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Lager posted:Totally springing for a noogie-based powerset when I get the XP together, just for a rematch! Joke's on you, I'm saving for a Teflon-coated helmet powerset! The Limitation obviously would be "TOTAL DORK: Shadowjack cannot be taken seriously so long as this power is active."
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George Washington Bridge "Nothin' about you ever seemed rusty before now, Movie Man," said Jen with a broad grin. "But if you're not looking to get your publicist upset then I can understand it." She Hulk started to walk towards the Rhino, stepping on cars as she moved. She glanced up as Hawkeye apparently mumbled his way through a threat, stammering and stuttering almost like he'd been caught off guard. poo poo. Sometimes it was better to think about a thing before saying it but, then again, chalk that up to Hawkeye being Hawkeye, I guess. "Hey Clint! You wanna come down from there an' help me beat up an idiot in a speed suit?" called the Jade Giantess. From the other end of the bridge there came an incredibly loud roaring sound. "I. AM. NOT. AN. IDIOT!" The Rhino roared and charged down the bridge slamming horn first into several vehicles. Some of them spun out out of his way but one of them, a people carrier, got snagged and flipped up and over itself. It teetered on the edge of the bridge, looking like it (and its passengers) could go crashing to their deaths at any moment! Space! Sable and Iron Man continued in through the space station. There were SHIELD logos on a couple of the doors and there were even references to a site called 'Sols Flux.' Maybe have to ask Tony about the blacksmithing reference with Flux. Something about Sol's Hammer and Sol's Anvil stuck in Sable's mind as a thing she'd seen once upon a time. She pushed through one of the bulkheads into the next corridor which depressurized and there was a buzzing sound inside her helmet. An incoming communication. "You can't hear the sirens because you keep pulling all the air out of the corridor but I'm going to have to ask you politely to stay where you are, and explain why you're here." The Helicarrier Ajax "We'll have an extraction team ready. We think that they're being held at a warehouse in New Jersey. As for 'playing' with two hulks, it should be noted that the Red Hulks seem to grow more powerful as they're exposed to radiation. I wouldn't be so keen to just charge in there and start making them angry," said Hill. "We'll be partnering you up with the other Thunderbolts on this. I'm tired of having you all running around without unit cohesion." Quinnjet over the Ajax "I can do plenty of things," said Songbird, proving her point by sounding like she was speaking behind Black Cat. Considering that Cat was leaning against the bulkhead of the Quinnjet, that was kind of impressive. "Anything involving sound, I can do is the long and the short of it, I suppose. Why? Need any glass shattered?"
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Surge Solo d10, 1 PP, No Stress, 0 XP "Cyclopstoldmetogetyouand-" Noriko stops and takes a few slow, deep breaths. "And this is kind of private so I'll explain inside." --- Noriko begins talking before Laura even closes the door behind her, pacing back and forth across the carpet as she goes. "Alright. You've heard about X-Force, right? That top secret covert ops the school's supposed to have? I thought they were just a rumor, but I've been talking with Cyclops since David got captured and he told me to get you and whoever I can trust and that we should all go upstairs and access the X-Force files and start bringing mutants back to the mansion. I know David's not really a mutant any more, but we should be able to bring him back anyway." Noriko stops pacing and turns back to her classmate. "Listen, Laura, I know this is sudden and we're not really best friends or anything, but you still the only person around here that knows how to do this kind of thing that isn't a teacher. You're in, right?" Wonder Man Team d8, 1 PP, No Stress, 0 XP "What can I say? Even I have to have a little discretion sometimes-Oh, hey Clint!" Simon waves up at his fellow ex-Avenger (presumably soon-to-be current Avenger) just in time for the Rhino to charge. "Jen, keep him busy. I'll handle the collateral." And with that Wonder Man takes flight, cutting through the air with surprising grace. He has the van's front bumper in his grip in a flash, lifting it away from the hundred-foot drop into the Hudson. He looks through the windshield at all the terrified passengers and he does the only thing he can to calm them down. He smiles that wonderful smile of his, that "signing autographs at the Oscars" smile, and he tells them what he can. "Don't worry folks. I'll get you back on the road in no time." Going to try to stop that people carrier from toppling over. Team d8, Hollywood Hero d8 because I'm being all charming and photogenic to the driver, and Godlike Strength plus Subsonic Flight, both stepped back due to Multipower. Car Carrying Member: 1d8 6 1d8 1 1d10 1 1d6 1 6 with a d4 effect die and a potential d8, d10 and d6 added to the doom pool. Maybe Simon should have stayed retired. Tagging Rhino next, mostly so he can't pick who goes first next round.
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Black Cat Team d6, 14 xp, 1 pp "Ha! Neat." Cat said, with genuine enthusiasm. "But no, I don't need anything broken right now..." she tried to stress the last part without stressing the last part. "Just thought it would be good to know each others skills and such, since we're going to be working together. I'm more of an acquisition specialist myself. I could tell some stories, but our chaperone might blow a gasket trying to repress his criminal-blood-thirst." She winked playfully at the other two.  Silver Sable Buddy d8, 14 xp, 0 pp "Can you not see? We are Iron Men." Silver replied to the mystery voice. She quickly contacted Tony on a closed channel. "We keep pushing forward. I will keep the defense forces busy. You find a way into their systems, and get the intelligence we need. Be ready for anything."
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Black Cat Team d6, 14 xp, 1 pp "Well, someone isn't getting invited to the karaoke shindig after the mission." Cat replied, with arms crossed sassily.
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Quinn Jet "You... you probably don't want me coming to the karaoke after all this is said and done. What with the explosion voice," she said. "I tend to get a little carried away when I sing. Songbird, you know?" She glanced down at the deck of the helicopter before Castle replied and said his lot. "Aww, what's the matter Frankie? Afraid that you might start enjoying yourself or do you still have your sights set on the Olympic self flagellation team?" The Jet continued to speed forwards, the Hood being taken to the Fridge. X-Mansion "Of course I'm in." Laura took a little while to get her head straight. She pulled on a pair of navy blue sweatpants and a sweater before making her way up to the turret with Surge. She walked with the other teenager, the pair looking more than a little bit suspect as they snuck through the house after lights out, and made their way up to the turret. The door opened as Surge moved up closer to the door. It, obviously, had been programmed to recognise her and react appropriately. The room on the other side was just like a room in the basement. All white and silver and blue with fluorescent lights sparking into life and filling the room with a cool hue. There were small recesses in the floor and -weirdly - no windows on the outside world. Huh. There were windows that you could see through when you looked at the turret outside but- they must have been holograms or something projected onto the screen. "So, what? Cyclops figured us for a hit team?" The Bridge Wonderman flies up and into the air grabbing the car as it teetered on the edge of the bridge. I'm not sure if he's a pacifist in game but he's a pacifist in the comics so I'm sure that being able to help people out around the edges and keep disruption to a minimum probably makes him feel pretty good. Although, as he gets the vehicle up in the air he realises that there's another vehicle on the other side of the bridge ready to fall off. Rhino is still charging forwards. God, just as he's starting to get one thing under control there's a whole new problem. She Hulk does as She Hulk wants, grabs Rhino as he charges her and rolls him using the gathered momentum against him. He gets flung forwards and stops, growling, shaking his head. "NOW YOU'RE JUST MAKIN' ME MAD!" he roared before turning, dragging that huge right foot of his over the floor, lowering his head and charging again. He moves with a really frightening speed when he puts his mind to it, She Hulk dodging and throwing him once more. Jen... Jen sometimes let the whole 'Hulk' aspect of 'She Hulk' take priority over the 'She' part and she launched the Rhino into one of the support structures of the bridge. There was some really remarkable swearing from the Jade Giantess. "Sorry. Sorry, I'll- Tony'll pay for that," she said correcting herself. The horizontal that Hawkeye is standing on has started to slough down to one side, the bridge having taken a bit of a beating. Buying those opportunites. THink of it this way, you have a shitload of PP now. SPACE Silver Sable continues to push forwards as the voice in her head (Tony could hear it too, right?) started talking again. "Obviously. I was really hoping that you'd stop breaking down doors. Could I ask you to stop and we could try talking about this like civilized people before we turn our weapons on you and see just how iron that suit is?"
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Silver Sable Buddy d8, 14 xp, 0 pp "I do not negotiate with unseen adversaries." Silver replied, not slowing her advance in the slightest. "Tell me the whereabouts of Captain Steven Rogers, and I may refrain from causing more damage to your facilities." She was going to get what she was after, one way or the other. If it came down to demonstrating the severity of the situation to S.H.I.E.L.D. she would gladly oblige. If they intended to fight her? She would more than gladly oblige. And if Tony could get the information through less direct means, while she made a spectacle of tearing the station and it's defenses apart, that would also be fine.
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Surge Buddy d6, 1 PP, No Stress, 0 XP "Cyclops said we're bringing mutants back here, not killing 'em." Noriko waves a hand experimentally over one of the divots in the floor. Well, whatever they are, they aren't motion-activated. That makes sense, really. If they didn't turn on when she walked in, there's not much of a reason for them to turn on when she walked further in. "I guess there's nothing stopping us from killing people. Seems a bit excessive, but I'm not the expert here." So, there aren't any obvious control panels, there aren't any holographic displays popping up, and Cyclops gave her a password to enter. That means there has to be a way to see it that's not so obvious. Could be a hidden keypad, but it seems a bit pointless to start hiding things now when the room's already this out of place. She could just not have authorization, but she wouldn't just be let into an empty room like this. That leaves voice. Which is good, because that's easier than searching an empty room for a hidden keyboard. Noriko clears her throat. Might as well get this over with. "Password: Nicieza." Wonder Man's next bit would be here, but I'm tired and I'd rather double-post than let this part sit here until tomorrow.
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Wonder Man Team d8, 4 PP, No Stress, 0 XP "See? It's all going to be-I'll get back to you!" The front end of the van is unceremoniously dropped back onto the asphalt just in time for the second car to start tipping over. Wonder Man's already running across the bridge to grab it. It's already slipped half-way off by the time he reaches it, but one car shouldn't be that hard to handle. He grabs the car by the bumper and... And the bumper's torn off in his hands. A rookie mistake. It's a good thing he's been at this long enough to know how to roll with a few mistakes. With one hand, he grabs the car firmly by the undercarriage. With the other, he hurls the fender at Rhino! Alright, let's finally do this. First, spending a plot point to create a d8 stunt about hurling a fender at Rhino. Second, actually rolling. Team d8, Ionic Powerhouse d8, Godlike Strength d12, Combat Expert 2d6, and the fender at d8. Throwing That Fender: 1d8 4 1d8 7 1d12 10 1d6 4 1d6 2 1d8 8 Okay, that's an 18 with a d8 effect die to try to do physical stress to the Rhino. Going to spend a second PP to add a second d8 effect die to try to counteract some of this collateral. If that's not necessary, just tell me. (Also, in case it wasn't clear, going for blunt force trauma and not hurling a piece of metal through the Rhino. That's not really Simon's style, you know?
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Hawkeye Team d10, 1 PP, 10 XP, No Stress/Complications "This could have gone better." As Rhino careens down the bridge, Hawkeye hurries to land his sky-cycle and set up a vantage point. Bringing it to a stop on one of the bridge's horizontals, Clint hops off and slings his quiver over a shoulder, hurrying to the edge. There's a lot of people down there; they'll have to finish this quick, before Rhino puts more of them in danger. Simon's doing a pretty good job at damage control right now, but if that goon gets more steam, things'll get bad. Maybe Jen ca- The thought stops in Clint's head as his footing slips. Then the rest of the world goes topsy-turvy. The horizontal twists, and Clint only has enough time to shoot a cable arrow at the other edge before he tumbles off. He grabs tight to the cable, and for the moment it seems to hold. Carefully, Hawkeye ties the cable to the back of his belt, then takes stock of his quiver. Three arrows left, and they're all unmarked. Great. Really should have finished that. "Yeah," Clint thinks, turning back to check on the fight. "This could have gone better."
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SPACE There's a sigh over the radio. "Captain America is being kept in a safe place until the current political difficulties can be resolved. He is being kept in suspended animation while we undergo negotiations. Please, if you feel the need to query further on this, I can provide you with an email address to lodge a complaint at," said the voice. There was something ever so strangely familiar about it. Then again, suspended animation could mean almost anything these days. That was a pretty weird thought - maybe they were locked away in Dimension Z or something. Maybe they were just in a bubble of space-time that behaved differently from everything else in the universe. Maybe it was a virtual reality world where they were under the impression that everything was fine. Who knows. Go find out! God Squad The Senator gave a nod to the boys and sent them on their way. "Oh, by the way, chaps, if there was any way you could become involved with a hostage situation in New Jersey that could be great. The Young Avengers have gotten themselves kidnapped and we rather need them for what's going to come up. I promise this is all leading up somewhere," she said with a nod. "It's a little more complicated than just walking in and solving the problem in your own inimitable way. The Red Hulk and Red She Hulk are on site and they plan on making their presence felt," she said. Danny's phone started to vibrate. Huh. It was Jen. The Green She Hulk. How come she wasn't called Green She Hulk if the other one was Red? Why's the hulk gotta be red, huh? Jeez, guy. Xaviers Mansion X-23 looked over Surge. Well, they were on the job now, so it made sense to use codenames even if Laura did find them a little foolish. There were two of them in the room and communications would be clear and simple as such. Such a frivolity! Surge muttered the password and the room started to change - walls recessed and pulled in, panels flipping around and revolving to show screens and data readouts. It looked like it was a tagged readout of Mutants in the world (how did the school have this information? Is Cerebro back and active?) and it also cross referenced them with significant threats to their person. There's one name that appears to be in a very high risk situation. William Kaplan? Who the hell is William Kaplan? Whoever he is, he's in New Jersey and shows signs of physical and mental distress. New Jersey's just down the road... might as well get to saving. Then again, there's a few other folk that look like it. Huh. So that's what responsibility for the world feels like. On the other hand, five cylindrical pods have risen up out of the floor. They're about eight feet tall, broad as coffins and have strange domes filled with electronics on the top of them. They scan with lasers, beams firing out over the two girls and the word 'fabricating uniform' on the front of the doors to the 'changing room.' There's a light hiss after about a minute and the doors open revealing a black, gray and red X-Force strike team uniform. Laura grins like a kid on Christmas day. "Cool." The Bridge Well, so much for pacifism, huh, Wonderman? The fender tumbled through the air like a throwing knife and cracked over the Rhino's shoulder, bending and spinning off down the road violently. Hawkeye manages to stuff the adamantium tipped arrow into the metal of the bridge, the cable hanging from the end of it to his belt. Another slip and he's off the side, feet planted firmly on the side of the horizontal. He's parallel to the ground now, quiver holding his arrows in place. Not exactly the best position to be in but, then again, this does give him a really good line of sight. That plus it's cool. It's super cool. "Seriously, this is why we need Registration, folks! This sort of thing, right here, means we can call up civil engineerin' once this is over," shouted Jen as she grabbed Rhino who was still reeling from the hit that he took from Simon. It wasn't a graceful grapple but she had him around the hips, lifting him off the ground and then driving him towards the side barrier. There was a crunch. A scream. A splash. "Good throw, Simon." Goodness, that took a while. Very sorry. Have 10 XP as a present.
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Silver Sable Buddy d8, 24 xp, 0 pp "We shall lodge our complaints in person." Silver responded, violently pressing on. "And you will answer them, in person." On the closed channel to Tony, she added "Are you finding anything? Anything that indicates we are closer to our objective, or the location of our host?" Going to keep making a ruckus, and costing S.H.I.E.L.D. a space-fortune. I need someone to give me a lead to follow. Violently or otherwise.
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Wonder Man Team d8, 4 PP, No Stress, 10 XP "Guess I'm not as rusty as I thought." Simon drops the car back onto the pavement with practiced ease. That actually went pretty well, as far as fights on suspension bridges go. It's actually kind of surprising. "Hey, Clint! Didn't expect to see you out here. Hank call you too?" Surge Buddy d6, 1 PP, No Stress, 10 XP "It'd be cooler if it matched my hair." Surge takes the top out of her tube and holds it up to her chest. Seems like it'd be a good fit, actually. And really her dye job's going to wash out in the next few weeks anyway. She could just stay with a bleached look if she sticks with this X-Force thing. And none of that matters right now because the console's still beeping about William Kaplan and he's probably getting his teeth kicked in right now and they need to move. But how would they get there? She could run there in ten minutes tops, but "Computer? Do you have any vehicles we could use?"
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Hawkeye Team d10, 1 PP, 20 XP, No Stress/Complications (besides dangling off George Washington Bridge) Well, that was over quick. Didn't even get to shoot an arrow. Just got to fall off a bridge. drat legitimately-powered teammates always make it hard to be just the guy with the bow. Clint twists to look over to Simon. "No, I was on m-" wait no don't say that "uh, my city patrol. Saw you guys were in trouble, so I decided to" oh god don't actually say it you idiot "hang around." He flashes a sheepish grin, then tugs on the cable. It seems stable enough. Another pull, and then he starts the slow work of hoisting himself up towards the edge. Might as well get back to the sky-cycle and head down to Jen and Simon. Better than the fast way, at least. "We may want to get in touch with someone about this bridge. Pretty sure supports aren't supposed to twist."
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Immortal Iron Fist PP: 2, d6 trauma "How do people keep getting this number? Grandma, I just uh lost my phone the other day and got this one this morning. That's part of what I wanted to ask you about, how did you know how to get in touch with us- me?" His brain caught up with the rest of the conversation amidst the clutter of maintaining the facade and whatever it was that kept nagging at him but couldn't quite place. "Wait there's two of them now? And they're together?! Crap alright order of priority here means we should really see about containing the horrible monster apocalypse that's about to descend on New Jersey here and worry about phone calls later. Right so however you're doing it I guess we'll stay in touch. Again, happy birthday." Shaking the Senator's hand he kissed her on the cheek hurriedly, taking her shooing motion for a given and nodding to the other Avengers before taking off across the parking lot at a run. Ducking and weaving through the parked cars he searched for the nearest, sturdiest vehicle with its driver still in the vicinity. He answered the still buzzing phone with his free hand as he dug into his pocket with the other. "Hi Jen, can't talk in a hurry. Red-you and crazy pyro Hulk have kidnapped a bunch of kids and are threatening to level the New Jersey state capitol building unless I beat them in roshambo. What do you need?" Danny's face brightened as he smiled brightly and earnestly at the New Jerseyan staring at him suspiciously. "Excuse me? Hi! I'm Danny Rand and I need your car for an Avengers emergency. You mind if I buy or rent it or something? All I've got is..." He dug up the rest of the wad of cash from his pocket and thumbed it appraisingly while juggling the phone against his ear. "Looks like about twenty grand in cash. Fair warning we might have to drive it into a Hulk or use it as a melee weapon so even odds you won't be getting it back." Oh yeah it'd probably be great to sit down and talk about clever things like how Gramma keeps sending me text messages on a phone Matt Murdock only gave me today but we've got kids in danger and two Hulks active in a major population center. Talking them down, booting them in the river, or shooting them into space should take priority so let's go! Even if it is New Jersey. Time to bust out a wad of cash to buy the sturdiest and/or fastest car off a bystander we can and haul rear end!
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Wonder Man Team d8, 2 PP, No Stress, 10->11 XP "Rhino already made it onto the news by the time I got here. I'm sure emergency response is already on it's way.Then again, I said the same thing when Moleman was trying to sink San Francisco and I still had to hold up those cables for an hour, so I should probably stick around." "Oh, Clint, since you're on patrol anyway, you mind swinging by the Avengers Tower and telling Hank I'm going to be late? Don't want to seem like I'm brushing him off." One, I'm counting mentioning holding up the Golden Gate Bridge that one time off-hand as talking about a crazy thing I've seen as an Avenger and thus giving me one XP. Two, don't feel too obligated to turn this into Bridge Holding Simulator 2015 or anything. I'm staying here until the repair crews get here because it seems like the right thing to do, but talking to Beast about Avengers stuff is way more interesting than that. Lurks With Wolves fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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Godsquad "Well, we've got reason to believe that you're involved with anti-registration groups and- well- the registration act is a thing that's sponsored by the government and you're opposed to a direct, government sponsored bill in an active way so that sounds pretty treasonous and if you remember your Patriot act, we can suspend funds from anyone that didn't send us a Christmas card last year..."
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Hawkeye Team d10, 1 PP, 10 XP, No Stress/Complications Clint hops on his skycycle and circles down to Jen and Simon. "I mean, I could..." Company wasn't really part of the plan, but if he said no, it might just look suspicious. Crap. Yeah, this was all a great idea Clint. Just stellar. Maybe he could make it work though. "...but I don't know how much difference it'd make for a guy who can fly. I'll keep Mr. Hollywood company though, if he wants." Clint shifts forward, patting the seat behind him. "And if he's really tired after such a small fight, I guess I can offer a seat for him to rest on." He smiles. "How 'bout it, Simon?"
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Wonder Man Team d8, 4 PP, No Stress, 11 XP "Come on, Clint. I'm not that rusty. Still, I'd love some company. Even if it's with an old bastard like you." Simon chuckles to himself as he lifts off the ground. "Oh, and Jen? You're a real lifesaver. If you ever need any help, you have my number." And with one last wave back, Simon turns in the air and sets off. --- There's really nothing like just flying. The wind's in your face. The sun's on your back. Everything that could be worrying you is stuck on the ground, and you can just soar. Simon really should do this more often. Then again, if he did start flying around for fun the paparazzi would be on him in minutes. Maybe it'd be for the best if he stayed on the ground... And he really should do something besides fly if he's going to be flying with Clint. Things are starting to get a bit awkward. "So, I hear SARA's been a real mess for you guys out here too. How're you holding up?" Surge Buddy d6, 1 PP, No Stress, 11 XP Okay, that's better than she hoped. She was expected to get a car or something, not some super-plane. Not that either of them know how to fly a super-plane, but it can't be that ha-how did X-23 change already? She looked away for a few seconds and she does-none of this is relevant, stop getting sidetracked. Cyclops gave them this job for a reason. "Computer, one last thing. Who is William Kaplan, exactly?"
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X-Force "William Kaplan, also known as Wiccan, is a member of the Young Avengers," said the computer, perhaps leaving out some details. "Wait. Wiccan? As in Scarlet Witch's kid?" Well, that was a strange interjection from X-23. "So, Scarlet Witch's kid gets in trouble and Cyclops puts us on the case and am I the only one getting the feeling that Summers has more going on here than he's letting us know about right now?"
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Hawkeye Duo d8, 1 PP, 10 XP, No Stress/Complications Clint lazily looks over towards Simon. "Hm?" Caught up in his thoughts, it takes a moment before he realizes Simon asked him a question. "Oh! Yeah, I'm alright. Got my arrows registered first thing." He glances back at the quiver, strapped down to the side of the cycle, before turning back to the skies of New York ahead of him. "SHIELD guy helping me with the paperwork kept trying to say arrows probably didn't count as 'derived from advanced technology', but a sonic arrow demonstration stopped that. Rather have my rear end covered in case anything goes down, right?" Clint sighed and paused. "It just feels weird, you know? Like we have to take sides. It hasn't happened yet, but what if we get too divided? What if there's something too big, but we can't ask the other side for help? Something's gonna go wrong, and good kids are gonna get caught in the middle. Like in Jersey."
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Silver Sable "drat." She said to no one in particular. Appraising her options, she silently agreed that Stark's guess was as good as any. The station had yet to turn any security measures against her, so she assumed either there was no internal security, or they had fallen back to a secure position. Most likely the latter. And if that was the case, and Tony was correct, that's where the bulk of the resistance would be met. She was adapting fairly well to the Iron Man suit, and quickly figured out how to transfer power from the overcharged flight system into the servo-augmented "muscles" of the suit. She expected she would need to get hands on with the commander and crew sooner rather than later. Going to activate the Loaner's "Rerouting Power" SFX to shutdown Space Flight, and activate Superhuman Strength. Then I'm heading as up as I can head, into the forbidden zone!
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Wonder Man Team d8, 4 PP, No Stress, 11 XP "Yeah. There are so many fights we should have lost over the years, but we still came together and won. Now? Now Tony's gone nuts and Steve's disappeared and Danny Rand has Thor's hammer and it's just... We're all that's left of the old guard, Clint. If worst comes to worst, I'm not sure if we can keep everything from falling apart." Simon just shakes his head and keeps flying. Can't dwell on how bad things are getting, or he'll never get anything done. Surge Buddy d6, 1 PP, No Stress, 11 XP "That's not important right now. Maybe Cyclops wants him to do some magic, maybe he wants to bug Magneto, maybe he just cares about his fellow man, who knows? We can ask him about it once Kaplan's out of there." It probably isn't that wise to be ordering around someone who is, quite frankly, way better at fighting and way more knowledgeable about covert ops than you are. Surge is not a wise person. "Now, if that's all, I got to get changed. You go ahead, I'll catch up with you at the hanger."
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Hawkeye Buddy d8, 1 PP, 10 XP, No Stress/Complications "Yeah. Doesn't mean we stop trying, though." Clint half-smiles at Simon. "We owe the world that much. Just hope everyone else remembers that." He sighs. "Let's talk about something else before I put this thing into a nosedive. How're things out west? Old stomping ground been treating you well?" Memories of better times are a relief. Leading the West Cost Avengers was a better time. Sure, things weren't perfect. But it was definitely better than all this mess. Working with Simon, Rhodey, Bobbi- Yeah. Better times.
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Wonder Man Team d8, 4 PP, No Stress, 11 XP "Honestly? LA didn't fall apart while I was still trying to get my head on straight, and that's all I can really ask out of a city these days." Simon laughs, but he's not quite smiling. "But seriously, I'm honestly kind of shocked how well things are holding up in California. I think all the anti-SARA nutjobs are just holing up in Silicon Valley and everyone's just waiting for the other guy to shoot first. Until then, I guess they'll just keep telling CNN how they're really going to secede this time. You'd think they'd tired of it by now."
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Immortal Iron Fist PP: 1, d6 trauma "Herc says he's feeling some sort of fast food, so we'll ask around for some good gutbusters once we've finished and I'll text you the address ok? Anyway I've gotta go, those Red Hulks aren't going to beat themselves. Good to know that you're not red and also rampaging through New Jersey. See you later." Finally pulling away from the phone conversation he turned to the girls still giving Hercules a hard time about the prospect of borrowing their vehicle. "Sorry about that, She-Hulk had a legal thing she wanted to ask me about. No really I'm not bullshitting you. We really are Avengers. I've got the membership card right here. Ugh. Alright, what's it going to take? Really? Ok. Mjolnir, hammer of the gods, forged by magic dwarves in the dawn of time probably also with magic." He plunked down the Uru hammer onto the floor of the parking lot and motioned towards the famous inscription on the side before pulling down the neckline of his shirt and exposing his breast. "Danny Rand, Immortal Iron Fist. I once punched a dragon to death to get this awesome tattoo. Uhuh. Alright go ahead, give it a pull. Yes, it's magic like that. No, we really do need a ride there's these two evil Hulk clones or something and they're going to destroy the state building. Yes, I can give you an autograph too. Call it even odds that we might have to drive it into one or more Hulks or otherwise use it as a weapon in hand to hand combat. Yep, I'll cover the repair or replacement out of pocket. What? Alright fine, just the one backflip but really Miss we've got to get moving here because lives are at stake." Alright time to see if I remember how to do this right: Roll for recovery pool that I forgot to fill in earlier is 3d10 Buddy, Superhuman Durability, Combat Expert 2d8 Young Dragon, Enhanced Stamina Roll to shake off that physical trauma from way back: 3#1d10 1 1 8 2#1d8 2 4 Yikes... ok so that's uh 8+4 = 12 d8 effect with two opportunities if you want to buy. I guess when Wolverine/Shadowjack stab a guy they really stay stabbed. Now on to new business! Roll to buy us a ride to the Big Trouble in Little Jersey, pool is 3d10 Buddy, Weapon, Acrobatics Expert; 2d8 Indifferent Billionaire, Enhanced Strength Roll to prove my Aveng-identity and buy us a ride to Jersey: 3#1d10 5 7 5 2#1d8 6 37+6 = 13 + 5 = 18, d10 effect after spending a PP.
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