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Venom "All of us," Felicia corrects him, to a skeptical audience. She shrugs, aware of the audacity of her suggestion. "I remember the story other-you told me, the second or third time that Jean Grey died. The Phoenix Force drained her so much that she needed an infusion of life force, and you all volunteered to help. A portion of soul-power from ten people can resurrect one." She grimaces and looks down, grinding her left toes into the ground. "I'm not exactly eager to let someone like Dracula have any of my blood, but unless there's a better idea, I think that's what we'll have to do."
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Bookkeeping Post Dracula's Tomb Beast listens carefully to the suggestions of the Weapon Xers. "I agree with your reploid companion. While diluting the effect between the whole group of us may prove effective, the risk of Dracula controlling us all is too great. Logan, I'm not sure that you would be able to withstand the effects, however. In my experience, you healing factor reacts unpredictably to magic. Wolverine growls a bit, feeling he's being dismissed out of hand. Jubilee nudges him a bit. "Like, out of anyone here, you going all vampire kill-crazy would be the pits to deal with. Don't forget, we've seen you get all drunk and fighty before." Gambit snickers, right up until Wolverine glares at the cajun, causing him to hold his hands up and back off. Suddenly, GasTRON pushes the beast out of the way. "Hah! The rest of you mewling wimps can argue about this all night long for all I care - a true hero isn't afraid to lose a little blood." Before anyone else can respond, Gaston has already pushed his way inside the gate and grabbed the head. Looking back at McCoy, Gaston glowers. "And don't think I've forgotten about you, Beast. I'll test my mettle against you and prove myself the better man, after I've finished this little donation." He puts the head against some of his more exposed skin - away from the circuitry and cybernetics that cover much of his frame - and rolls his eyes. "I don't see what was so hard about thi-" he suddenly stops, his eyes going blank as Dracula's disembodied head sinks its fangs into his body, drinking deeply. He drops to his knees in shock, feeling his lifeforce draining away. Tendrils of red begin to uncoil from the stump of Dracula's neck, expanding out as he attempts to regrow his body as Gaston's expense...
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Bookkeeping Post Dracula's Tomb Dracula laughs, long and low, his newly-formed throat wet with congealed blood. "You ask Lord Dracula to don the mantle of the Sorcerer Supreme?" He looks to Cyclops. "Agent Summers, you really must be desperate. Do you see now? Do you see what fresh hell you have wrought upon your world?" He steps forward, gesturing dramatically. His new body has gained enough strength to monologue, it would seem. "You were so intent on destroying the magical forces holding your world together that you now risk destroying everything. And now, at the end, you must turn to the one man you could not kill for good." He smiles, flashing his fangs at the assembled guards and Weapon Xers. "And you have no choice but to trust me, it would seem. How utterly delightful." He licks his lips, lapping up a trickle of Gaston's blood that still remains on the corner of his mouth. "And delicious." He stands, gliding along the floor towards Agent Addison. "And you, my dear. You are not with this ridiculous TORCH, I take it? You don't talk like you're from around here, either. Tell me, what shall I do to accept your generous offer?" He moves a hand up towards her face, flesh only just forming on the extremity.
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Bookkeeping Post Dracula's Tomb Dracula smiles smugly to Addison as she brushes his hand away, "I believe I would remember fighting with someone as...spirited as you, my dear." Listening to Agent Addison and Venom debate with him, he idly strokes his beard as he considers the proposal. "You are correct - I would not desire to see the world destroyed. All that I desire - all that I have ever desired - is a home for my people." He glares at Cyclops. "That is no longer necessary." He steps towards Sir Nicholas and Mega Man X. "Still, perhaps the powers of the Sorcerer Supreme will allow me to start anew. I will amass new followers, and none shall oppose me this time." Cyclops looks like he's got an itchy visor as he speaks, "That's not happening, Dracula. As far as I'm concerned, you can take that amulet, but you're getting back in your cell and you're going to sit there and you're going to wait for us to call you. That's how this is going to work. You're not the Sorcerer Supreme, you're a wizard on a leash. And I'm holding the slack." He frowns - apparently that line sounded cooler in his head. Dracula sneers as he reaches out to take the Amulet of Agamotto from the Fury. "We shall see, Summers. We shall see."
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Bookkeeping Post Dracula's Tomb As Dracula receives the Amulet, the relic glows brightly and Dracula himself seems...elevated somehow. Lowering his face, he smiles wryly and chuckles low in his throat. "I almost believed you would renege on this arrangement. Now to find the rest of my tools. I believe the Cloak of Levitation and the Books of Knowledge are likely to be found in your ridiculous little prison, as well." Dracula waves dismissively to the others and moves to push past Cyclops. The guard does not move. Siryn and Iceman return just in time to join them, having finished disarming the bomb. "Get. Back. In. Your. Cell." Cyclops glares, hand near his visor for emphasis. The other remaining guards collect behind their leader, preparing to back him up despite their apprehension. Dracula smirks. "TORCH barely defeated me before, and I doubt that you have the Montesi Formula lying around to finish the job." Cyclops gestures with a hand behind his back to his comrades as he fires an optic blast. Dracula dodges easily out of the way, laughing at the effort, but that's exactly what Cyclops was counting on. Siryn lets loose with a sonic scream, as Dazzler uses her ability to turn the sonic boom into a massive energy explosion directed right at Dracula's chest. The vampire lord is knocked backwards, directly into his cell. Gambit and Beast lunge forward, closing the cell door. Cyclops glares. "The magical protections on that cell should at least take time for you to break through, considering that you're still a Sorcerer Supreme in Training. In the meantime, we'll be sure to get some contingencies together to make sure you stay where you belong until we need you." He turns away, leaving the enraged vampire to pound his fist against the cell. "The Montesi Formula sounds promising. We'll look into that." The Tallus on X's wrist begins to glow, and speaks to him. "Your mission is complete, but your quest has only just begun. One has fallen, and will never return home." And with that, just as Cyclops moves to address them, they feel the multiverse tug them away once more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQe1QxHZuWg When the world stops spinning, they find themselves in some sort of windowless room filled with large metallic boxes - storage containers of some kind, by the looks of them. The room is made of some unknown material, and almost looks like the set of some sort of science fiction film. The Tallus speaks again to X. "You have another mission, Weapon X. A group of dangerous renegades threaten to destabilize not just this world, but all others. They must be eliminated for the good of all."
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Bookkeeping Post Unknown Cargo Bay New Act, everyone! If you want to cash in XP for any progression, let me know. And Little Mac - you're right that right now the powers don't come with you between acts. You can upgrade that for some XP when you have enough at an act break though. As X explains the context of the Tallus's commands, and the team prepares to head out, their surroundings are suddenly tossed almost out from under them. A massive sound like thunder accompanies the lurch - some sort of explosion? And alarm starts blaring almost immediately, followed by a voice coming from some unseen intercom system. "Captain Hook - to the bridge! We're under fire!"
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Bookkeeping Post Unknown Cargo Bay I'm assuming the party is heading out at least into the hallways at the suggestion of Venom and Addison, so moving ahead! Addison and Venom lead the way to get the team out of the current room, finding themselves in a hallway. Following the corridor away from the current room, another couple explosions rock the...the voice mentioned a bridge, so is this a ship?...but they manage to keep their balance with a bit of effort. And then they see it - a window in the hallway. And just like that, they realize where they really are. Beyond the window, they see stars twinkling in the void of space, and the brilliant flashes of light from weapons fire being exchanged between a strange vessel, and the apparent starship that Weapon X has found themselves on. The team is in outer space, and someone out there is trying to blow them up.
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Bookkeeping Post Unknown Spaceship Before X can answer, the ship is rocked by another explosion. The lights in the hall dim for a brief moment, and the members of Weapon X look to each other before rushing down the halls, trying to find their way to the bridge. They're not sure what vessel they're even on, much less of its schematics, but Doom knows his way around spacecraft and does his best to lead them towards the most logical location of their goal. They burst through the doors, just in time to see a ragtag group of...pirates? The man in charge of this motley crew definitely looks the part - a bit foppish in appearance, but with a hook hand, and a cutlass and what almost looks like a flintlock pistol attached to his belt. He also bears what looks like the Tallus on his non-hook hand. The rest of the crew include a man in a ridiculously oversized scarf, a man who looked like he might be cosplaying HG Wells's Invisible Man, a powerful looking woman with the most incredibly ornate armor that any of them has ever seen, and a man that several of the Weapon Xers recognize as...a Magneto. The bandaged man whips around to look at the members of Weapon X as they burst in, "Captain! A boarding party?!" Hook turns to look at them as well. Noticing the Tallus that Mega Man X bears, he raises an eyebrow. "I think not, my dear Dr. Westlake." Another tremor, though thankfully smaller this time. "Though I must hope that our new guests will hold a moment while we deal with this pressing matter. Fire another volley, then turn about and prepare for ramming speed! We're going to make them run for it!" Lager fucked around with this message at 03:35 on Sep 9, 2019 |
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Mega Man X PP: 2 | XP: 3 | Stress: 1d6 Physical Stress, 1d8 Emotional Stress This it it, X thought. This is the nightmare scenario. In a way he was extremely happy for the explosions that had forced an end to Doom's conversation. Every circuit in his body was telling him to shout Doom down and step up to his boldfaced bravado. X didn't trust half his own team and foremost among those he deemed untrustworthy was the armored mage himself. As they ran down the hall X kept thinking of some snappy comeback to Doom, something pithy that would keep him in check and ensure that at least the other more rambunctious members of the team would respect his authority. Of course, once they got to the bridge things weren't much better. Suddenly there was a Magneto there - because of course - and they were dealing with some kind of space pirate situation. Doom, of course, was in his element. He was suddenly barking out orders. They had just landed in the middle of a bunch of pirates, but the only mutiny was seemingly directed towards him. Still, perhaps giving Doom a longer leash was... the better choice. But a leash nonetheless. "I'll stick with you, Doom. Captain, I'm X. Anything we can do to help?" X is having a rough go of it. Activating Moody again. Cartridgeblowers fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Sep 11, 2019 |
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Bookkeeping Post Unknown Spaceship @Lager: 2d10 Doom Pool = (8+7) = 15 with a d4 effect, so you win that one handily. d6 Sensor Ghosts Asset on your side, now. If someone with some Vehicle skill wants to try and pilot the ship, they can try to boost that asset. Once the asset hits d10 or higher we'll call this little ship sequence a wrap and you can get on with assassinating these rebels at Madame Webb's command, which I'm sure you'll all follow to the letter! Flashing a toothy smile, the Doctor simply responds, "Yes, quite!" He directs her to open one of the maintenance panels on the bridge, near the weapons console. "This little device might not look like much, but it's the most powerful computer within light-years of this ship. It should be more than powerful enough to cause some chaos..." Working together, the Doctor walks Addison through the process - they're going to try and convince the Shi'ar that their vessel is moving in a completely different direction, to try and make the enemy fire at the wrong spot entirely. "Just have to hack into their sensor array, and..." He grins to her, reaching into his coat for a small paper bag of candies. "Have a jelly baby, my dear - we've earned it." Captain Hook is relieved as he watches the enemy ship begin firing into empty space, seemingly at random, chasing after the false signals the Doctor is sending at them.
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The ship pitched about wildly, flying without a pilot. As they tried to hold the craft together, they heard... a sound. Down the hallway... footsteps. No, not just footsteps. BOOTsteps. Size-13 wrestling boot steps! And... was that music? Suddenly a newcomer exploded through the door in a flash of red, yellow and orange. So much orange. His eyes were wild as he looked around the bridge, his eyes instantly locking on the controls. Could that be...? It is! It's him! It's  "Looks like all you Hulkamaniacs are in a jam!" He announced. "Well let me tell you something, brother! Whether it's a motorcycle or a monster truck, there ain't nothing the Hulkster can't drive, jack. Now let me at those controls, dude!" He smoothed his golden Hulkastache with one hand before he tugged at the back of his red and yellow "HOGAN" bandanna. He quickly made his way to the controls and used his 24-inch pythons to gently pick up the injured pilot (who was probably a Hulkamaniac) and move him to the floor before grabbing the stick and throttle in his mighty hands. He could almost hear the voice of an old rival as he did so... Take the pilot, who has already made the sacrifice, Hulk Hogan. Assume the controls, Hulk Hogan. SHOVE THE PLANE INTO A NOSE DIVE, HULK HOGAN! With every ounce of force he could muster, Hogan slammed the control stick straight ahead as he jammed the throttle all the way into the open position. "Let's see if you can keep up with the Hulkster, brother!" He taunted them as he leaned forward over the console, like a bull getting ready to charge. The tears in the back of his yellow shirt opened further as his muscles tensed. Roll is 13 with a D6 effect to help get them off our tail. quote:HOGAN Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Dec 6, 2019 |
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Bookkeeping Post Unknown Spaceship @Lager: 1d10+1d10 Doom Pool Can't Resist Hulkamania, Brother! = (1)+(5) = 6; So yeah, Doom Pool really can't. As Hulk Hogan, of all things, suddenly takes the wheel, the good Captain Hook seems downright speechless. They all simply watch the massive mustachioed wrestler take the controls and begin deftly flying the ship out of range of the enemy craft. Between the disruptive effects that the Doctor and Addison's meddling is having on the Shi'ar cruiser's targeting array, and the crackerjack piloting of the Hulkster, Captain Hook's vessel seems to be free and clear. Unfortunately, when a ship is firing wildly, sometimes random chance has a way of biting you in the rear end. A stray shot from the Shi'ar cruiser just manages to hit the Starjammer. The damage is minor, but enough to overload an EPS conduit and causes one of the control consoles on the bridge too blow up. Spiral is standing right next to the console, and is caught full in the face by the explosion, collapsing to the ground in pain, covered in burns. But at the very least, from that point the Starjammer manages to limp away from the battle, to fight another day. The Doctor rushes over to check her as Captain Hook looks to the body of the bandaged man, who is trying to get up and failing. Then to the body of Spiral. From that point he looks to the Tallus on Mega Man X's arm, then up to the rest of the Weapon X team. "Well...one of ours. And one of yours. And what do we do now, lads?" He narrows his eyes with suspicion, ready to grab for his phaser. Well, out of the frying pan and into the fire. Now that you're not at risk of being blown out of the sky, time to continue your actual mission - killing the people you just teamed up with! BEFORE - The Nexus of all Space and Time Hulk Hogan finds himself on a path made of light, surrounded by a bizarre skyscape of lightning flashes and other paths of light hovering in the void of space. All roads lead towards a labyrinthine structure in the center. The jet ski was out of control, he should be dead, but this...didn't seem like heaven. The Hulkster doesn't have much time to consider the situation before he hears a voice behind him, that of a matronly woman. "It was not the most dignified way to pass on, but...I have seen worse, I assure you." Behind him, an elderly woman has appeared, sitting in a long dress and wearing glasses that seem completely opaque. She sits in a bizarre chair comprised of long tubes that weave about each other like a spider's web.  "You are not the first to arrive in this place, and you will not be the last. But our time grows short. You are needed, Terry Bollea. Weapon X will need you in their battle."
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Venom "Now that the immediate danger has passed, I think priority one is to remain calm," Felicia replied. The whole situation was very strange, and she didn't want to get into a fight - well, there was that, full stop. She didn't want to get into a fight at all, given the conga line of turmoil after . . . after. She didn't want to get into a fight on a spaceship, what with the risk of breaking things, particularly the hull. She didn't want to fight the crew of said ship on their home turf. "Maybe you can land somewhere, or get to a port, or whatever it is spaceships do," she suggested, "and we can figure out where to go from there?"
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 NOW "You know something, this thing handles a lot like the boat from my hit show Thunder in Paradise." Hogan took his hand off the throttle to give a hearty thumbs up. "I was an ex-commando who had a high-tech superboat and used it to fight crime as a mercenary while helping my single dad friend take care of his kid. Anyway, if you know where to go, the Hulkster's gonna get you there!" Hogan looked over the many screens on the controls scanning for a map, but soon gave up to look at the captain. "Where do you keep your maps, dude?" THEN Hogan shot up to his full height and stared the old woman down from behind his glasses. "Lady, I don't know what territory you work, but in the Dubya-See-Dubya, you don't call a brother by his shoot name unless you're one of the dudes he's worked with, jack," The massive wrestler snarled and flexed imposingly as he spoke. "Now I wanna know where I am and what's going on. There's no Hulkamaniacs here! I've never been here before!" Defiance Industries fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Dec 7, 2019 |
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Bookkeeping Post Unknown Spaceship Big Barda and Magneto both move slowly to positions around the flanks of the Weapon X team, prepared for the worst. Magneto looks to Hook. "Are they Exiles, or...?" Hook holds up a finger to silence his crewman before giving Venom a cold, hard look. "Are you...assassins?" The drama of the moment is lost almost immediately, however, as Hulk Hogan begins excitedly telling them about his 1994 one-season wonder. The Doctor just looks over at the mountain of a man, and claps his hands together loudly. "Hah! Simply marvelous." Hook cracks a slight smile. "I'm afraid there's not a port in the storm that would have my pirate crew. No, we must settle this business like gentlefolk. Here, on the bridge. Anything else would simply be bad form. I ask again. Are you assassins?" BEFORE The elderly woman simply holds up a hand as if to silence the hulking man. "You may call me Madame Webb. Do not worry, all will be made clear, but it would be easier to show you." Then, from the raised hand, webs seem to shoot out in all directions, until the world turns white all around Hogan. He begins to see shapes, gradually, and watches images of the Weapon X team - Spiral, GasTRON, Megman X, Darth Doom, Agent Addison, Venom, and Sir Nicholas. He watches them materialize outside the cube, the fight with the TORCH soldiers, the battle with the Avengers. He watches as the bomb is activated to destroy the Cube, and the Weapon X team running headfirst into the danger. The clashes with the mutant guards, the ones they called X-Men. And then...the sudden betrayal, as Warden Xavier reveals himself to be his own son, Legion. The team freeing Dracula, in order to make him the new Sorcerer Supreme. And then, the seeming death of GasTRON at the hands of the undead menace. The images fade, and the woman in the chair is before him once more. "So you see, they have need of a new warrior to join their ranks. You are that warrior, you who would style yourself 'Hulk Hogan'. They are but children, and they are in danger. There is a very dangerous team of rogue agents - Exiles, they will call themselves. They threaten to destroy an entire universe with their actions. They must be...eliminated." Even behind the opaque glasses, she seems to stare right through him at that last statement. Spreading her hands wide, she pulls a single card out of seemingly thin air. The card hovers in front of her, and slowly lowers towards Hulk. A tarot card - the Tower, specifically. "I am here to provide guidance, and insight. You may choose what you will of it. This card will allow you to view events in your home universe, if you wish. And this..." She pulls a credit card out, lowering it towards him as well. "Will provide for any...monetary needs you may have. These tools are all that I may provide you at this time, aside from my counsel." She lowers her face. "Help them, Hulk Hogan. They will need your strength to overcome this challenge. Lend them your power to defeat these foes, that you may be hailed as a hero once more."
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