RocketLord

GM

Tracy smiles approvingly at Michael when he shows his interest, and, with some reluctance, lets go of him to shake Michael's hand. "Ah, still learning all the bureaucracy myself. Mom usually takes care of that, but I guess somebody will have to take over the family business when somebody is more busy playing super hero." She looks at Parker with a rather pointed look, before sticking out her tongue and turning to Daniel and Iris. 

"But you two! You gotta be the telepathic twins, right? Right?" She sounds excited. The science is clearly her passion. "So, the idea here is that we're trying to set up telepathic communication. Like a phone or a headset or something like that, but with telepathic communication instead of having to talk. Quicker, easier, hopefully wider range, but not easy to figure out." She smiles, and holds her hands out to the twins. "Which is where you come in. We need to get some data, see what happens when you use your powers, but can you tell me something about yourselves first? Like, what are your powers like? Do you know how they work? Did you get them in some kind of accident, were you born with them?" She is talking fast, going a million miles an hour. 

GM

"Don't be too happy about explosions and world wars, Mr. Botez," Doctor Macedon mentions as she starts running towards the explosion. "My grandfather told me that a group of students got sent back to the second world war to fight nazi super villains once." She pauses and grimaces. "I don't want that to happen again."

Carmen soon finds the source of the explosion of flying statue that almost hit her. In the middle of the park where she passed by before, that is now a large crater, with a woman with short white hair dressed in a blue costume with a gold chest plate and white cape lying on her back. She appears to be barely concious, her costume torn showing bruises and scrapes underneath.

Meanwhile, the rest of the group is reaching the source of the explosion, at the edge of the park in the city. Several costumed individuals, all wearing rather futuristic costumes, are on the ground or in buildings, while a group of men and women in uniforms with black legs, dark grey shirts and red markings showing two jagged S symbols on the chest. They are all heavily armed and seem to be regrouping.

The STORMCROW

"Hey, we both know you'd be the one complaining complaining first if you got me in the face," Charlie quips in response to Bernie's own poor dear quip.

Taking a step back, he bows to Vik and Bernie with a flourish.

"Well, guess I'll referee then. Everyone fighting over me again, been a while since that happened."

ARCHER II

Connor ignores the man's pleading. Kids or no kids. They'll be better off without someone like this man taking care of them. The city government probably won't be much help, but this way, they won't be mixed up with drugs again.

The way that the albino has started to tremble is concerning, though...

"What's he doing?" 

Instinctively, he reaches for another arrow. A steel mesh snare, something that should hopefully be able to hold him, in case he acts up.

GM

The Katanarchist almost growls as they pulls back for another strike. There is something animalistic about the sound, something not quite human about the sound.

They don't have much chance to do anything, before Neko strikes with her naginata. The moment that it connects, the illusory weapon causes the ninja to flinch and stop, like it was a real weapon. They don't even have the time to respond.

The STORMCROW

The new ninja is moving fast. Seems better than the others. Their leader, maybe?

Whatever the cause, they go straight for Neko, and she recognizes him, calling him Katana's dog. Right, backstory development it is.

While she prepares a burning naginata, Charlie throws a ravenrang right past the ninja's face, drawing attention long enough to distract them from their next strike.

Yes, you were up @Avenger Assembled, and sorry about delays this month.

Stormcrow is gonna use Aid to Neko to give her higher Defense against the Elite Ninja, since you don't need a bonus to your attack roll: 20, that's +5 Defense for Neko on the next attack.

I assume that you will hit once the Elite Ninja approaches, so he's hit by the readied action, for a DC25 Will Save vs. Damage: 19, Bruised and Dazed, which means @Spacefurry is up while the ninja clears the daze.

As noted below, there are no ninjas visible on the ground, but 4 in the rafters and the Elite Ninja in melee with Neko.

28 - Stormcrow - 7HP - Unharmed

27 - Elite Ninja - Bruise (x1)

24 - Paper - 4HP - Unharmed

23 - Multi-Girl Dupe - Bruise (x1)

17 - Ninjas - Minions - 10x Defeated, none visible on the ground, at least 4 in the rafters (under effects of Obscure)

17 - Multi-Girl - 2HP - Unharmed

9 - Neko - 1HP - Unharmed

That gets everyone:

Soldiers saves in order, last ones being the ones already affected: 14 13 17 11 27 19 16. That ends up with 5 being paralyzed and 2 being slowed

Doctor Deviation: 19

Give me an IC @Thevshi, then I'll follow up with Spaceman

28 - Experimental Soldiers x7 - 2 slowed, 5 paralyzed

21 - Timeout - 1HP - Unharmed

20 - Spaceman - 2HP - Unharmed

19 - Gamma Buzz - 0HP - Unharmed

9 - Doctor Deviation - Unharmed, Slowed

I'd like to try to use Pan's Mind Reading power to try and skim Tun's surface thoughts.

That's a DC22 Will Save, unless she's immune to Mind Reading effects, of course.

Forever Boy

"Stories?"

The Forever Boy's face lights up in a bright smile, one that Mz. Grue and Shooting Star will probably notice is just a tiny bit too wide, edging just into the uncanny valley.

Whatever he thinks of Tun's situation, of the artificial life that she is living, he decides not to comment on it, and it does not show on his face. 

"Oh, we shall do much more than fight!" he declares. "Put us in, coach", he continues, in a Brooklyn accent, before returning to his own voice. "And then we'll give you your story! Thrills, twists and excitement!"

GM

The Scarecrow, despite its threats, has been passive until now. That all changes the moment that Haven swings his fist. It eyes seem to focus on the trail of orange sparks, almost transfixed by them, before it moves to strike, thrusting a clawed hand out towards Haven.

It misses, flying through the digital air where Haven's head was the moment before, but not even close to reaching him.

By now, the lion is cowering behind his bar, his tail barely sticking up, while he mumbles "Oh no oh no they're coming they're coming..."

That is indeed a miss. 

The Scarecrow strikes: 12

And it misses as well... we're off to a great start here!

You're up again!

24 - Haven - 1HP - Unharmed

23 - Scarecrow - Unharmed

On 4/14/2024 at 12:19 AM, Thevshi said:

The duplicate only gets an 18, so picks up a bruise.

Bernadette will move back to attack one of the ninja backstage. Would she be able to Take 10 to hit (which would result in an 18), if so, DC 27 toughness save.

Yes, she can take 10.

The ninja can't make that save, so one more ninja down.

28 - Stormcrow - 7HP - Unharmed

27 - Elite Ninja - Unharmed

24 - Paper - 4HP - Unharmed

23 - Multi-Girl Dupe - Bruise (x1)

17 - Ninjas - Minions - 9x Defeated, none visible on the ground, at least 4 in the rafters (under effects of Obscure)

17 - Multi-Girl - 2HP - Unharmed

9 - Neko - 2HP - Unharmed

GM

"We should all stick together, Miss Vueriz," Dr. Macedon quickly says, before any of the other students get away from her. She frowns as she looks around. It doesn't look anything like any of the stories that her grandfather had told her about going through the Magic Mesa, or the one time she had gone through it herself. "I'm sorry miss O’Connell, but I've only been through here once before, and we never really found out what happened, but we obviously did it because..." She turns and looks behind them. The cave they came through has closed. "... Yep, it's gone. It should open once we do whatever needs doing. The one time I got through this I got back to the 80'es, this looks a bit more advanced."

She pauses and looks around. The park they are in seems eerily empty. They can't see any other people anywhere.

"I don't suppose any of you kids got any powers that'd be useful for tracking down the last member of our little crew?"

Carmen is as alone as the rest of her group, but she is too far away to see or hear them, even with her advanced senses. It is strange to see a park this empty, even at night, but then again, everything here is very different.

The silence is broken by a horn, like an air raid alarm. She barely has time to react before an explosion cuts through the darkness not far from her. Statues like the one of Golden Star that she is standing comes flying through the air, apparently made from a material able to withstand the explosion. One lands right next to her, only barely missing. It is a woman that looks like she is dressed like the Raven.

Further away, the rest of the group sees and hears the explosion, even if it is far more faint.

GHOST

Carrie stops in her tracks when she hears the voice behind her and then spins around, looking up at the woman that's barely a head taller than her with a questioning look, then looks at her father with a somewhat unsure expression.

Casper looks back with a half smile and shrugs, before Carrie turns back to Lynn.

"Carrie." She is obviously holding back, sounding reserved. "You're my dad's friend, right?" 

The STORMCROW

"Don't worry about it, Mike," Charlie reassures him one final time. No reason to keep going at that particular issue.

He doesn't comment on Iris' question about whether he's with Callie, Michael colors that just fine, and he has to keep some secrets from people he's only just met. No need to give anyone an idea that could link their secrets IDs too easily.

"Yeah, I went to Claremont for a while," of course that under another last name and secret identity, in case Iris tries to look him up, "had to drop out before my last year, but that's how it goes. How about you? How's the school? The headmistress can be a pain, right?" He grins at Callie at the last line. Of course he's just joking.

Spaceman

Parker can honestly do without hearing the Deep Ones' songs, but at least he can put the whale carcass down now. He still doesn't like the entire scene, but it is getting better, at least. 

Michael kind of seems to have a good time, or do better than Parker is, at least. 

Something is approaching. He looks up in the direction, there's a silver ship approaching. Moving over to Sea Devil, he can hear that Lawrence has already seen it. "That's Atlantean?" he asks. "How are things between Atlanteans and Deep Ones?"

Spaceman

Parker honestly had no idea that Lawrence could do something like this, but, they did it. Together, he and Michael held Paradigm for just long enough, even if it had only been seconds, and Lawrence had given them a new ally.

Not that it helps a lot now that he's been thrown back and is on his back next to Michael.

"Yeah," he responds to Michael's statement about it sucking, but still, he smiles as he stands up. "But we did it."

Not that they have any chance to revel in that short lived victory. Michael is already giving orders, which is good. They do need to coordinate, but Paradigm can be put to better use than carrying him around. Parker hopes so, at least.

Still glowing with golden energy, Parker breathes in and lets go of his own power, directing it inward instead of out. "You need time, right?" he asks Lawrence, looking between him, Paradigm and Michael. "I'll go and try to distract the bad guy." 

He probably can't do much, but he'll try anyway. Setting off before anyone has a chance to tell him no, Parker heads straight towards the giant robed figure that is apparently behind all this. He has no illusions about being able to actually hurt them, but he can at least try to draw their attention. 

With all the force he can muster, he steers straight for the robed figure, only to be blocked by a force field, slamming face first into it Cursing internally, he pulls back and continues trying to strike. 

"I don't think we've been introduced." He hits it again. "I'm Spaceman. I don't like when people try to hurt my friends." Just keep the robed figure's focus. Do anything to try to distract him and give Lawrence time to do whatever he wants to do.

Time to buy Lawrence some time, then!

Gonna drop Parker's stunt and switch Space Movement Array to Flight, then fly straight for the big bad not!Time Trapper, which, as I've been informed on discord, has barrier around that Parker's senses can feel is there. And then I'm gonna punch it.

It's stationary, so no attack roll, so gonna do a full Power Attack, for a DC30 Toughness save.

1PP dropped from the Super-Strength boost means I'm at +7.5 Super-Strength ranks, so +7 boost. 

Let's see if J'onn knows anything with some Galactic Lore: 22

There's probably still remnants or escapees of some of the older groups that J'onn's grandfather took part in stopping to unify the planet, but there's nothing specific I've decided on. Might even have been old enemies, like Kath'lana points out.

GM

The small bear floats over, like it is dancing in the air, until it finds itself in the middle of the group, where it stays, still holding the piece of paper, as the group discuss what to do, the scans necessary, what to do about it.

They can all hear a faint murmur. Mumblings, like a distant voice that they can't quite hear. 

The moment Rex takes the paper, the voice comes through completely clear, like he just established a perfect connection. 

"Mom?.......Tesla?......Can anyone hear me?" a young woman's voice says, slightly garbled, broken slightly by static. 

The piece of paper only holds a single word, hastily scrawled down in black marker.

HELP

Rex looks at it briefly. His expression grows determined.

"I won't fault anyone staying behind, but this just became a rescue mission. I'm going in there. Prepare for Z-Space breach."

Rex Atom

"No, I don't think it's the same bear... unless you dreamt of that bear?" Rex asks the Dreamer. He had read up on her and everyone else here, and what they can do. She could theoretically do that, but it would be too much of a coincidence. Even more so than the group encountering an anomaly like that before they have even formed.

He agrees with both her and Raven, though, and glances over at some of the scanners. "You mind?" he asks the technician, as he looks over the readings. 

It is kind of what he expected. Close enough, at least.

"The bear's absolutely saturated with Z-Space radiation." So, what then? Continue to play it cautious, or actually do something?

With a slightly crooked smile on his lips, he returns the other bear to the Dreamer.

"How about a leap of faith?" 

He reaches out for the bear, takes the piece of paper and turns it around to read it.

GM

Before they have a chance to go in, the door slides open and a blonde woman dressed in a white lab coat over a black dress shirt and slacks combo walks out, pauses for a moment, then promptly grabs Parker with an arm around his neck and starts playfully messing with his hair with her other hand.

"Hey, bro! About time you showed up! You should've been here ages ago!" Her tone is playfully angry, and while Parker could probably get out of the grab, he doesn't. 

Without letting go, she looks up at the other students, like she is only just noticing them there.

"Oh, hey! Welcome to the lab, I'm Tracy. You guys ready to do super science?"

She could do that.

Spaceman

"Maybe? Parker offers in response to Michael's question about awakening everyone's third eye or something like that. "I honestly wouldn't put it past Tracy. Some of her ideas are interesting."

He leads the group through the building, using a combination of his memory and his enhanced senses. 

Once they're in an elevator going up, he can't help himself.

"This place is probably the reason why I got powers. Tracy pushed some buttons, and my mom was hit by some strange radiation while she was pregnant with me." He doesn't know why he wants to tell that story, but it feels appropriate. "I kinda hope that she's gotten better at all this since then, but then again, she was three."

The door opens, and Parker steps out, leading them towards a laboratory.