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 Fre: +3 | Dan: +1 | Sav: +0 | Sup: +0 | Mun: -1 Potential: 2/5 | Burn: 0 | Conditions: Afraid, Guilty, Angry Location: The Backstage - Heated Pool Om sighed with relief, it was nice to be right. "Good I'm glad i'm not crazy, and that was all you felt, just a presence?" He thought about it a little more. "Well I'm fairly certain that it's not a forced possession, even normal people tend to try and subconsciously fight back when something is forcing them to act against their will, and most people can spot that if they know what to look for. Maybe someone from the AI is helping him out? This is the first time he's been asked to watch over a junior team after all. At least I think it is." "I'll keep my third eye open and see if it's still there when he comes around later, considering what we are dealing with it wouldn't hurt to check. TheNabster fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Sep 11, 2016 |
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Opal repair appreciation station! You put your hands on Sammi's shoulder and she flushed heavily fiddling with her shirt as she kept her eyes on her feet. "I-I've.... uh... seen it before..." She looks up at you, meeting your eyes for once. "P-Promise y-you won't be m-mad...? T-There's only f-five people I've seen w-who can make this k-kinda tech. I-I'm.... o-one of t-them.... B-B-But y-your limbs d-didn't come f-from me!" She adds quickly. She looks very nervous. Like a kid in trouble. It's kinda adorable. "O-Of the other four, o-only t-two of their w-whereabouts are currently k-known. But y-your arms d-don't have their m-maker's marks on them. S-So it's got to be o-one of t-the other two...!" She looks down again. Holding her arm. "I-I don't know h-how to find t-them... I-I'm sorry! A-A-And your water s-seals are a-all good to go, b-but I-If you e-e-ever need upgrades, I-I'm happy to h-help!" She gives you a look, an expression that could be described as weaponize cute. She's really keen to help, that much is clear, and it sounds like there's only a few people who it could be who made your arms. That's a massive step forwards! I Fiero it's time for us to part He smiles, looking a little uncertain for the first time. More like he's a little taken aback. Then he laughs. "Wow, almost sounds like you like me or something. Hahaha, well, let me know what your team decides. I'd love to visit some times!" He watches you skip away, waiting till you are out of sight before letting his smile drop into a frown. Strider, huh? That guy... was bad news. But it would be better if Elementa didn't get involved in that. But how could he tell her? Strider was... Watching him from the alleyway across the street. Great. Fiero crosses and approches him. "What do you want?" Fiero asks cautiously. "To talk, what else?" the hat wearing mystery replies, gesturing for the young hero to follow him. Fiero narrows his eyes. But follows Strider deeper into the alley regardless. Arashiofordo3 fucked around with this message at 19:39 on Sep 11, 2016 |
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"Why would I be mad?" I ask Sammi, genuinely confused. The girl's...either incredibly awkward, or straight up scared. Either way.... I widen my smile and lean in. "It can be our secret, I won't tell anybody who told me. Whatever you know would help - right now I have absolutely *no* leads. Any tiny light in the darkness helps, yeah?" I stay in close, just to make it feel more secret for the girl, to make her feel more 'in'. Trying really hard *not* to demand answers, as much as I want to. Because drat it, I want answers! "S....Elementa!" I cry, spreading my arms wide and taking a step back from Sammi. "Yeah, Sammi here's a real whiz." I pinwheel my right arm for show, then stretch my hand out towards Sarah and go all grabby claw fingers on her. "Good as new. Better, maybe," I say with a wink to Sammi. "Om and Voidblade are in the pool, was thinking of crashing. How'd your thing go?"
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 Fre: +1 | Dan: +1 | Sav: +1 | Sup: +0 | Mun: +0 Potential: 1/5 | Doom: 1/5 | Conditions: Guilty Location: Daeva's Room - Sanctum Solitarium Quill and that Az she's constantly talking to definitely seem to have a mixture of facts and strong opinions about stolen souls and demonic possession. For a while I just listen, taking drags on my cigarette and emitting puffs of blue smoke while she fills me in on them - it's almost eerie to watch her speak in a voice that isn't hers, speaking of possession - but she's back to normal the second she's finished doing it. Seems the Thief of Soul's borrowing someone (or something) else's power, and yeah that's not great. She didn't think she wasn't invite to the pool? "Yeah I figured the whole team would hang out there, celebrate our win! We can tell everybody what we found out after, no sense spoiling the mood." Interesting enough, according to her, Quill's wings suck for swimming - which would definitely matter more if she knew how to swim, but she doesn't. It's... kinda amusing, and maybe a little sad? "Ah, I see..." I return, leaning back in my chair and exhaling another puff of mildly blue smoke. So, she can't and shouldn't go swimming - wow that kinda sucks. Weird that angels are weak to water or whatever, but I guess that's just how things works. Not like the supernatural world isn't weird enough already. Still, I've got a solution for her! "Yeah, just throw a swimsuit on and join the rest of us at the pool - you can be responsible for the music or something. Just show everybody on the team that you want to hang out with the rest of us, no one will care that you're not in the water." Daeva is suggesting that Quill hang out with the team to show she wants to be a part of the group, she gets +1 forward and marks potential if she tries it I believe. ------------------ With Quill gone, it doesn't take me much time to get changed out of my clothes and into my swimsuit. I only own a couple, and this time I'm going with a two piece that's vaguely the same shade of dark brown as my hair - might as well enjoy myself, right? Besides, Elementa will probably be there... Carefully stashing my coat and the reagents I carry with me away in my room, I lock it behind me and then depart down towards the pool - the cool part about my room being on the top floor is I can just jump off the stairwell and levitate down, it saves me a couple seconds (and no matter how many times I do it, telekinesis always feels badass). Seems that Elementa, Opal, and Sammi are hanging out between my destination and me, so it totally makes sense for me to talk to them before going outside, right? Sauntering up to the trio, I give everybody a wave and a smile, motioning with my other hand towards the pool. "Pool party to celebrate our win, you three coming?" Sweeping my hair back, now that I think about it, it's possible none of these three have ever seen me in anything but that trenchoat plus slacks before. "It'll be fun~" Rauri fucked around with this message at 08:31 on Sep 12, 2016 |
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Fre: -1 | Dan: 0 | Sav: +1 | Sup: 0 | Mun: 3 Potential: 2/5 | Conditions: "My thing went well!" I responded excitedly, glad that Opal seemed to be looking better too. At that point, Daeva decided to appear and I found myself doing a double-take. Oh wow, she looked good. I had gotten so used to seeing her in thick clothes and her trenchcoat. I didn't know why she insisted on wearing such clothes, especially since she looked really nice when she wasn't hiding her body underneath all those heavy materials. "Oh my god, that's an amazing idea! I'll go get changed quickly!" I exclaimed, running off to my room to quickly get changed. First things first, get my hair out of the buns. I had quickly learned that trying to tame flowing hair was a necessity while doing superhero things. I had gotten so used to them being in buns that letting them loose and just letting my hair down was a very welcome change. I decided to keep my mask on, mostly because I still wasn't too comfortable with being open about my identity and slipped into a simple, orange one-piece swimsuit. I quickly ran back to the girls, still slightly panting due to the quick costume change. "Let's go join the others! I'll race you there~!"
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The Corridor crew With Elementa's arrival Opal lost her chance to continue questioning Sammi. She clamped up, and wouldn't give any more info. Even more so when the surprisingly dressed Daeva strolled up. Gosh, now isn't that a delightful sight! Sounds like everyone's gathering at the pool. Sammi nods, a little uncertainly. "O-Okay! L-Let me get my s-stuff!" She looks at Opal. "W-We can t-talk about this m-more later. O-Oh, and i-if you start feeling a twitch in your limbs its a sealant break. Let me know and I'll fix it right away. O-Okay?" She gives you a somewhat serious look and nods, more to herself that anything else. And runs off to grab her stuff. Heading down a staircase to the basement. Sounds like the Pool is the place to be! Better get your kit on and dive in! What do you do? POOL PARTY! Holy poo poo This pool! Check this crazy poo poo out!  Is the main entrance. It's relaxed and pretty large, so plenty of room for everyone. The water is heated to make it enjoyable for everyone at any time of year. Taking the right leads to the slides!  There are multiple of them and they're twisting and complicated. It's wicked cool if you want a rush! There's even a high speed one for the really daring! Heading back over to the main area and taking a left into the rocky area leads too...  The cave. A mood lit little zone, it's all kinds of romantic and secluded and very relaxed. Finally following the passages at the back leads to...  The Tropics room! Complete with colder water and a hot tub. It's also got a automated juice bar stocked with all manner of flavours. Also a sauna room. Because why not? Om, Voidblade, and now Quill are all sitting in the main room. It's the perfect place for you all to relax and celebrate after your big victory! Sammi quickly joins you, She looks like she's wearing swimsuit under swim shorts and a tee-shirt. She still flushes when you look her way. She glances at the three of you, until her eyes settle on Quill. The only one of you who'd she'd actually talked to. "I-Is is o-o-okay i-if I j-join you?" she asks shyly. Standing nervously in the doorway. Waiting for a sign to go ahead. If given, she comes over and sits next to Quill, quietly glancing at her when she thinks Quill's not looking. Whenever Quill glances her way she quickly looks down at her legs in the water, and blushing impressively. A little smile twitching at the corner of her mouth. Well, well, well! Looks like someone's got a crush! What do you do?
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"You'll have to tell me *all* about it!" I declare, giving Sarah a side-hug. "Woah," I say, as Daeva strides through. "Swimmer?" I ask, a question tinged with only a bit of jealousy. I release Sarah and grin, "Right, right, time to go!" I rush over to my room - only half-used, really, since I still live at home - and dig through the dresser. "Ah-hah!" I run into Sarah in the hall and wink, striking a brief pose. My metallic bikini catches the light and sets off a riot of reflections. Playing the robot thing up can be fun! "You're on!" I cry, giving Elementa a friendly shoulder punch and take off towards the pool.
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Fre +1| Dan -1 | Sav +1 | Sup +2 | Mun +0 Potential: 3/5 | Conditions: Angry This place beyond my wildest dreams, it's a playground! I can't believe how beautiful it is. A big relaxed grin just beams off my face. I'm so happy, I get to live here in this palace, with my new friends no less! I splash my legs about a bit, feeling content when the rest of the team shows up, with Sammi following quickly behind. She nervously looks about and asks to join, I throw her a welcoming smile. It must be tough not really knowing us, maybe she feels a bit out of the group, and god's knows I know what that's like. Eva welcomes her but I get the impression she's far more interesting in getting closer to Om, I grin a little, hoping Om doesn't mind the attention, I sure wouldn't! Sammi comes and sits by me, which I really don't mind. I'd expected her to sit next to Opal, what with all that tech background they must have in common, but I guess I was nice to her before, makes sense really. "Hey, you ok? Looks like you did a great job for Opal, she looks good as new! Feeling any better?" Before she can speak, i'm already interuptting her, "And I'm sorry I had to run off before, I should have stayed and made sure you were ok. I'm sorry, I just...well, it was superhero stuff." I glance for a moment over at Daeva and try not to let my heart jump at the sight of her again! "You seem a lot better now though." I smile, hoping I'm right more than anything. She seems incredibly shy for someone who was so talented. Opal's arm was working perfectly but I hadn't been gone THAT long!
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Fre: +3 | Dan: +1 | Sav: +0 | Sup: +0 | Mun: -1 Potential: 3/5 | Burn: 0 | Conditions: Afraid, Guilty, Angry Location: The Backstage - Heated Pool Om wasn't ready for this, not did he ask for it but suddenly things were hurtling out of his comfort zone and into places he didn't want to go. He felt the powers well up. TheNabwork> Gonna roll for giggles, to gauge the OM reaction <TheNabwork> !r 2d6 <Krysmbot> TheNabphone, 12 = 12 <TheNabwork> The very reasonable reaction it is He forced them down to a few sparks and just lightly pushed Voidblade away from him "Eva stop, alright? Please?" He used the opportunity to scoot a little distance away his friend he felt really bad about this. "I value you as friend Eva, I really, honestly do but, right now?" He made gestures to the people who were still in the pool with them and who could see this happening. He tapped into her mind 'Can we just, talk about this somewhere less public, I don't want to have this conversion here. Please?' TheNabphone> OM wants Eva to talk to him in private. Provoke +1 Influence <TheNabphone> !r 2d6+1 <Krysmbot> TheNabphone, 2+1 = 3 <TheNabphone> Awkwardness abounds. OM looks away from her. "I'm sorry." TheNabster fucked around with this message at 13:31 on Sep 13, 2016 |
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Fre: -1 | Dan: -1 | Sav: +1 | Sup: +2 | Mun: +2 Potential: 2/5 | Conditions: Guilty, Insecure Eva freezes for a bit, then averts her gaze. "Haha, yeah sorry. I was just teasing you a bit", she says with a smile, but the facade is clearly wavering a bit. "But yeah, I guess I went out of the bounds of appropriateness. Sorry again." marking Guilty, Insecure There are a few moments of awkward silence, until Eva finally breaks it with a suspiciously perky tone. "Well but anyway since we are all here, I suppose nobody's taking care of dinner? Guess it'll have to be me! Was thinking beef wellington since the first mission went so well and all. Got to prepare all of that though so I really need to get going. See you all later!" With a little psionically powered twirl she shoots up from the pool, and quickly makes her way to the dressing room. As for Om's little psychic message, it remains curiously unanswered...
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Fre: +3 | Dan: +1 | Sav: +0 | Sup: +0 | Mun: -1 Potential: 3/5 | Burn: 0 | Conditions: Afraid, Guilty, Angry Location: The Backstage - Heated Pool Om watched her go without saying a word, and a few moments after she was out of sight, slapped himself on the forehead. "Idiot" He said to himself "I completely muffed it and now I've gone and upset my friend." His hand did down over his eyes as he slid back into the pool "Anyone else on the team could have handled it better." Om could use some moral support. I bet either of the girls not currently paired with anyone could use this opportunity to talk to either of them, they probably need it. I'd like some help with these conditions in any case. TheNabster fucked around with this message at 15:48 on Sep 13, 2016 |
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My feet thunk on the floor. Hope I'm not denting it too bad. I round a corner and I'm neck and neck with Sarah. Woah! This is intense and amazing! And Sarah's not slowing down! I am, and I come to a stop just short of the edge of the pool. Elementa smashes into the water and soaks me in a wave. "I do!" I answer, brushing my matted hair off my face. "I can tell, I'm soaking in it!" I take a calmer step down into the pool and slide in with a much more graceful 'plop'. "Sammi's great," I say, holding my right arm out to Quill, flexing again. "She should be careful, with a mechanic like this, I might get careless!" Om and Eva are getting.... I groan inside, until Om shuts it down hard and Eva goes twirling off. I lean forward and take some long steps across the pool bottom to move in next to Om. "Nah," I say, shaking my head. "I don't think so. Eva's...like that." My 12 hour work days have cut into my super-social-posty time. Boo.
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Fre: +3 | Dan: +1 | Sav: +0 | Sup: +0 | Mun: -1 Potential: 3/5 | Burn: 0 | Conditions: Afraid, Guilty, Angry Location: The Backstage - Heated Pool "No it's just..." Om looks around, this felt too public for his liking, but he scoots a bit closer to Opal. "I ain't, good with people, and I want to be I really do but you know" He said, with gestures indicating the bowl helm, and the rune collar and the free floating sprites of psionic energy sizzling on the water. "Normal is hard, and just having a conversation without listening to someones surface thoughts is harder." "But like, when we were catching those guttermages I tried to talk them down without fighting, without just using powers all the time but when I try it never seems to work. And Quill seemed to do it so effortlessly" Disregarding the fact that Quill when she looks angry is really scary and that would put the heeby jeebies up anyone, whilst OM looks really doofy in his costume. He starts to fidget, without his knowing he was rolling a ball of water around his hand. "And I've seen Elementa talk to like, the press and other people too and she's so cool and calm about it and I want to do that, but I get nervous in front of cameras." He looks around at where everyone is, the only people here now are Quill and Sammi but.. "You wanna hit up that Sauna in the tropics room? I need a drink." And I really want someone to talk to thought Om, and it was very clear on his face, but he didn't want to try putting messages inside Opal's mind, he wasn't sure if she would appreciate it after that whole... Thing with Voidblade. "Please? I heard there's a juice machine there and everything."
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Fre: -1 | Dan: 0 | Sav: +1 | Sup: 0 | Mun: 3 Potential: 2/5 | Conditions: Oh my god, did she like, like like me? I tried to keep my face impassive as I started to panic inwardly. How the hell was I supposed to respond to this? I don't swing that way! At least, I don't think I do. I mean, it's not like I've ever liked someone like that who was the same gender as me. I mean, there has been the occasional thought of maybe liked girls and boys, but like, I thought that was just like a phase. B-But Daeva liked me. Like like liked me. Oh no oh no oh no. "So..." I began, trying to hide the panic attack I was going through inside my mind. "You look good in your swimsuit. You have a really nice body." Wait, was that the right thing to say? I mean, that seemed to be what she wanted to hear, but was I giving off the wrong message? What if she thought I was coming onto her? A tinge of panic struck my face as that realization hit. Need to do damage control, damage control. "Uh, I mean, like how did you get your powers?" Ok, maybe I could've done that better. Still, it was the first question that came to my mind that didn't have the connotations of being attracted to her like that. God, did I say the right thing? Oh man oh man oh man.
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Fre: +2 | Dan: +2 | Sav: 0 | Sup: +1 | Mun: 0 Potential: 0/5 | Conditions: None I slide a damp hand along the bowl and smile. "I don't know," I say. "It's distinctive." And goofy. Not that I have to say that quite yet. "Mmmmyeah," I say, turning and pulling myself out of the pool, letting water sluice off me. So what if I take my time. I don't bother grabbing a towel, just pad my way up the stairs, leaving footprints along the way. "This place is insane," I mutter, then pause to look back for Om. Once we're alone, I spy the juice bar, and head to check it out. "Elementa's amazing. She's one of my best friends, and she's poised." I press a button, and something starts grinding inside the machine. "I hope this isn't kale. I hate kale," I mutter at it. "And Quill's sweet and scary all at once." I pick up cups of something orange-colored that the machine's spat out, and bring one over for Om. "You know, you're not the only one who's got...troubles," I remind him. "Is it so crazy to think somebody might see...a kinship with you, in that?" I hold out the cup, taking the handoff as a chance to brush my fingers on his. I think this counts as 'thwarting' Eva...but GMs' call in the end. <Platonicsolid> Rolling to Comfort/Support Om. <Platonicsolid> .roll 2d6+1 <Platonibot> Platonicsolid: 7 (2d6+1=5, 1)
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Fre: +3 | Dan: +1 | Sav: +0 | Sup: +0 | Mun: -1 Potential: 3/5 | Burn: 0 | Conditions: Afraid Location: The Backstage - Heated Pool Om flinched a bit at the touch, but relaxed a little when it didn't seem to go any further. >Clearing Angry "Yeah..." Om said, gratefully receiving the Juice. "You know? My uncle phoned me today about the mission, congratulated me for my first success." He took a sip, orange, nice. "And then he layed into me about my bloody reckless power usage that might have caused massive damage if it went haywire. But that's just it my powers work almost, they act as a sort of, well I guess the term would be 'emotional intensifier'." "Rage, doubt, fear, those things are when it comes right down to it is what makes the psychic powers 'go', intense emotional responses allow for really powerful psionics, but sometimes they don't go like I want them too, and people get hurt because of it." He drained his glass, and looked away from Opal a moment. "I've not told anyone else about this, but before I began proper 'superheroing' I tried stopping a store robbery with my powers. The guy doing the robbery was called Bobby Cliff and I won't say he was a nice man and the fact that he was doing the robbery wouldn't either but... Well he had a hostage, and things were getting pretty desperate and I let that fear grab me when I was trying to talk him down. I tried to force him to drop the gun, one command right between the cranial nodes." He looks very uncomfortable relaying this story to someone else. "It drat well near destroyed his brain matter, he might have been a vegetable forever if my Uncle didn't fix his mind and he read the riot act to me after that one. Said if I didn't buck up my ideas I'd be put on a blacklist by the occult community, they take that kind of thing very seriously. I did that kind of damage to someone that would have been nearly irreversible under any other circumstance because I wasn't careful. He slumped onto the bar, head down on the table "I'm just scared Opal, I'm scared every time I have to use my powers to fight because I might hurt someone like that, I'm scared every-time I go into combat, that I'll go too far and kill someone. When me and Eva were training together before we joined the team proper she wanted me to use my powers to fight her and it end up breaking her arm. And when she kissed me I had to fight down the power right there and then, before it lashed out. I nearly hurt one of my best friends because she kissed me and I wasn't ready for it." "Do you know what it feels like to walk on egg shells? To feel a world of power a mere step away and to know that you can never ever open it fully? When every petty argument and punch taken you have to fight the urge to lash out." He sat up turned to Opal and said very plainly. "Do you ever feel like you're just a bomb waiting to go off?" His eyes for a moment blazed a bright purple. He blinked and shook his head, and the light was gone. He paused, he took a deep breath. "That's why... That's why I need you Opal, and Eva, and Daeva, and Elementa and Quill, all of you. You keep me grounded, you keep me from going nuclear. And if the day comes where the bomb threatens to go off I will need one of you to put me out. Promise me this." >When you share a vulnerability or weakness with someone, tell them how they could stop you, if it came down to it. Give them Influence over you and clear a condition. >+1 Om Influence to Opal >Clear Guilty TheNabster fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Sep 13, 2016 |
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Wing Walking Sammi gingerly nods to Quill's and carefully reached for your outstretched wing. She hesitates before she touches it, and then runs her finger tips down them, following the direction of the feathers. Always with, never against. She giggles, like she can't believe it. Her eyes are alight with wonder. She moves closer to get a better look. Like shes's studying a work of fine art. Like every detail needs to be savoured. Like the very sensation was mind blowing! "O-Oh....! T-They're! I-I can't b-believe it! Y-You're a-an a-angel...! Y-Y-You're an a-actual angel!" She closed her eyes and let out a shuddering breath. Her expression was rather exhilarating. Full flushed and stary eyed. "Y-You're divine!" She gasps! Then suddenly realised that she'd gotten a little ahead of herself. "S-Sorry! U-Um, t-that was j-just a b-bit of a r-rush... t-they're incredible... and s-so soft a-and w-warm! A-And the energy that's f-flowing through t-them i-is just...! W-W-Wow!" She stops long enough to catch her breath. "O-O-Oh, I s-should say... u-um, I-I'm sensitive to energy, l-like I can feel it, a-and y-yours is like... a f-firework! B-Beautiful a-and sudden! W-Wait... n-no that's not it... like a flower! Y-Yeah, like a-a flower! U-Uhhh, that's not it e-ether! It's like a thermo nuclici-plasma stream with ionic resonance containment systems and... and..." Sammi lapses into embarrassed silence, looking around for something to talk about. "Oh! W-What do y-your t-think o-of the b-base? Do you l-like it?" She asks excitedly, she seems to have relaxed a little. She's certainly shaking less, becoming more expressive. Well, she's still shy and quiet. punctuated by bursts of stammering chatter, before returning to her usual nervous 'umming' and 'uring'. She glances up as Om and Opal leave. Hiding behind your wing to watch them move through. She clearly looks worried. "... I-I hope h-he's okay...!" she murmurs.
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Fre: +2 | Dan: +2 | Sav: 0 | Sup: +1 | Mun: 0 Potential: 0/5 | Conditions: None I lean against the bar and listen to Om - he needs to get this off his chest, I can tell. I sip my orange drink lightly - ooh good - and nod sympathetically. "I won't lie," I tell him, "That kind of power makes me...nervous. Distrustful. But I've never seen you do anything that would make me worried about you." Oh, secrets. I try to contain my scowl. "You didn't know," I reassure him, moving in, sliding an arm across his shoulders. "How could you? It's a whole new way to be," I say, and have to laugh a little. "You want to know how many dishes I smashed when I was in rehab?" "Hey, hey," I pull Om off the bar. "I get it, I do, really," I say. A deep breath, because that...is a big question. "Sometimes," I whispers. "Not...being just human anymore...makes me wonder..." I swallow hard. "It won't come to that, Om. I will, but...it won't, really," I smile at him, and take a step back, tugging him towards the sauna. "Do you...do you *want* to be ready for it?" Taking that influence!
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Fre +1| Dan -1 | Sav +1 | Sup +2 | Mun +0 Potential: 3/5 | Conditions: Angry Sammi's touches are light, which makes me relax a little, but its the way she's staring that puts me on edge. She's busy studying my wings, like she's analysing every detail. But I'm too busy catching glimpses of Om getting flustered and Eva leaving. Poor Om, I want to go over there and say something! He looks so frustrated, but Sammi's delicately got hold of my feathers and I wouldn't even know where to begin asking him if he's ok so openly after that little....miscommunication? I want to see if Eva is alright too, she's left the celebration, she shouldn't be on her own. I look back at Sammi to ask her about leaving momentarily, but the look on her face makes me forget what I was going to say. She's in awe! In shock, almost. "O-Oh....! T-They're! I-I can't b-believe it! Y-You're a-an a-angel...! Y-Y-You're an a-actual angel!" She says it like its some new revelation, I thought I'd told the AI. Maybe they didn't believe me? I nod slowly, slightly wanting to correct her and say I just have an angel in me, but that's a conversation for another time. She obviously didn't know, maybe breaking the whole thing gently to her would be good. "How interesting..." ponders Az, ominously. I don't reply, having two conversations is far too painful right now. Sammi seems enraptured by the idea I am 'divine' as she puts it, for a moment I wonder if she's going to faint. It's nice to find someone who actually believes me for once, I'm not lying. "Yeah, my feathers are angelic, it's complicated but yeah. I mean divine sounds way too ego-filled for me though. I'm just....blessed." I think about how lucky I am to have Az, blessed it truly the word, not that I'd ever tell him, he's got a big enough ego as it is. She starts to explain in her nervous way that she can read energy, I just sit and listen to her, smiling as she talks. Stuttering seems to disappear when she start talking about technology. drat if I only i knew more about that kind of thing, I might get her to relax a little bit! I pull my wings back into place, not a feather out of place, she really was gentle with me. I smile and breathe easy. "The base! I love it! It's beautiful, and so fancy. It feels amazing to be here. I can't wait to see it all, I feel like I'm only scratching the surface of what this place has to offer. And God, it's good to have a proper bed! Looking forward to a good night's sleep." Sammi suddenly takes cover behind my wings and I look to see what she's hiding from. Opal and Om are leaving too. Figures. No one likes staying around me for long anyway. My smile diminishes. "Yeah, I hope he's alright too." I shrug my shoulders, Om's never going to want to talk to me, why do I keep kidding myself like this. But Sammi seems interesting in staying by me, even with understanding more than most do so early. "So, tell me a little bit about yourself Sammi? I mean you're amazingly gifted at mechanical stuff, where did you learn all that?" I smile, trying to learn more about this cute little girl. "You aren't going to ask her how she KNOWS you're divine?" roars Az in my head, I tune him out. This is a chat, not an interrogation.
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Tech and terminology Sammi shrugs shyly, gosh it's adorable. "I-I guess, I was made that way... l-like your wings are part of you, my... t-talents over technology is inherently part of who I am. It's God's gift. I-I used to be a h-hero... but I k-kept breaking stuff. s-so now I-I live here! I-I um... made t-this place..!" She looks at her own reflection in the water. "I s-suppose I'm a-a biological machine... l-like an android... but different. As I grew u-up my powers grew with me... b-but I never w-worked out how to grow into them... s-so now I k-keep out of t-trouble... W-When the A.I. asked me i-if they could h-house a t-team here... I d-didn't want t-to at first... b-but I'm glad I did!" She adds hurriedly. "I-I.... like.... you..." Her face goes a shade of red hither too unknown by mankind. Each word getting quieter as it works it's way out of her mouth. She has a momentary look of panic, as though she had said far too much. "I-I m-mean... uh...ah!" She attempted to cover for herself. But seemed to get awfully tangled over her words... "W-W-W-Would-you-like-a-tour?!!" she says all a flustered. There's something oddly familiar about her behaviour. You know you've seen it before. But you just can't seem to place it. Ah well, I'm sure it'll come to you soon.
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Fre +1| Dan -1 | Sav +1 | Sup +2 | Mun +0 Potential: 4/5 | Conditions: Angry Sammi is adorable. Plain and simple. And she keeps making me smile in the shy way she looks up at me. She used to be a hero but kept breaking stuff, she looks like she couldn't harm a fly! "You...you made this place? You mean the base? You live here? This is yours? I didn't know!" I'm in shock for a second, I had no clue. I had just assumed the AI had given it to us, but this was her home! "It's a beautiful place! Honestly! Wow!" I think about the base in a whole new way, and wonder...where does Sammi live in this place? I had no clue she was here when Shad brought us here. Then she tells me she's an android and my head starts spinning. She doesn't seem robotic at all, not on the outside anyway. "That makes a lot more sense now" whispers Az, more to himself I suspect than me. "Wow, I never would have guessed you were an android? Sorry I'm new to the whole tech thing. I know there's a difference when you say robot and cyborg and android. Biological machine huh? So that's what an android is." All this tech was confusing enough to begin with, but I needed to learn, hell I'd hate it if someone defined me as a bird rather than an angel just because they assume rather than ask. "I-I.... like.... you..." Looking ready to explode from how shy and red she is, I put my hand ever so gently on Sammi's shoulder to try and calm her down. "Hey, no need to get so embarrassed about it, I like you too. You're very sweet Sammi, and you don't need to get so flustered, I know I may look...scary but I'm harmless really, promise." I just want to reassure her so much, she seems so terrified of me for some reason, like talking to me is so difficult and yet she's still here. Odd that....and the way she talks to me it reminds me of something, feels like I've heard the way she talks somewhere before... Rolling to pierece Sammi's mask Pierce Sammi's mask: 2d6-2 5 God drat it, marking potential ....Hmmm, I'm sure if it's important I'll figure it out. "A tour! I'd love one!" I say my smile beaming, trying to act as calmly and friendly as possible. I really want a friend right now and I feel like if I'm not careful I'll scare Sammi away, and she seems so sweet. Maybe if I just try and behave myself as best I can, she might not run away. I really hope she doesn't. Scarlettsmiles fucked around with this message at 02:00 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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Fre: +3 | Dan: +1 | Sav: +0 | Sup: +0 | Mun: -1 Potential: 3/5 | Burn: 0 | Conditions: Afraid Location: The Backstage - Tropics Pool - Sauna Om smiled sadly "Hope the best, prepare for the worst, that's what my uncle told me." He looked away towards the sauna. "This however, I can be very sure about this." He clasped his hands together looking so much more chipper, having got that off of his chest. "I always wanted one for myself." He makes his way towards it ahead of Opal and holds the door open for her "In Finland they say a session in the sauna and then a roll around in the winter snow is good for the body, and you take a bunch of silver birch twigs in with you to gently beat your skin with, relaxes the muscles or something." Also it's done in the nude, he knew that too but, well he was the one sole man in the team and that could cause comment. Perhaps later when no one is home Om decided. He thought about this for a moment. "Do you think if we ask Daeva nicely we could get some snow? Nah forget I asked." TheNabster fucked around with this message at 08:56 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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Fre: -1 | Dan: -1 | Sav: +1 | Sup: +2 | Mun: +2 Potential: 2/5 | Conditions: Guilty, Insecure Eva stared at the beef tenderloin on the counter. Up until now, she had gone through the preparation as if in a haze of sorts, expression unreadable as well practiced hands went through the motions of foodmaking, mind too frazzled by a jumble of bouncing and conflicting thoughts to really focus on anything that was happening. However, something about the wet, glistening piece of raw meat in front of her caused her mind to settle, the sight of blood kicking in some unconscious alarm that screamed 'focus'. Eva stared at the beef tenderloin on the counter. And her face, up until now bearing a blank, distant expression, ever so slowly crunched up into a despondent grimace as her eyes started to well up. She brought down her fist on the counter, the slamming sound of the strike echoing in the otherwise empty kitchen. What the hell? What had she just done? Well that was easy to answer, wasn't it? She had just went and made her relationship with her second oldest friend weird. Because she was too swept up in the moment to give any thought on how that kind of thing would look like. And worse, how it made Jaggy feel. She was a moron. An idiot. Idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idiot idio- She suddenly stopped that line of thought. She wasn't an idiot. No, claiming that was demonstrably false. She brought her sleeve across her eyes to wipe the tears before they had the chance to fall. No. She was just an idiot with people. It made sense. She had made her first and for a long time only friend when already in her teens, but they only ever hanged out intermittently. And then Jaggy came along, but they did not meet that often either. ... Perhaps they just talked to her out of pity? Perhaps she was just too weird? She always had liked to think of herself as normal and well adjusted. But that was when she was with Dad. And basically anyone would look normal in comparison to Dad. But that did not really mean anything here in the real world. Maybe she just couldn't fit in after all. Maybe she should just stick with being by herself. That, at least, she knew how to do. Yes, perhaps she should just stick with what she knew from now on. She knew how to cook, and how to bake. And she would make sure the rest of team would arrive to some splendidly prepared beef wellington. She had promised, after all. She also knew how to patrol, and how to fight. With the meal readied, she would head out into the night to do her thing. She marched into her room, and donned her uniform. It blends well in the dark, after all. She fetched her swords, and gave her mask one last look before donning it as well. It sends a message of fear into the minds of the undeserving, after all. And with that, she was off, disappearing like a shadow into the night. Theantero fucked around with this message at 12:31 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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Fre: +2 | Dan: +2 | Sav: 0 | Sup: +1 | Mun: 0 Potential: 0/5 | Conditions: None "Good approach to life," I say, and slip into the sauna, bumping a hip against Om as I got past him. He didn't actually answer the question, if he wants to...so....hummm. I wait for Om to close the door. "I really don't think we should be worrying about Daeva right now, do you?" I ask. I move forward and lock eyes with him, smiling. I slide my arms up over his shoulders, around his neck. "I know how it feels, to be cut off, to feel that weight of being...different."I breathe, my eyes batting. "You feel like there's nobody who understands. I feel that way, sometimes. It's important we...support each other." A smile creeps onto my face. "Wouldn't we have to wear less?" I ask. I press my lips into a line. <Platonicsolid> Provoking Om <Platonicsolid> .roll 2d6+1 <Platonibot> Platonicsolid: 9 (2d6+1=2, 6) Will spend an influence to make that a 10. Platonicsolid fucked around with this message at 15:15 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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Fre: +3 | Dan: +1 | Sav: +0 | Sup: +0 | Mun: -1 Potential: 3/5 | Burn: 0 | Conditions: Afraid, Guilty Location: The Backstage - Tropics Pool - Sauna Om felt himself starting to heat up again this was suddenly getting all touchy feely again and it was giving OM very complicated feelings. "Ermm, I don't follow." It took a moment, and then he twigged finally "Oh OH! Wait hold on!" Om very quickly took a rapid step back from Opal. "I really don't think I can- I mean I don't think we should since we haven't really gotten to know each other- and I don't I really think that is not a good idea at all and-" Too late, the air flared up, the psionic energy bubbled to the surface, and the collar started to steam as the powers overwhelmed the suppressing runes on it's surface. 18:09 TheNabster OM prematurely psionics 18:09 jimmydaladphone You'll get a condition 18:09 TheNabster !r 2d6+3 18:09 TheNabster TOO LATE 18:09 Krysmbot TheNabster, 7+3 = 10 18:09 TheNabster I'M OUT! "Aw bugger." And then in a sound like air being sucked through a hole, followed by a pop, Om vanished from the Sauna. Marking Guilty again for rejecting the Provoke, since I did just sort of blow Opal off by accident. TheNabster fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Sep 14, 2016 |
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Fre: -1 | Dan: 0 | Sav: +1 | Sup: 0 | Mun: 3 Potential: 2/5 | Conditions: Afraid, Guilty Note to self, asking about Daeva's powers was a bad idea. While she was curious about how something from your past life could carry onto this life or even the fact that past lives existed, I knew better than to ask her at the moment. I smiled lightly in response to Daeva's comment, trying my best not to just run away and ruin any chance of a friendship from happening. "Well, they just sorta happened. Like, they just manifested out of nowhere. I'm not really sure how to explain it. One day I was just playing football and the next thing I know, I suddenly have metal arms." That was a really crap answer. What the hell was I thinking? I probably should've just lied or something. God, I sounded so mundane. I continued to keep the facade up, not wanting to hurt her feelings. She was a teammate after all, and one who had useful powers. I didn't want to ruin the trust that she had in me. That would be absolutely detrimental towards being a good leader. I just had to approach this in a diplomatic way. Then she dropped the bomb. Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no How was I supposed to respond to that? I couldn't hide the shock. After all, I think my mind sorta just blew up for a second there. She did like me in that way! Why did this have to happen to me? How was I supposed to approach this? I mean, I don't think I swing that way! I'm also her leader and it could jeopardise the cohesiveness of the team if we're in a relationship like that. Plus there was Fiero and life at home and it was all forming this swirling cloud of emotional chaos inside my mind. All sorts of different thoughts were tugging me in different directions that it was making it so hard to think straight. "Uhh... I.. uhh..." Oh god, I was rambling. A look of absolute terror was on my face as I was trying to process everything. "I mean.. I just... I like you... but not like... I don't..." This was going to end badly. I knew this was going to end badly. Yet all I could think about was just running. RUN RUN RUN. "I'm so sorry!" I yelped, as I jumped out of the pool and ran out the pool area. Marking Afraid due to rejecting Daeva's Provoke and marking Guilty due to how bad she feels hurting Daeva like that.
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Fre: +2 | Dan: +2 | Sav: 0 | Sup: +1 | Mun: 0 Potential: 0/5 | Conditions: None It's funny, watching him figure it out, and then...something smells like ozone and I jump back, as Om actually steams, as he disappears with a pop. I don't believe it. Really? I...I made him disappear? "Om?" I ask. "OM!?" I call. Silence. "Well...gently caress," I curse to the empty room. I stalk out of the sauna, heading downstairs. "drat it," I mutter, heading away from the entire pool complex, towards the residence section. "El?" I call, seeing that orange suit, "Hey, Elementa, hold up!" I call to her, running a bit faster, picking up my pace.
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Fre: -1 | Dan: 0 | Sav: +1 | Sup: 0 | Mun: 3 Potential: 2/5 | Conditions: Afraid, Guilty It was as if my body had a mind of its own at that point. Everyone was just screaming to run away from the situation. I didn't know how to react, especially with how forward she was about it. I couldn't help but feel guilty. Guilty might be an understatement. I felt absolutely terrible. I was supposed to be the leader and yet I ran away from her like that? How would I ever be able to face her? How would I be able to lead her knowing I did something like that to her? I eventually stopped running once I reached my room. Panting slightly, I whipped around at the sound of footsteps. Oh please let it not be Daeva. I can't see her now! I needed to calm down and not make an absolute idiot out of myself. Then again, there were a lot of things I needed to do. "Oh, Opal." I said meekly, my hand clenched on my swimsuit. "Opal, I hosed up. I hosed up so badly and I have no idea what to do. What do I do? Oh god!" I could feel a few tears starting to form. This was not how I envisioned the pool party ending. I thought we were all going to have fun, but in the end I just ruined everything with my reaction to Daeva. I buried my chest into Opal's mechanic body, trying not to break down completely. Everything was going wrong.
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