Ned and Pete had been friends from
kindergarten and had taken the same bus journey to school every day. Stan, the elderly
grey haired bus driver, had driven this route for so long he’d even driven it
when their parents went to school! The bus laboriously crawled along the
inevitable traffic build up across the bridge caused by bad weather.
Pete was fascinated by the storm. It
felt...odd in ways he couldn’t explain. His attention was drawn to the river
flowing rapidly under the bridge. The rain distorted his view as it battered
the windows smudged with handprints. The background noise of his classmates was
lost in the staccato of the heavy rain falling on the bus roof. Suddenly a new
noise punctuated the rhythmic rainfall. A movement, accompanied by an
unfamiliar but almost deafening engine roar announced the passing of the
Crusader Hovercraft as it swept past the bus and over the river.
Pete nudged Ned who was engaged in another
flirtatious conversation with one of their prettier classmates. “Look!” he
exclaimed, “It's the Crusaders...I think they are going to...yes look...there’s
a car caught up in the flood on the river road.”
Pete, Ned and now most of the bus watched as
the hovercraft kept an even speed over the car that was flailing in the rising
flood. A figure leapt out of the vehicle, his metallic mask glinting as the
lightning flashed overhead. “It's StrikeForce” announced Ned, a self proclaimed
expert on the City’s premier superhero team. “Hang on, someone or something
else is leaping out.”
To their amazement a gorilla leapt out of the
passenger side of the craft onto the road. What was even more startling was
that the gorilla started to grow. The ape was surrounded by a green energy
field as it doubled in size, doubled again and again. Before their stunned eyes
a monstrously proportioned primate stood over the river road…”I...I...don’t
believe it, It’s King Kong!” proclaimed Ned.
Then the world stopped...for a frightening
moment...and then immediately was flung into fast forward.
The combination of rain and wind suddenly
sent the bus sideways, causing it to smash into the bridge wall. The wall gave
way, concrete rubble cascading into the river below. That’s when the screaming
started.
Inside
the Crusader Hovercraft:
StrikeForce had spotted the family adrift in
the flash flood, the current washing them away. StrikeForce and Dr. Wildman
flew towards the mini-van being swept away by the flood waters. When they
arrived they both could see the frightened faces of the woman and her children
pressed up against the windows.
With some expert piloting skills he began to
maneuver the Hovercraft over the stricken vehicle. Activating the autopilot he
opened the pilots hatch and prepared to leap out.
Dr Wildman watched as the cybernetic crusader
went to work. "OK" he mused to himself; "Perhaps it's time to
give a field test to my new spell." Judging the swells and speed of the
current Dr Wildman leapt from the autopilot - ed aircraft and invoked the
incantations of his newly developed 'King Sized' spell attempting to turn into
a 30' gorilla!
As the waters continued to rise the Cyborg
Crusader tapped on the windshield of the van. Hoping to calm the mother and her
two children, he said "Hang tight ma'am, I'll have the three of you out of
there soon."
The Cyborg Crusader looked at the mother and
her two children. "Please move to the back of the vehicle, I'm going to
have to break open your windshield to pull you out." The Young mother moved her children to the
back of the van. Placing herself between her children and the front of the van,
she turned her back to protect them against any possible flying glass. Seeing
them moved into place, StrikeForce used his staff to punch a hole through the
glass. Breaking the staff into its two pieces, he placed the sections
throughout the hole and reassemble them. Using the staff, which was laying flat
against the glass, he pulled out the windshield.
"Ma'am, let me start moving your
children and you to the hovercraft."
Seeing his teammate transform into a 30'
gorilla, The Cyborg Crusader thought "Well, that's new." Replying to
his companion he said "I would say be careful Doc., but fear not danger,
twas beauty that killed the beast."
Confident that StrikeForce had this under
control, Dr Wildman used his survival skills to anticipate any other life
threatening incidents. Especially the epic sized ones, buildings collapsing,
buses skidding off bridges etc.
Looking several blocks away from where he
stood, Dr Wildman saw a bus skidding on an over pass bridge. The combination of
rain and wind causing it to smash into the bridge wall, the wall gave way as it
slowed the bus. Passengers screamed as the bus slide through the opening.
To Pete he couldn’t tell if it was the bus
sliding through the breach in the wall or the sight of a colossal gorilla
leaping and climbing towards the stricken vehicle that was causing his
classmates to scream the most.
The Skink took out his comm. phone from his
pouch, and listened to StrikeForce's signal.
"Copy that. This is Skink down here at
the mall with CAST. Its chaos down here... Cars all over the place... People
freaking out... We're gonna do our best to wrangle it back to some kinda
order... Gotta go... Keeping channel open... Skink out..."
He dove into the nearest restroom and got his
costume on in one of the stalls...With Skink speed and up a wall he gets to the
mall entrance, and clung above the main door, yelling...
"Everybody relax! Its gonna be ok! Just
stay in the Mall where it’s safer!!!"
Canon and Rapidfire arrived next. They stood
next to Skink.
Rapidfire said, “We need to get the crowds
into the designated storm shelters. I see too many are recording video on their
phones instead of moving.”
Canon said, “So Sis, how should be handle
this? I can reinforce the windows or provide cover. Skink could help me
barricade the windows or he could help you with getting those Youtubers to
move?”
“Skink what do you want to do, any ideas?”
Adamas will head into the storm, using his
heightened senses to find those in need.
In the distant he saw a Gulfsteam jet blown
off course by the violent winds. There were 3 people on board. It was starting
a rapid descent and there wasn’t a landing field nearby. It was going to crash.
Black Orchid and Demolisher made it to the CHESS
office. The Black Orchid introduced herself. She doesn't seem winded at all and
immediately composed herself.
"Hello, I'm The Black Orchid. These are
my credentials", she showed the official, and these are my colleagues
Manta-Man and... Demolisher, correct?" After they approved her entrance,
she immediately started with her slightly accelerated, activated voice,
indicating her mind was almost moving too fast for her ability to speak.
"I need access to all of the weather data - local, government, private
over the past 24 hrs in a 250 mile radius from here. I'll also need
unrestricted access to CHESS supercomputer 427B for performing data analytics.
I am currently working with Manta-Man from the Crusaders here to help
coordinate rescue efforts. I am also willing to liaise with FISH or other hero
organizations if need be. Manta-Man, Demolisher, you two can go back and help
with rescue efforts or you can stay here if you wish."
Demolisher wanted to help with rescue and
recovery efforts. “I’m not the best with
numbers and stuff, but give me something to lift or break and I'm your man!
". He's still getting used to the
new city and the people in it, everything seemed off here, but it was really
nice that he could use his powers to help people. He's pretty sure magic must be involved here
somehow, hopefully Black Orchid and all these smart people can figure out what
happened and what he needs to smash to fix it.
Manta-Man was watching the CHESS monitors.
They were focused on the city streets because of the storm. Manta-Man pointed
to the screens. “Demolisher, on this screen there has been a building that has
crashed on a parking garage entrance. The drivers are trapped inside and the
water is flooring the first level. That is where we need to go”
Manta-Man headed to the exit. “Demolisher are
you coming?”
The Black Orchid immediately set to work, but
she had to admit she was mildly distracted. The dinner with Paul, Jessica and
Adamas was actually more enjoyable than she anticipated, not having allowed
herself such a luxury in a long time. She was shocked back to her previous
mindset however with the knowledge of the discovery that one of the scientists
from her lab where the explosion occurred may not have been killed after all.
The relaxation of her resolve only to boomerang back to the reality of her
previous thinking was not what she anticipated at all. At first the news left
her speechless and Annie finished the dinner not quite as comfortably as she
started it. Later, she had hoped to immediately jump in and start working on
finding Dr. Holdway, the missing scientist, but again fate conspired to pull
her in a different direction from her intentions. While waiting for The
Enforcer to get in contact with her, the strange storm appeared appeared out of
the blue. The Black Orchid now shook her head, cleared her thoughts and
immediately started typing, "Now where did this storm start...?"
{GM
Note: Please let me know how Black Orchid plans to answer this question and
what skills she will use}
<Turns
and Actions due July 1st>
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Tom,
Great issue. No problem. Real life takes
priority.
Jamey
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Chris,
Welcome to the game. Great to have you.
Jamey
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Hi
Chris, welcome to the game and Demolisher - welcome to the team!
Steve
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Welcome
Chris, look forward to campaigning with you!
Jon
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Tom,
OOC: Can StrikeForce bring the hovercraft low
over the van and engage the autopilot, so that he can jump down onto the van.
Then he will try to leap back into the craft with the family.
Jamey
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Yes he
can attempt it. It will require Agility Save or two
Tom
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Then
he will give it a try. Thanks Tom.
Jamey
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StrikeForce had spotted the family adrift in
the flash flood, the current washing them away. With some expert piloting
skills he began to maneuver the Hovercraft over the stricken vehicle.
Activating the autopilot he opened the pilots hatch and prepared to leap out.
Dr Wildman watched as the cybernetic crusader
went to work. "OK" he mused to himself; "Perhaps it's time to
give a field test to my new spell." Judging the swells and speed of the
current Dr Wildman leaps from the autopilot - ed aircraft and invoking the incantations
of his newly developed 'King Sized' spell attempts to turn into a 30' gorilla!
Steve
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Wonderful, what is Dr Wildman going to do.
Help StrikeForce or look for others in need of help?
Tom
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Confident
that StrikeForce has this under control, Dr W will use his survival skills to
anticipate any other life threatening incidents. Especially the epic sized
ones, buildings collapsing, buses skidding off bridges etc.
Steve
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Looking
several blocks away from where he stood, Dr Wildman saw a bus skidding on an
over pass bridge. The combination of rain and wind causing it to smash into the
bridge wall. The wall gave way as it slowed the bus. Passenger screamed as the
bus slide through the opening.
Tom
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IC:
Ned and Pete had been friends from kindergarten and had taken the same bus
journey to school every day. Stan, the elderly grey haired bus driver, had
driven this route for so long he’d even driven it when their parents went to
school! The bus laboriously crawled along the inevitable traffic build up
across the bridge caused by bad weather.
Pete was fascinated by the storm. It
felt...odd in ways he couldn’t explain. His attention was drawn to the river
flowing rapidly under the bridge. The rain distorted his view as it battered
the windows smudged with handprints. The background noise of his classmates was
lost in the staccato of the heavy rain falling on the bus roof. Suddenly a new
noise punctuated the rhythmic rainfall. A movement ,accompanied by an
unfamiliar but almost deafening engine roar announced the passing of the
Crusader Hovercraft as it swept past the bus and over the river.
Pete nudged Ned who was engaged in another
flirtatious conversation with one of their prettier classmates. “Look!” he
exclaimed, “It's the Crusaders...I think they are going to...yes look...there’s
a car caught up in the flood on the river road.”
Pete, Ned and now most of the bus watched as
the hovercraft kept an even speed over the car that was flailing in the rising
flood. A figure leapt out of the vehicle, his metallic mask glinting as the
lightning flashed overhead. “It's StrikeForce” announced Ned, a self proclaimed
expert on the City’s premier superhero team. “Hang on, someone or something
else is leaping out.”
To their amazement a gorilla leapt out of the
passenger side of the craft onto the road. What was even more startling was
that the gorilla started to grow. The ape was surrounded by a green energy
field as it doubled in size, doubled again and again. Before their stunned eyes
a monstrously proportioned primate stood over the river road…”I...I...don’t
believe it, It’s King Kong!” proclaimed Ned.
Then the world stopped...for a frightening
moment...and then immediately was flung into fast forward.
The combination of rain and wind suddenly
sent the bus sideways, causing it to smash into the bridge wall. The wall gave
way, concrete rubble cascading into the river below. That’s when the screaming
started. To Pete he couldn’t tell if it was the bus sliding through the breach
in the wall or the sight of a colossal gorilla leaping and climbing towards the
stricken vehicle.
OOC: Dr Wildman will use his ape like skills
to climb and bound his way to the bus. Depending on the time it takes to get
there he will either attempt to grab it from the back and pull it back on the
bridge or he will rappel along the side of the bridge and with one arm attempt
to stop it's forward momentum and push it back.
Steve
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The
Skink took out his comm phone from his pouch, and listened to StrikeForce's
signal..
"Copy that. This is Skink down here at
the mall with CAST.. its chaos down here... Cars all over the place.. People
freaking out... We're gonna do our best to wrangle it back to some kinda
order... Gotta go.. Keeping channel open... Skink out..."
He dove into the nearest restroom and got his
costume on in one of the stalls...With Skink speed and up a wall he gets to the
mall entrance, and clung above the main door, yelling..
"Everybody relax! Its gonna be ok! Just
stay in the Mall where it’s safer!!!"
Chuck
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Ooc:
Is Demolisher a Frankenstein??? StrikeForce's new suit and a 30 gorilla Doc are
so cool!
Chuck
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No,
his origin will be revealed soon. The Frankenstein monsters are on team within
FISH. Sorta like Hellboy's team within the BPRD.
Tom
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Adamas
will head into the storm, using his heightened senses to find those in need.
Jon
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As the
waters continued to rise the Cyborg Crusader tapped on the windshield of the
van. Hoping to calm the mother and her two children, he says " Hang tight
ma'am, I'll have the three of you out of
there soon. "
OOC: Tom, is the water still low enough that
they can crawl out one of the vans Windows, or does StrikeForce have to kick in the windshield? Whichever one it is will alter my response.
Jamey
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He
will have to break open a window
Tom
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The
Cyborg Crusader looks a the mother and her two children. " Please move to
the back of the vehicle, I'm going to have to break open your windshield to
pull you out." The Young mother
moves her children to the back of the van. Placing herself between her children
and the front of the van, she turned her back to protect them against any
possible flying glass. Seeing them moved into place, StrikeForce uses his staff
to punch a hole through the glass. Breaking the staff into its two pieces, he
places the sections throughout the hole and reassemble them. Using the staff,
which is laying flat against the glass, he pulls out the windshield.
"Ma'am, let me start moving your
children and you to the hovercraft."
OOC: StrikeForce will jump back and forth
transporting the family to safety.
Jamey
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Seeing
his teammate transform into a 30' gorilla, The Cyborg Crusader thinks
"Well, that's new." Replying to his companion he says " I would
say be careful Doc., but fear not danger, twas beauty that killed the
beast."
Jamey
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Hi
Tom,
Just about to start picking up some of the MT
threads. A few questions:
How long has Avery not been the Sorcerer
Supreme, and who currently hold that mantle then?
How old is Donnah?
What abilities, spells, artifacts does she
have, learned or wields?
In broad brushstrokes between conversations
with Adamas and Clinton what is her 'origin story' for want of a better term?
Cheers
Steve
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How
long has Avery not been the Sorcerer Supreme, This has occurred very recently.
Dr. Wildman knows that during the events of the Domain invasion Dr Avery was
still Sorcerer Supreme so it has to occurred during the time that Dr. Wildman
was working on the Dr. Velo chemical theft case.
and who currently hold that mantle then? Dr.
Wildman doesn't know because Dr Avery wouldn't say. All the response given was:
"He will reveal himself when it is time."
How old is Donnah? Mid to late 20's.
What abilities, spells, artifacts does she
have, learned or wields? Dr. Wildman doesn't know other than what Dr. Avery
told him. (OOC: I want to reveal this during game play, if that is okay? Magic
is secretive, right?)
In broad brushstrokes between conversations
with Adamas and Clinton what is her 'origin story' for want of a better term?
Donnah was kidnapped and taken to the Domain. She aged 5 years while Dr Avery
went to rescue her (think how Colossus sister aged when she was in the Demon Dimension
on New Mutants). She came back and took care of her grandfather. During the
events of the Quest was kidnapped by Occult and taken to the Domain again. She
was turned into an Air Elemental. She was freed by Guardians from the Domain
and the spell that turned her into an Air Elemental. Now she is the new Dr
Arcane.
Tom
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Thanks
Tom, that's helpful and absolutely go for the big reveal!
Just in terms of timeline what is the gap
between the defeat of Dr Velo, our Me Time stuff and this current plot line?
Also what time of year are we in with this current plot line?
Do let me know if you need any artwork being
done, I'm playing with some manipulation stuff at the moment but can also dust
off the pencil if needed.
Cheers
Steve
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I
think about 6 months from the start of investigating Dr. Velo in England until
Dr. Wildman jumped from the hovercraft.
Early Spring, late April or early May.
Tom
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I
assume Black Orchid makes it to CHESS. It sounds like they have to run through
the storm to get there, which I imagine takes a bit of time. Once they get there,
The Black Orchid will introduce herself. She doesn't seem winded at all and
immediately composes herself (Willpower and Heightened Endurance will do that
for a hero!)
"Hello, I'm The Black Orchid. These are
my credentials", she shows the official, :and these are my colleagues
Manta Man and... Demolisher, correct?" Once they approve her entrance, she
will immediately start with her slightly accelerated, activated voice,
indicating her mind is almost moving too fast for her ability to speak. "I
need access to all of the weather data - local, government, private over the
past 24 hrs in a 250 mile radius from here. I'll also need unrestricted access
to CHESS supercomputer 427B for performing data analytics. I am currently
working with MantaMan from the Crusaders here to help coordinate rescue
efforts. I am also willing to liaise with FISH or other hero organizations if
need be. MantaMan, Demolisher, you two can go back and help with rescue efforts
or you can stay here if you wish."
The Black Orchid immediately set to work, but
she had to admit she was mildly distracted. The dinner with Paul, Jessica and
Adamas was actually more enjoyable than she anticipated, not having allowed
herself such a luxury in a long time. She was shocked back to her previous
mindset however with the knowledge of the discovery that one of the scientists
from her lab where the explosion occurred may not have been killed after all.
The relaxation of her resolve only to boomerang back to the reality of her
previous thinking was not what she anticipated at all. At first the news left
her speechless and Annie finished the dinner not quite as comfortably as she
started it. Later, she had hoped to immediately jump in and start working on
finding Dr. Holdway, the missing scientist, but again fate conspired to pull
her in a different direction from her intentions. While waiting for The
Enforcer to get in contact with her, the strange storm appeared appeared out of
the blue. The Black Orchid now shook her head, cleared her thoughts and
immediately started typing, "Now where did this storm start...?"
Marc
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Hi all
thanks.
Demolisher will help with rescue and recovery efforts. “I’m not the best with numbers and stuff, but
give me something to lift or break and I'm your man! ". He's still getting used to the new city and
the people in it, everything seems off here, but it is really nice that he can
use his powers to help people. He's
pretty sure magic must be involved here somehow, hopefully Black Orchid and all
these smart people can figure out what happened and what he needs to smash to
fix it.
Chris
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