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Glow's a PL9 at the moment (because I'm lazy and haven't done updates to make her PL10 in waaaaay too long), so probably a little higher than the range you're looking for... but I figured I'd toss her name in the ring seeing as nobody else has stepped forward yet!

Not here to laugh at you, no. Kristin thought as she watched Stratos rant on about Blackstar. You've definitely lost the plot, but that's hardly a surprise after what you've been through. It was almost enough to make her feel sorry for the man - at least until she remembered the attempted mass murder at the bank. Hopefully we can get him the help that he needs AND make sure that he's not a danger to anyone else. Kristin raised an eyebrow and straightened up from her unobtrusive position leaning on the interrogation room door. "Oh don't stop talking on my account Doctor Stratos," She assured the suddenly apologetic villain. "I'm older than I look, I get that a lot because I'm small and all that but I'm no 'little kid' so there's no need to watch what you say around me at all." After a short pause she shot the man a cheeky grin. "And I can assure you that I'm totally clear on what guys might want to do with Star Knight!" It couldn't hurt to get the crazy man a little more relaxed after all - It might loosen his tongue further for the important questions.

Glow thought about the strange scene at the bank while she listened to Thunder and Cobalt Templar discussed the options, and while she wasn't nearly as experienced as the older Claremont Alum she also wasn't the type to keep her opinions to herself. "I don't think we're going to find a lot unusual here," she said as she looked around the bank. "I might have missed the start, and Stratos looked pretty excited about it all, but this Medea looked like she had places she'd rather be. If there was anything special about the bank she wouldn't have looked quite so bored, right? I really think that Stratos really just wanted to rob a bank, strange as that sounds." With a shrug the diminutive telekinetic looked up at Captain Thunder and raised an eyebrow. "I wouldn't mind hearing what he's got to say for himself," she said with a nod. "Can't help but be a learning experience at the very least."

Glow >A deck built for two >Swan Fever >Towers Powers

Glow nodded her agreement with Cobalt Templar as he explained the entire incident to Captain Thunder, then added her own input. "Stratos seemed pretty unstable," she commented. "This place would be one heck of a mess if we hadn't managed to stop that nova-blast he tried. Someone with that kind of power losing the plot with so many civilians around..." The teenager shivered slightly, and then looked up at Thunder again. "The one playing Hera tried to mind control me," she noted. "And she was pretty powerful. I've worked with a couple of telepaths and this was pressure like I haven't felt before. She tried to force me to believe she was my god and to make me blast Starchaser here. I only just shook it off too - I don't think her heart was really in this whole bank-job thing, but she wasn't some minor league villain at all." Despite that assessment of "Hera's" power, Glow seemed quite up-beat. Helping save a whole bunch of people had clearly done a lot to sort out her confidence-issues.

A bit bemused by people's willingness to approach so close to Stratos - even a well-pinned-down Stratos - so soon after his attempt at mass-murder, Glow did her best to usher people a little further away as they crowded around. It seemed to be a losing battle however, and the young heroine was very on-edge as she answered questions and shook hands with the bank manager and several reporters. At least Jack Jackson didn't manage to be here.. Grinning at that thought Glow fended off several more questions. "Yes I'm back on duty.", "Yes I'm fully recovered, thank you." and "No I'm not answering questions about Nephilim." covered off the more common enquiries, and then politely disentangled herself from the crowd to head over to Starchaser. "Nice job with the tackle!" she told the mighty paragon. "And welcome aboard I guess. I'm Glow, and I just wanted to say thanks. This would have been really nasty if you hadn't been here to reinforce that barrier I threw up. I don't know if I would have stopped that blast by myself."

As Cobalt Templar smashed another mighty blow into Stratos, Glow let the remaining wisps of her telekinetic box fade away. A moment later a wall shimmered into existence behind her, flush with the roof and the walls, effectively sealing Stratos and the three heroes off from the rest of the bank. With the civilians out of harms way and her confidence rapidly returning she flashed a grin at Starchaser. "Hit him hard!" she told the powerful paragon, then kicked into action and dashed away from her newly created wall. Stratos was of course well out of her weight class and with her telekinesis walling off the fight from the world she had little in the way of attacks that could even hope to take the man down, but what she did have was a set of decidedly eye-catching gymnastic maneuvers. "Hey Doc!" she yelled at the villain as she dove into a tumble. "Pick on someone your own size!" A moment later the tiny Australian cartwheeled back to her feet, her telekinetic barriers flaring bright as she braced for an attack.

I'm up! I'm inclined to have Glow not attack our friendly neighbourhood big-bad this round. Instead she's going to see to the evacuation of any remaining civilians. She can probably do that by keeping her TK array on create object and using it to wall off the section of the bank that has fighting from the section of the bank that has civilians. Is that reasonable? If she can do that and also have her move action she can use her fast acrobatic bluff feat to feint the bad-guy at the same time, right? She can make that a DC25 sense motive or acrobatics check by taking 10 with skill mastery, and if that wins she could then use set-up to make Stratos flat footed for Starchaser to blast away at.

Glow's eyes snapped towards Hera as she shoved the mental compulsion aside with sheer determination. Green light gathered around around the young telekinetic's fists as she took a single step towards the 'goddess'. "Get. Out. Of. My..." she started in a low tone that could only be described as a furious snarl, then stopped cold and wheeled towards Stratos and Cobalt Templar as the villain began to gather an enormous electrical blast. "Oh hell no..." she whispered almost inaudibly as she realised what was about to happen, gripped with a sudden cold dread. "Everybody down! NOW!" she screamed at the crowd of civilians as Cobalt Templar engulfed Stratos in what amounted to an enormous bearhug, and a box of blue flames sprung up around the pair. Green light flared as the heroine squared her shoulders, thrust both hands towards the impending disaster and turned everything she had loose in a terrific flood of un-shaped telekinetic energy. for a heartbeat she stood amidst a maelstrom of twisting turning power that plucked at her suit, splayed out her short red hair, and made a miniature tornado of dust and grit, then with gritted teeth she reached out and took hold of it all through sheer force of will. Fighting down the strain she shaped it, solidified it, and slammed it into place around Cobalt Templar's blue flames. Layer upon layer of energy wrapped tightly over each other until the pair were encased in an enormous fluorescent green box that shone so brightly it couldn't even really be called a glow any more. Narrowing her eyes at the glare she'd created Glow set herself to hold it in place. It was everything she had, and all she could do was hope it was enough.

Glow will do exactly the same, 20pp on her main array for create object 10. And also spend the HP to avoid the fatigue because being tired is bad when you're the lightweight in the room!

Glow has to stunt for create object, but when she does she can make a pretty tough one. Is create object restricted by PL even if it's not an attack? Because if not she can throw create object 15 straight up from her main array or up to absurd levels like create object 30 with a drawback like distracting. If she needs even more than that she can double stunt and throw the pp from her force field into the mix as well, but that's probably pretty much just asking for Hera to knock her into next week when her toughness is something like +2. If she is restricted to PL then create object 10 probably helps stuff the worst of the lightning at least. I'm game for the box-CT-in play or just throwing a wall between team bad-guy and the civilians.

Will save: 23! No mind control for you!

Glow found herself still badly off-balance as the situation quickly got out of hand. The rattled teenager watched on is shock as Hera arrived and Zeus took a shot at Cobalt Templar. Once again she found herself faced with a self-proclaimed god - two in fact - and for a moment she hesitated, so far out of her depth that she didn't know what to do. And yet something just wasn't right. Zeus didn't look right. He didn't talk right. Hera looked flat-out annoyed at even being in the bank. They were robbing a bank! Gods don't rob banks. Cobalt Templar's thunderous reply got the green-clad heroine in motion at least. She knew in the back of her mind that she should hammer 'Hera' hard before she joined the battle, but she couldn't pull the trigger, and instead stepped to the side to place herself squarely between the developing combat and the largest group of civilians. Rattled though she was, instinct still drove her to protect those who couldn't protect themselves.

No action for Glow this round while her brain goes "Whaaaaaaaa why do all the old gods want to punch meeeeeee?" She will interpose for any civilians who end up in the firing line accidentally or on purpose, but that's it.

Initiative: 19.

Small update on why Kristin isn't very happy to hear Zeus. She's just on her first trip back after getting nearly beaten to death by a PL13 guy calling himself a god and she's probably not overly keen to fight another one. That beating was probably on news reports because it was very public, so it's probably not a difficult knowledge check to know about it. Anybody paying attention to superhero news would have known about it. Just for fun I'm going to self-impose a restriction on Glow. If action kicks off quickly without giving her time to get herself back under control I say she gets no action in the first round other than to interpose for any civilians that might get hurt. If talking happens she'll probably recover from the shock enough to be useful. Or hopefully useful.

A streak of light flying across the skies of Freedom city wasn't particularly unusual, but it had been some time since this particular shade of bright green had made an appearance. Fully recovered from her injuries, Glow had taken to her training with typical determination, but doubt, fear if she was honest with herself had kept her from taking on even as much danger as a simple patrol. That changed today. At the urging of a certain tiny telepath she had suited up for a simple loop around the Fens. Nothing stressful, nothing dangerous. Be seen, maybe stop a mugging or two just by being there. What could possibly go wrong, right? Nothing ever seemed to go to plan. Her head snapped around as the bank a few hundred meters to her left had it's doors blown out with a flash of lightning and the rumbling of thunder. The change in course came automatically, a reflexive turn towards the dangerous situation, but inside her thoughts froze and her stomach twisted in sudden fear. "Damn," she whispered to herself as she pulled up above the ruined entrance and hovered for a moment. A moment was all it took. The familiar flush of adrenaline. The focus that helped her control her powerful mental talents. The knowledge that without her people were going to get hurt, and that she could stop it. "Not on my watch!" She whispered to herself, then plummeted like a stone as she hurled herself earthwards. The landing was hard. Pavement cracking hard, as she crashed down into a crouch, her telekinetic barriers absorbing the shock as it rippled up through her. It wasn't necessary but it was like that first hit in the football game. The nerves were still there but they were under control, and Glow strode into the bank, buoyed by the sight of Cobalt Templar - she didn't know him well, but he was definitely a heavy hitter which eased the responsibility and the danger somewhat. She looked absurdly tiny compared to Templar and the other hero - who was that? - confronting the villain, but her eyes were already flicking around the bank as she tried to place herself in the best position to protect the endangered civilians. Then she heard the name of that villain spoken and her blood almost froze. Zeus. Oh hells, not again...

Glow can take 10 for a 20 on notice with her skill mastery. Knowledge roll (untrained! What do we study at school?) - 7. Study harder lazy teenager!

Glow beats DC16 sense motive with skill mastery and +10. She can't however make the tech rolls. I'ma let Jen have a post to do her thing before Glow questions unfortunate 'terrorist' #1. Another question.. do team unfortunate-terrorist happen to have gas-masks in amongst their SWAT gear?

Behind her mask Kristin's brain was ticking over furiously. This wasn't a trap, it was a set-up to make himself look good. But why the green 'G' spotlight? What's this got to do with me? Outwardly she did little more than roll her eyes at Towers for his 'second rate' dig, then groan as Jackson made himself known amongst the apparently not-so-blinded journalists. Those basketball flash grenades obviously needed a little work. She glanced at Silver Spider and grinned at the quip, then quietly suggested "Would you mind disarming these guys so I can put them down? I'd get Towers to do it but I'm not sure he wouldn't accidentally pull the pin on a grenade or something." Her voice lowered further and she stood up on her toes to whisper in her friend's ear. "Besides, this is really fishy, I want you to check if the weapons are even real.." Her attention switched back to Towers, and she smiled sweetly at the armoured 'hero'. "Nice suit," she said, her tone slightly questioning. "Really like the stilts. And the.. er.. endorsements. Where'd you get it?"

I'm sure he's not a threat, he's a good guy now. Right? *shifty eyes*

"You suck." Kristin informed her girlfriend flatly, although she couldn't manage to keep the amusement out of her tone when she did. "Vicky did threaten to teleport me a couple of times, but the kicker is that she's also very good at twisting arms. And I mean that literally. I will admit though, I don't mind how that dress looked once she got me into it. Was pretty cute." The two discards from her hand turned out to be another War Raptor and a Walker, and she grinned in anticipation at the ever increasing size of the discard pile. It was nearly time for a proper zombie-dinosaur invasion. The talk of betting was getting a bit out of hand though, and Kristin delivered a light smack to Jennifer's shoulder. "No! Bad Jen bad! No betting for money with my school friends," she said with mock severity. "Even when you are pretty much just donating to them. Which you would be. And no betting Mercedes-rides either, else Tona's going to end up car-surfing on the back or something." She played her cards, an uneventful turn with a walker and no action, biding her time in preparation for springing a major turnaround.

Hey, I have posts! How exciting! Glow >A Deck built for two >Towers Powers

Kristin grinned quietly as the conversation moved on without anyone pressing her on the issue of whether she actually had cheated to throw that bet, then shook her fist at Sam in mock outrage as her poor 'raptor bit the dust. "Hey! No fair!" she protested. "You better watch out, those hunt in packs!" Without another War Raptor in her hand to prove the point she set about starting the zombie invasion in earnest. A walker went onto the Evil computer base, and a Tenacious Z went into her discard pile, then she played a 'They keep coming' to drop another walker next to it before depositing a second Tenacious Z in her discards as well. "Can I use Zombie actions to bring dino-minions back from the dead?" she asked with a glance at Sam, unsure about the rule but grinning at the idea of a zombie-raptor. With her turn finished she glanced over at Jen, blushing just a little. "I'm still embarrassed about that church thing you know. I can't believe I was so oblivious that I willingly got undressed in front of you like that!" With another grin she explained for Tona and Sam's benefit. "Vicky bullied me into wearing a dress, see." She said. "And obviously I couldn't fight in it when the explosions happened, so Jen here says "You can borrow my spare clothes" and lets me get changed right there in front of her. "So sneaky she is! Although it might have helped that I'm a bit slow and I hadn't caught on that we were supposed to be on a proper first date..."

The captured firearms whizzed past Glow's head then clattered their way down the elevator shaft, and the green clad heroine grinned in approval as she spotted Silver Spider's giftwrapping job out of the corner of her eye. Good, we can question that one she thought as she turned back towards the remaining villains and narrowed her eyes as she saw them reaching for their belts. Grenades in the middle of hostages is... what the?! The explosion of the windows inwards caught her off guard but she reacted quickly enough to shield her eyes from the flash, and turned towards the new threat. A moment later she blinked in disbelief at what she saw. "Towers? What the he-" The movement of one of the blinded terrorists caught her eye before she could complete the question, and she spun back towards the men with both hands raised. Light - green this time - flared in the room once again as she wrapped each of the remaining five with her powers and pinned them rather roughly in place - two to a wall, two to the floor and one unlucky man to the ceiling. With the situation seemingly in hand Glow turned her head towards 'Captain Towers' once more. "Alright, what's all this then Towers?" she demanded, watching the villain-turned-hero (apparently) closely.