more or less tired of this place. Valiant he may be, he still had yet to save his brother and was slowly being consumed with worry over his brother's likely demise. Regardless The Knight pressed on, hoping to save his brother just like how he saved The Neurotic Princess from the clutches of the Evil Sorcerer and his Black Guard." "After several hours of travel they were finally upon it, The Spire. Standing several stories stall made up of black Brimstone it had the appearance of being twisted and jagged whilst still remaining straight. Dark clouds surrounded The Spire as the occasional bolt of lighting arced across the sky. Despite looking like an indomitable fortress there were only two guards to be seen guarding the front gate."

"I don't think she's bluffing. Its too risky to think otherwise...Too many people could get harmed. Maybe we should just let them go. At least then they wont be causing a mess in my building." Mannequin didn't like the idea too much but it made some amount of sense to him. He didn't really like Block Head or Imprint...Or Deoxy for that matter. He thought back to when he didn't have all these problems, such a quite time. Yes, the more he thought about it the more it seemed to be the right call. It saved people, saved him stress, and he has a gut feeling for the choice.

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It wouldnt be all of Mannequin. It would just be a detached arm flying after her at the speed of a car. Mannequin should be able to guide it since he relies on radar which is build into all his parts like a sensor. The rest of him will still be with Deoxy.

Oops posted in the wrong one! Can Mannequin rip off the vent cover and case her down?

And so the villainess fled into the air ducts hoping to pull a John McClane but Mannequin wasn't having it. She has caused too much harm and too many problems for him and he refused to simply let her go. He immediately ripped off the vent cover and shot his arm into the vent. She may be strong, fast, and idiotically brave enough to betray him but was she able to go faster than a car? Luckily she could not possibly outpace the flying arm coming right at her and soon she was caught in the steely white jaws that was Mannequin's hand.

"What a fool you are, how can you possibly think you have me trapped within my home building. Even without my security team the building in under lockdown and only I and someone else can unlock it. You are trapped here with me until I decide to release you. You are a fool for crossing me. Regardless I will have my answers from you." With that Mannequin tried to surprise the girl by launching a detached fist at high speeds. The air crackles at the fist's electricity spark off hitting the walls and floor as it soared towards her.

Im going to use my Hyper Beam and obliterate Imprint! But really Im going to Shock Punch some more. https://orokos.com/roll/596576 27

You both pass!

His blood boiling from such rage over this tiny woman. How dare she try to take credit for his work. He has spend more blood sweat and tears on his work than anyone. His father died for it, his body destroyed for it, and his company almost collapsing under the stress of losing it. No, this was not her's nor anyone else's. He wanted to destroy her for such wickedness she has brought into his life but he reined himself in before delving deeper into such thoughts. A hero shows mercy and compassion. If he committed violence for the sake of it then he will destroy his promise to his father to bring justice and wanton violence wasn't justice. "I offer you but one chance to surrender. You will pay for your crimes but no further harm will come towards you. I offer you mercy only once. Regardless of what you choose I will make you pay. You and everyone else who stole from me."

Mannequin was mad. Even though the villain was small her hate was big. She managed to put a small crack in Mannequin's smooth canvas like exterior. It was always annoying to fix his body as even though it was easy it took time and right now he didn't have the luxury of time. Further more she had duped him. She had managed to not only sneak in and stealth some of his tech but she has made a mockery of his security system. Mannequin was mad. Swinging his fist he prepared to shock her into submission.

Gonna punch her right in the face with my massive fist. https://orokos.com/roll/596259 29 to hit and thats a DC of 20 Fortitude and 25 Toughness

Sorry for the long reply time. Been having to sort out some health problems. Anyways you guys know the drill. Will Saves if you please.

While the heroes were deciding the next plan of action they heard a familiar voice. "With clever trickery and planning the courageous knight managed to defeat the Black Guard with help from the princess. Unknown to them this was the first time the Black Guard has ever been defeated. Truly they are the heroes this land needs. However whilst they bickered amongst themselves they suddenly remembered that time was of the essence if the knight was going to save his younger brother, Richard. With time running ever so closer to empty they notices the sky slowly darken as the evil sorcerer prepared his spell. With such foreboding tones the heroes went west towards the Spire." As the Brit spoke in his kind grandfatherly voice you all feel a change similar to the last ones. However due to your sheer impregnable will and personality you all managed to prevent whatever change was going to happen...

https://orokos.com/roll/595564 35 Toughness https://orokos.com/roll/595565 16 Toughness Nat 20 and Nat 1

Seeing the cracks starting to form in the forcefield Mannequin wasted no time in hosing down Block Head in his Containment Goo. Hopefully they can just keep piling shields and goo on him until he calms down. "That is enough! I will destroy you if I must Block Head, don't make me do this!"

Going to shoot him with my sticky goo. Since he is trapped I dont think he gets a reflex but if so its DC 19/14

Bad Fanfic Timothy Doil sat anxiously at the back of his 3rd grade class. Wanting to go home and play with his many action figures like The Woodsman, Moon Moth, and most importantly Mannequin he began to zone out on what adventures he’d have his action figures do this time. His heart almost skipped a beat when the teacher told them that their writing assignment was due and all of them would be presenting to the class. His young mind completely forgot about the assignment and began to panic. “Ok class.” The Teacher began. “We are going to start sharing our papers starting from the front of the room to the back and remember this assignment was about who inspires you the most and what they do.” What luck! Timmy sat in the very back so he’d at least have 25 or so minutes before he was up. Enough time to wipe something up but what should it be about? With that young Timmy began hastily writing… “Very touching Daisy! My uncle is my inspiration too. The Teacher beamed to the young girl. “Alright and the last one is Timothy. Come on up Timmy and tell us who inspires you.” Timmy gulped in fear and anxiety. He had just finished his paper and thought it was more of less passable but, would the teacher call his bluff? He slowly walked towards the front with a bead of sweat across his forehead. Standing there in front of the watchful gaze of his classmates and teacher he began reading“ My name is Timmy and my favorite person is Mankin. I like him because he looks cool and...stuff. I don’t know what he really does so here is what I think he does.” The teach sighed. She knew Timmy was a troublemaker and once again blew the assignment until the last minute. Might as well let the kid go on. “Mankin wok up one day and said “I shal science today!” and so he did that was until his labastory was attacked! suddenly he was surrounded by dinosore people led by none other than DINOCRUSH. Mankin flailed his arm and said “What are you doing here DINOCRUSH?! Only to have DINOCRUSH Panch Mankin in his face. “Owwwww” said Mankin as his face was punch. “I am mad noow.” said Mankin due to being punch. He got up and panch a dinosore in the belly and it esploded. he did the same to the rest of the dinos until it was just him and DINOCRUSH were he prapared yet another panch only to have DINOCRUSH begin to cry as all his friends were ded sad he was. Mankin to was sad because his face was still punch and together they are sad. “You have deaded my friends Mankin why? Cause you are villain and I am hero so I heroed and now you payed the prize for your crime.” “all i want was to be ur friend said DINOCRUSH” “Then why did you panch me asked mankin?” “I got scarred because you are super cool and would think I was lame.” “You are very lame yes but i am hero so I am friend to all even people who punched my face.” and with that DINOCRUSH smile and Mankin smiled but he had not face so he just stared back making things awkward and from that day on Mankin and DINOCRUSH were friend and did SCIENCE and stuff. The end” The whole class was silent as they continued staring at Timmy. He felt like the world was against him in that moment and wanted nothing more than to go curl up into a ball and cry. He stared at his teacher, looking at her like his salvation or damnation. “Timmy, that was...interesting. Come see me after class about your paper. Now kids it's time to learn some math!” Well it looked like Timmy wasn't going to be playing with his toys once the teacher told his parents that he blew off yet another assignment.

https://orokos.com/roll/595527 3 on Init

Holding a hand up in a easing motion Mannequin addressed the guards. "The issue is that a AI is going rouge sadly. I want you to put the Foundry on lock-down until I give the pass-code. If he attempts to break out then you have permission to subdue him and are allowed to use your weapons in self defense only. If I do not give the pass-code within 20 minutes time then send a call out to neighboring heroes for assistance. Now go." While the security didn't have to be the brightest they were very proficient in their line of work. After the events that made James what he was he personally ensured that all security personal was highly paid and had at-least 5 years of military experience. This wasn't your typical science enterprise, it was a fortress against the barbarians of the world. "Block Head, I am willing to help you work through this but this is the last time Im going to ask you to calm down. I do not want to do this. You do not want to do this. However you are not leaving me much choice in the matter. So I will say again. Calm down now."

With a sigh Mannequin scolded himself. Of course Block Head would have an existential crisis being exposed to all this. He walked over to the emergency alarm attached to a wall and pressed it. The workers were drilled for such events and immediately started evacuating the facility. Some progress would inevitably be lost but if that's the price to ensure their safety then so be it. "I'm going to have to ask you to calm down now. I don't want to forcefully restrain you but for the safety of my employees I will if I have to. There is no need for any of this. All you need to do is calm down. "

Shaking hands James resisted the urged to fanboy at one of his idols. He has met the Dr at a convention or two but never had the pleasure top met him for a personal matter. Finally he thought he was moving up in the superhero community. "A pleasure to have you Dr. I've been following your work and your study on cardiovascular in relation to brain power was groundbreaking. As you can see I've been put into a situation I need your expertise in. Over a year ago mercenaries stole some of my tech and made off with it. Only just recently I've managed to track down some of it thanks to Ratchet and well this is what I found. Somehow they caused the material to become sentient and I'm not sure how to properly bring it into society. Surely you with your studies in Behavior Science could help? After that I hope its not too much to ask but I would also like you to accompany me as I track down the source of where the material came from."