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Right then. Ahab is blinded and deafened, so he'll rampage around a bit, but without hitting anything. He'll get to roll next round to get rid of dazzled. And going for Forever Boy, gonna throw a Binding Bands snare at him: 1d20+12 = 21, that's a hit And reflex save to avoid being hit by Ahab, vs DC22: 9, bound and helpless... and you're up, if you want to attack, because Ahab is still struggling. 28 - Forever Boy - 4HP - Unharmed 24 - Gauss - 3HP - Unharmed 20 - Captain Ahab - Bruise (x1), Dazzled (Visual, Auditory), Bound and Helpless.

Robin froze. Was Max Mars pointing at her? He wanted her to get up on the stage, in front of everyone? And wait! Frequent flyer? Did he actually recognize her from all the times she'd been coming to the science fair? This was... wow. She honestly didn't have words! Max Mars recognized her! This was too awesome! "Wow." she managed to utter, before noticing the MarsTech employee with the smile. He might be good looking, he might have a beaming smile, but Robin didn't even notice it right now. She was going to meet Max Mars! With the path opening to the stage, she started quickly walking up towards the stage. And alright, this was fine, this was great. Everyone watching, all at once. Not scary in the slightest, no. But she could do this. She had to, right? This was a great chance. Maybe get to pick Mr. Mars' mind a bit! Taking quick steps to get to the stage, Robin looked up at Max Mars and Meridian. He seemed to be all smiles, friendly and smart. Meridian too, but flying and in a rather revealing costume. Robin had to look ridiculous next to these two. A real, flying super hero and the CEO of MarsTech, and here she was in jeans and t-shirt, looking like a teenager despite being in her early twenties. She felt kind of ridiculous, to be honest. Deep breath. Think it through. Don't embarrass herself too much. "This is such an honor, Mr. Mars. The Olympus is incredible, but it can't be cheap. How are you gonna convince it to be put into use around the world?" Yes, that right there, that might work. She was almost trembling with excitement, but no, she had to stand straight, stand still, and at least try to breathe.

As discussed with Fox on discord, I'll be moving my GM post spend for May around a bit, so these are the new counts: Dust Devil II 1 post = 1PP Sand and Water (1) Forever Boy 12 posts + 38 GM posts = 50 Post Total = 4PP Belly of the Beast (Posts marked Forever Boy) (4) Puzzle Box: The Fun Guy (3) Sky-Pirates (Posts marked Forever Boy) (1) SOPHie's Choice: Shock to the System (1) The Wearing of the Green (3) Justice 13 posts + 37 GM Posts = 50 Posts Total = 4PP Armor Leg (5) Choose Your Own Adventure (Posts marked Justice) (6) Monster of the Week (2) Rebellion 5 posts + 20 GM Posts = 25 Posts Total = 3PP School Rumble (Posts marked Rebellion) (5) U.F.O. 0 posts + 4 GM posts = 5 Post Total = 1PP ... GM 50 GM posts = 100 posts to divide A Different Kind of Justice (2) Belly of the Beast (Posts marked GM) (2) Choose Your Own Adventure (Posts marked GM) (6) Defenders of the Deep (4) Glitter and Gold (6) Happiness in Slavery (9) Ink (4) Monster of the Week (1) Mysterious Menagerie of Monsters (5) Run Fast (3) School Rumble (Posts marked GM) (4) Sky-Pirates (Posts marked GM) (5) 37 GM posts to Justice 38 GM posts to Forever Boy 20 GM posts to Rebellion 5 GM posts to U.F.O. If I did a miscount anywhere, remove GM posts from U.F.O. first, but leaving at least 1 post, then from Rebellion.

GM Tricia appeared utterly shocked. "How can you doubt me?" She held a hand up to her chest, as she stared at Captain Cosmos before her. "Of course I am in a hurry! We are in a room with crazed gunmen! They shot at you! They've threatened all our lives! And now you're just believing them, just because they realized that you're too strong for them?" She paused, taking a step away. She started fanning herself. "Just what kind of hero are you? I am the victim here!" The leader of the gunmen looked up at Captain Cosmos as well. "Well? What're you gonna do, hero?"

GM It was difficult to tell, but the black light did not seem displeased with the name. It projected something, what was likely a good feeling, to Pacer, in response to the name. Kasi of the Endless Plains huffed, breathing out heavily from his huge nostrils. There was some shock to his voice as he spoke. "Is that so? Do you not have a people, or a world to call your home?" He seemed somewhat shocked by the concept. "Are you a star traveller, like this racer?" He gestured towards Bolt Hole, who was simply floating motionless in the air. The rainbow wave moved around them, getting real close to Pacer for a moment, almost touching but not quite, a whisper reaching her, though seemingly unheard by the rest. "Fast. Will be faster still." There was some commotion near the glowing starting line. Some of the racer were standing on the glowing rainbow colored road, speaking loudly among themselves. There seemed to be some pushing involved as well.

@EternalPhoenix Edited previous post to take out the part about the race starting, to make time for some interaction first.

Forever Boy If the others felt the need to suit up in these strange suits, then Pan would follow suit. Strapping into the same kind of suit as the one Veronica were, he was happy to lead the way outside, floating over the ground. He could have blocked the sound too, perhaps, but for now, he found it prudent to simply create an image of them not being there. They needed some way to communicate, after all. At any rate, he had to agree with Facs. "This do feel strange. I believed the castle would be filled with enemies to evade or fight." Part of him wanted to fly ahead at speed, but he was the one keeping their presence a secret, at least for now.

"Yeah, sure, sure, let me just give this thing a look. Gotta make sure its set right, make sure it doesn't take us out." Yeah, right. Make sure its turned off. Robin had decided. These were bad guys, this was a bad place, but blowing it all to pieces, in the middle of the city, with a powerful explosive like this? No way. Slipping a hand into the utility belt she had recently added, she pulled out a small device, a little scan that could help her a bit with figuring out this thing, then got to work. This thing was not just something homemade. Was somebody backing Jones? She probably wouldn't have long before Jones decided to get on her case about what she was doing, so she had to work fast. Hopefully she could work well, too... At least do something to make this thing not work anymore.

Well then! Gonna reach into Justice's Utility Belt and pull out a bomb disposal kit, having the Gadgets power give Justice the following power: Enhanced Trait 1 (Disable Device +4) [1PP] Disable device time! 1d20+15 = 19 Not the best, but oh well, let's see what happens!

That's a hit. TOU: 18 And since he's staggered, cultist 2 finally goes down, no longer blocking the door. 31 - Ronin - Uninjured - 2HP 24 - Lady Horus - Uninjured - 0HP 24 - Wadjet - Uninjured 24 - Cultist 1 (Illusion Creator) - Uninjured 21 - Cultist 2 (Big Brute) - Unconscious 12 - Mr. Strix - Shaken - 0HP - Defense -2 till next turn 10 - Cultist 3 (Shadow) - Unconscious 7 - Dr. Thorne - Uninjured - 2HP Current situation around the room: The Cultist 2 (the big cultist) is knocked out in the doorway, with Liam next to it. Ronin is outside the room. Cultist 3 (the Shadow cultist) is on the floor, between Cultist 2 and Ronin. Wadjet is in the hallway, next to the big cultist, learning that he's knife proof. Liam is in the room behind Cultist 2. Cultist 1 has retreated to the corner the furthest away from the door, with Strix and Lady Horus in front of her, Strix being in melee range. Ink is dripping from the books on the table. An IC post from @Tiffany Korta, then @Supercape is up

@KnightDisciple My bad, misread is as you just targeting one of the pirates. Made an edit with the other two rolling TOU, too. One down, one still up.

Crits too, so let's see his TOU: 24 Not too bad! A bruise for Ahab. I'll roll for his recovery from dazzled and whatever else he does after your IC. 28 - Forever Boy - 4HP - Unharmed 24 - Gauss - 3HP - Unharmed 20 - Captain Ahab - Bruise (x1), Dazzled (Visual, Auditory)

Forever Boy At first, Pan wasn't quite sure. He recognized that man, didn't he? He was quite distinctive, after all, with the coat and the face and the harpoon. Where had he seen him before? Then Selena spoke up, and the good captain screamed and threw the couch at them, and well, that was good enough to make him remember. "Ahab! How are you even here!?" Despite Ahab's obviously murderous intent. "Hold that thought!" He raised his hand towards their foe, Pixie Dust swirling around it before exploding outward in a brilliant, and quite loud, sparkling explosion of firework. Had he been quicker, Ahab might have avoided, but not so. Quickly, Pan leaned in near Selena, raising a hand up to cover his mouth towards Ahab, while he whispered: "He is from my world! A bit of a nasty type, but his heart is in the right place, somewhere deep deep deep down. Still, be my guest with the heavy machinery and all that!"

Well, good rolls all around. 28 - Forever Boy - 4HP - Unharmed 24 - Gauss - 3HP - Unharmed 20 - Captain Ahab - Unharmed Forever Boy is gonna throw some fireworks at the good captain: 1d20+16 = 33, that's a hit. DC18 Ref save to avoid being blinded and deafened for Ahab: 17 And Gauss is up

GM The man paused, the couch still held high above his head. He turned to Gauss, watching the machine bobbing up and down behind her, before snarling out a response. Whatever else she had hoped for, he did not seem scared in the least. If anything, he seemed even more pissed off. "How do you know my name!? Are you in league with the cursed whale!?" The optic of his robotic eye seemed to adjust, as if trying to take in the full view of the strange woman before him... and then he noticed her companion. "FOREVER BOY!" With little effort, he threw the couch towards the heroes, making his distaste of Gauss' companion obvious.

Right then, opposed intimidate: 35 Sorry, no such luck, HOWEVER... See IC. And throwing the couch, Forever Boy and Gauss are close enough that he can hit them both, so let's see: 10, missing both. Let's get some initiative, then we'll go from there in turn order. Captain Ahab: 20 Forever Boy: 1d20+ 9 = 28

GM The gunman took his hand and was lifted up, standing up straight and stretching. He was obviously still sore from the hits he had taken. "Nah. Not a distraction. Just attention. Connect the dots, hero. If everyone's looking at your little charity thing, then imagine the attention it'll get." He raised his hand, pointing to Tricia Thorne. "Imagine the attention that you'll get, ain't that right, Thorne?" Tricia Thorne stopped in her tracks. She had been moving away, but now she just looked at Captain Cosmos and the gunmen. "You have got to be kidding me. They're obviously lying, mister hero! Take them down now, before they shoot all of us!"

GM "Ah, kid... You really don't. It's a mess when it happens, and we've learned what we can. I'm sure you've seen horrible stuff in movies and whatever, but this is real. Its really not something you need to..." Rita was obviously about to continue, when another of the researchers in the room raised his voice, having approached them while Nicole had looked away. "Would you stop that! Honestly! Its been months since we last had any of the test subjects reject any of the nanomachines! We've fixed it! Move on, and get us the approval for some real animal testing already!" The man was tall, and rather imposing. Caucasian, bald, with a small black moustache. He was probably in the mid thirties or so, and his tone and stance made it clear that he thought he knew better than Rita or anyone else in the room. He had a pair of black rimmed rectangular glasses in his lab coat pocket, which he wore over a black t-shirt with the logo for some heavy metal band that was named something along the lines of "The Fyreslayers", though the font made it hard to read, and a pair of jeans. Rita's demeanor changed almost instantly when the man spoke up. "Ah. Nicole, this is Doctor Guy Richards. As you can imagine, he does not quite agree with my assessment of the potential dangers of the nanomachines."

My bad @Thevshi, I read White Lioness zipping up towards the pirate ship as Veronica being left behind. @KnightDisciple: Let's go for some mood lighting, but without any more concealment. And that's a hit, TOU save: 19, fail by 4, so KO EDIT: TOU saves for the other two guys: 27 16. One fine, one fail by 7, so KO 32 - White Lioness - 1HP - Unharmed - Waiting for a lift for the rest of the turn 26 - Thunderbird - 2HP - Unharmed *25 - Veronica Danger - 3HP - Unharmed *24 - Forever Boy - 4HP - Unharmed 23 - Ship A Crew - Undamaged - 3 Pirates near Danger building - 1x Unharmed, 2x KO - 2 Pirates inside the small dome - Unharmed 21 - Ms. Thursday - 2HP - Unharmed (Currently DEF 5) 19 - Salvo - 2HP - Unharmed 15 - Ship B Crew - Undamaged 11 - Zenith - 2HP - Unharmed 5 - Building Defenses Other Zenith's Big Dome - Toughness 10, Def -7? (5-12) (Awesome Size) - Damaged x3 Zenith's Small Dome - Toughness 10, Def ? (coming later) - Undamaged Fog/Rainclouds around the building, courtesy of Thunderbird. No longer providing cover, but slowly fading. The cannonball that didn't break the dome was destroyed, the other is now inside the dome, not too far from the people near the entrance, with pirates appearing from it. The second dome is over it. The defense system has been activated: 4 Ranged Stun 9 cannons with +7 to hit.  Current situation, to summarize: The institute is currently surrounded by a Toughness 10 dome, which the teens can pass or shoot through without harm. The flying Sky-Pirate ships are approaching from above. Ship A is about 1000 feet away at this point, and Ship B about 1500 feet away at this point, but approaching rapidly. Both are about 200 feet above ground. Forever Boy has reached Ship A, flying near it. White Lioness is approaching has landed on Ship A, Veronica is above on her sky bike. Salvo has moved further inside the complex to try to figure out the Horologium. A group of 5 pirates have appeared from a glowing light from the cannonball that managed to break through the dome. Ms. Thursday is in melee with 2 pirates of the Pirates inside a smaller dome, with 3 other pirates outside it, and Zenith on top of it. Thunderbird is in melee with the 3 pirates outside the smaller dome, having KO'ed one. @Thevshi is up, then I'll go with Forever Boy and the Ship A crew.

GM And it was with feeling, indeed. Even though his barrier had taken hits already, the red flames raced out far faster than the hunters could react. One of them shouted a loud curse, which was drowned out in the roar of the flames, trying to throw himself out of the way. It was to no avail. All three hunters were enveloped in the fiery explosion. The one that had first shot at William, fell in that very moment, while the others remained standing, their clothes burnt and smoking. Or rather, they would have remained standing, but William had other ideas. Having avoided being seared, the mighty pig glared towards the nearest hunter, the one he had already tried attacking. With a loud *OINK!*, he let loose the war pig inside and charged straight at the unfortunate hunter. He barely had time to react before the full force of the mythic pig hammered into him, trampling him underneath its hooves. Stamping a few times on the knocked out hunter, seemingly just for the hell of it, William let out a very satisfied *OINK!*

You should be able to catch all the hunters in the effect. Reflex Saves for half TOU: 20 27 17 Hunter 2 makes the reflex save. TOU saves: 25 10 17 Fail by 2, 12 and 10 Hunter 1 goes down due to Stagger Hunter 2 is Staggered and Dazed Hunter 3 is Staggered and Dazed The hunters can't do much, William goes for Hunter 3 again: 24 That's a hit, TOU for Hunter 3 vs DC26: 11 Hunter 3 goes down too, and you're up. Hunter 1 - KO Hunter 2 - Staggered, Dazed Hunter 3 - KO Oz - 1HP - Bruised x1 - Force Field: Injury x1, Hole Charlemagne - Unharmed William the Pig - Unharmed

@KnightDisciple, @Thevshi, you're up.

GM The cultist almost hissed as the man in white refused her. She might have evaded taking a hit so far, letting her companions do the actual fighting, but now she had no fight. As Strix cornered her, claws at the ready, she tried to back away, only to find the wall in the way. His claws reached her quickly, scratching across her robes, yet meeting unexpected resistance underneath. It seemed that he had been right about not needing to go easy.

Thanks, I must have forgotten to remove that HP. Fixed from this point on. That's a hit, with +1 to DC, so TOU vs. DC24: 25 The cultist makes the save 31 - Ronin - Uninjured - 2HP 24 - Lady Horus - Uninjured - 0HP 24 - Wadjet - Uninjured 24 - Cultist 1 (Illusion Creator) - Uninjured 21 - Cultist 2 (Big Brute) - Bruise (x4), Staggered 12 - Mr. Strix - Shaken - 0HP - Defense -2 till next turn 10 - Cultist 3 (Shadow) - Unconscious 7 - Dr. Thorne - Uninjured - 2HP Current situation around the room: The Cultist 2 (the big cultist) is blocking the doorway into the room, having just been punched by Liam from behind. Ronin has reached outside the room and shot at Cultist 2. Cultist 3 (the Shadow cultist) is on the floor, between Cultist 2 and Ronin. Wadjet is in the hallway, next to the big cultist, learning that he's knife proof. Liam is in the room behind Cultist 2. Cultist 1 has retreated to the corner the furthest away from the door, with Strix and Lady Horus in front of her, Strix being in melee range. Ink is dripping from the books on the table. @Tiffany Korta is up

GM Before Robin spoke, Mayor Smalls seemed to gain some courage from Gretchen's request for help. He almost seemed to visible grown half an inch, maybe even a full inch. "Yes, yes! Help! Of course you will need help! Now look, over there! Just follow the Silver Road, all the way to Ruby Castle! The Grand Sorcerer leaves there, you know! He will be able to help you! Surely, he will!" He seemed almost excited, now. Like this was the best thing to have happened. "Make sure to tell him that you came through Lilliput! Then he will surely help you!" He had taken to leaning back and forth on his toes and heels, which came to a complete stop as Robin spoke and opened the portal. It was as if all color drained from his face. It seemed he could deal with Gretchen flowing into the ground, but not with the other one creating a literal hole in the very air. "Err... Yes. Good luck." Then he turned, hurrying inside the house and closed the door. Only to quickly open it and peek outside to tell them, once more: "Remember! Tell the Grand Sorcerer that Lilliput sent you!" Then he closed the door again.