Supercape

Supercape had never seen such a huge beast in all his years. Or all his months as a hero in Freedom City. He would have been scared enough, but the sight of a swarm of baby beasts ejecting themselves from the horrible creature's maw was enough to send a shiver down his spine and a cold sweat down his brow. "Yoikes" he mumbled. He had spied Wander stampeding through the spawn, and it looked like a few other heroes had come to fight the monstrosity. The razor sharp spikes was a neat trick - impaling hordes of the evil looking squid. It looked like a battle scene from Vlad the Impaler. He didn't need to be so close to the flying fish, that was for sure. He had only just managed to fly out of the wall of squid that had been vomited at him. He shuddered to think what would have happened if they had dragged him to the ground. So up he flew, whilst looking down and focussing his mind on the huge leviathan. It was still covered in sea water, and he had just the trick for that. With a nudge of a few key molecules, a shift of a few quantum states... ...and a blast of microwaves emitted from around the beast, as some particles lost some mass, and gained some energy. A few photons glistened in tandem, and the beast was bathed in glowing white light.

Supercape Free Action: Words Move Action: Fly Up (for a better view, of course!) Standard Action: Microwave the Fish, Base Power, Using Microwaves as descriptor (thinking it will be all damp and moist!) DC 25 Toughness Save, auto hit. As it has Secondary Effect extra (the afterglow), similar effect will kick in next round on SC's initiative.

"aha yes" interjected Supercape. "And this is my comrade - in - science, Dragonfly" Very bright young lady, heads not all with it, however. Needs a bit of direction. "Dragonfly, this is Etain Maher" he pronounced, making it quite clear that he needed to consult his PDA to find her name. "A student from Claremont. You know, we show them around the Lab and give them some science lectures now and again, all in the name of good community spirit and all that?" He sighed. The reality was that most of the Lab scientists where geeky scientists. Superheroes, yes, but they were all somewhat wrapped up in there own science worlds. Gossamer and Miss Americana were probably the most "normal" - at least superficially. Of course, Miss Americana was anything but "normal" once you really got to know her. "Anyway..." he continued "I am sure it is a pleasure for us both to meet you" he elbowed Dragonfly gently.

1d20+8=12 Supercape is Petrified. Pfft to that roll! Now technically this means he flees as fast as possible... In his case that could mean very very far indeed. The other side of the universe. It feels more appropriate for him to just fly, but I'll let ref call that one.

Supercape remained in his Superlab costume, with concealed face. It was much the same as his regular hero costume, except his cape was replaced by a pristine white lab coat that sparkled slightly. Goodness me he murmured, trying to compose himself. Etain... He had, as Professor Quill, only recently defeated an ancient evil under Freedom City with Etain, and now he was meeting her again as Supercape. He had half a mind to tell her his secret Identity, but the less people knew the better. It was going to be damn hard however. Arriving on ground level, he adjusted his lab coat, wishing he had a bow tie to adjust. Seeing Etain, he walked towards her as confidently as he could muster, and waved a greeting. No Latin he reminded himself. "Good morning" he remarked, holding out his hand. "Supercape, one of the Laboratory heroes. Pleased to make your acquaintance"

OOC for thisthread, should it be needed. Supercape, Dragonfly, and Etain at the Lab.

6th December. Hanover District (The Lab) Supercape was busy underground, playing with the particle accelerator, when his PDA started beeping. Blast and Damnation he cursed, powering down the fusion reactor. He mopped his brow, and cursed again. Fine tuning the collisions was a sensitive, delicate process that required immense concentration. And all his senses - not just the human ones. The slightest distraction and... He really should have put it on silent. He had been so close to seeing if his theory on type III gravity was true... So what was all this fuss about? He looked at his PDA. Another student from Claremont! damnation! Well, it kept the Lab in business, and it was often quite fun, teaching. He glanced down at the name, and took an involuntary gasp at the name...

Bruise for Cannonade then - not bad, as you say!

Slick entered the box alone, again. God this was melancholy he thought to himself why did I do this? emotional masochism, that's why. German Opera. Was there anything in the world more likely to evoke memories of his past, his upbringing, his father? All it needed was a bunch of mad nazi scientists to march on stage with a barrel of petroleum. He sighed. He was still enjoying the Opera, of course, but he felt emotionally exhausted.

1d20+2=22 [For reflex roll] Amazingly, Supercape actually has the presence of mind to swish out of their reach. Given the masses of them (250!) he is going to have to seriously consider either an EM Pulse (Visual and Radio dazzle burst), A Radioactive Explosion (Damage Burst), or a Contagious Nauseate (Irradiation). He certainly isn't going to damage any bystanders (or, probably, any fellow heroes) So what's the collateral here? Also, are the squidlings touching enough to be nauseated contagious?

"Mr. Slick" replied Slick. "Or, Slick. Forget the mister. Not really appropriate, seeing as I don't have a gender, so to speak". "Hmmm, cool down in a suit you say. Well, as long as its temporary. I am in your hands, doctor. Of course, it will be hard to cool down in the hands of such a charming handsome doctor as yourself, but I shall do my best!" Damn, I can't wink! he cursed to himself.

1d20=8 for Supercape's Initiative (whenever it kicks in).

"No thank you" replied Slick, as graciously as he could muster. "I was rather fond of my old body. Well. Bodies. I would rather have that back if you don't mind. " "Prostethics have never really been my thing. I prefer natural. Maybe a bit of silicon at the most. Although, credit where credits due, this translotor gizmo-gadet is rather handy. "

Professor Quentin Quill had done something a bit unusual for a friday night. He had gone out. Well, his fridge was all but empty and he didn't fancy another night of cereal. He wasn't a bad cook, all things considered, but he was rather forgetful about actually buying any food. So, as it was Friday, he had decided to treat himself to some fish. He was fairly well off. Not rich, but he could certainly afford to eat out at a good restaurant two or three times a week if he desired. So he had taken a taxi to the Waterfront, popped into a good seafood restaurant, and taken in the jazz band playing there. He had had glass of good crisp white wine, to cleanse the palate, but as he was dining alone, had stopped there. When he heard the massive roar, and shattering glass, he was very glad he had not indulged. As the customers fled outside, he stepped to one side, into the kitchens, and ran out of the back entrance, transforming as he did into the blue and white costume of SUPERCAPE!!!

No, but Ultimate Effort has to be bought separately for each skill / save etc. So, whilst you have Ultimate Effort (Reflex Saves) for this encounter, you won't have Ultimate Effort (stealth) for instance.

Im not sure you need the HP for defensive roll, with the +2 Situation bonus. That would mean you have 1 HP left.

Supercape had on his tweed Jacket and bowtie. It was, as was now his habit, actually his customised Supercape, a lattice of unstable molecules held in a 11 dimensional state, that would rearrange itself according to his wish. He never knew when he might have to change into the caped hero. If nothing else, it saved on cleaning. He had contemplated bringing some flowers, but, quite frankly, it would be like giving him a kindergarten book on numbers. He had brought some tea bags, instead. Earl grey. And a nice bottle of port. He didn't know if Stesha or Derrick drank, but a little tipple would go down nicely. He had elected to cycle to their residence. It was his way of keeping reasonably in shape. Since he had worked out how to travel to anywhere in the multiverse via quantum holes, the temptation to use that was great, but he had resisted it. He had been pounded enough as a superhero to realise keeping fairly fit was part of the job, and so he had kept up the cycling around the city. He strode up to the front door, coughed into his hand, and gave a firm knock on the door.

Rasputin up next, who releases a cloud of freezing cold! Zero Range, Fort Save, Cloud AoE Rank 15. DC 30 Fort save, (DC 30 Reflex save to reduce Fort save to 23) Carrie gets +2 Situation Bonus to both saves for having a fire and smoke next to her.

The clock was ticking down the final minutes. Supercape pressed for the elevator shaft A (one of the three equidistant spines running up and down the periphery of the Lab). It would take them almost directly to the speaking podium of the Ground Level. "Ladies? shall we?" he asked, politely offering them the lift first. Never hurts to be chivalrous... At the Ground level, the intro music, Also Spach Zarathustra, started playing, and the lights started dimming. Lasers light displays started spinning, and the spot lights swung on to the podium. All was ready. Camera's started flashing, but the crowd went silent.

"What does this do? some kind of... oh! thats much better!" said Slick, as his rudimentary speaking apparatus melted. "What a relief, I didn't know how much longer I could keep it up. Everything seems to be become more and more... well... liquid. I just felt a tingling, then a vibration, like I was a tuning fork. Then... this!" He gave an experimental wobble. It looked like a pebble had landed in a still lake. "I can just about control some of the movement, but that's about it. " "Fantastic gadget, doc!"

"Righty ho, chaps" piped up Supercape over the intercom. "By my estimates, the Bucanneer is about 22 miles north of your current location. I can fine tune your position when you get a bit closer. There is a clearing in the forest as it starts to spread out, and thats where it has parked - under its stealth field. " "Hop, skip, and jump! and good luck! I'm counting on you chaps!"

For my part, I would say keep it to the Opera.

Reaction post would be best I think.

Unfortunately not - Defence +14. I am presuming thats a move action (to the Tsar melee range) and a standard action (punch-tastic?) Still need Heritage to make the save vs. Tsars Bullet (DC 23)...

"Yeah its got go faster stripes and everything!" winked Slick. "Its nothing fancy, just a customised Bugatti Veyron, all black. Looks nice, but no gadgets or anything. I put a decent sound system in, of course" He pointed dramatically at the entrance, and held a classical pointing pose, before proclaiming. "To the Slickmobile!" and giving Wesley a big grin. "Chin up, gotta enjoy the perks, or this job will get you down!" he said, before leaping to the door.