>>28232260
>>[ ] “…Do you guys work for Creeper, or are you just edging in on his turf?”
How can we resist?

>>28232260
>[ ] “…Do you guys work for Creeper, or are you just edging in on his turf?”

"Cause that's a fucking death wish."

>>28232260
>[ ] “…Do you guys work for Creeper, or are you just edging in on his turf?”

Also, is Peter Parker going to be more like 616 Peter, 1610 Peter or a fusion of the two?

And what level of invisibility or self control would JJ need to only make parts of him invisible?

>>28232260
>"...You realize that tis thrift store, like most in the city, is probably both a front and tax write off for people who might be very interested in you're "protection services", right?"

I got no good ideas left. You're on your own guys.

>>28232302
1610. But with a few other elements.

JJ needs to hit L4 to make himself partially invisible.

>>28232332

Okay then. Will Miles ever be relevant?

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>[ ] “…Do you guys work for Creeper, or are you just edging in on his turf?”

>[x] Write in.

"oh my mistake. So you're extorting from a thrift shop in broad daylight, openly using your powers(tick tick ?) ? .... Is it your first day or something?"

does the store have security cameras?

>>28232302
Pretty sure it's more of a matter of training.

>>28232361
It does, which is the reason we didn't just cloak and zap these fools.

>>28232386
>>28232361

ah lemme update it then

"oh my mistake. So you're extorting from a thrift shop in broad daylight, openly using your powers(tick tick ?) ON CAMERA ? (gesture to cameras).... Is it your first day or something?"

>>28232260
>>[ ] “…Do you guys work for Creeper, or are you just edging in on his turf?”
>BLUFF. "You realize cops watch his turf, right?"

Is this turf actually Creeper's, are we bluffing, or is it a trap option?

>>28232402
It'd be hilarious if we accidentally become their criminal mentor.

>>28232402
Well, we don't exactly know they're mutants.
The more logical conclusion we could have taken from the
>“If we weren’t around, I get the feeling that bunch of scary mutants would just trash the whole place. But we are around, so that doesn’t happen. And if the owner wants it to keep not happening, we have to be paid for our services. Sounds fair, right?”

Is that they're mutant hunters, so we could say that Creeper doesn't like skinheads raiding his turf.
After all as Laura mentioned, us meeting this many mutants in this short of time is an astronomically low chance.

>>28232347
That would depend on whether Parker manages to get himself killed or not, right? I think it might be less likely given that Kane's running around here, then again maybe that just means there's room for more Spiders. Good question I guess, but I'd rather it get answered IC than OOC.

>>28232443
at least two of them are mutants

Boom Boom is bubble gum bimbo.

and I'd bet money captain XXXXL Hoodie is Rockslide. He might as well scream "IGNORE ME!" every time he walks into a room.

no idea who neo Fonz is though

>>28232484
We don't know that in character do we?

>>28232480
>That would depend on whether Parker manages to get himself killed or not, right?

I don't think so, since Miles got his powers a little while before Peter died.

>>28232443
They're the "scary mutants". It's all implications, like in Godfather.

>An offer he can't refuse.

>>28232484
>and I'd bet money captain XXXXL Hoodie is Rockslide.

Huh, never knew he was a thing.

I just thought it was Colossus.

>>28232484
Because rockslide is the only guy who has some sort of weird inorganic body?

Could be any number of characters, could be fuckin Mettle.

>>28232499
Tabitha used her powers last thread.
captain swole is in the worst disguise ever.

The leader implied they are mutants

>>28232524
It's implications that they're either mutant hunters or actual mutants.

The former being the more common kind.

>[X] “…Do you guys work for Creeper, or are you just edging in on his turf?”

So this is about protection money. Well, last you heard, this part of Queens was more or less paid up to a certain mutant with inhumanly low noticeability and a tenuous regard for personal space. You doubt he bothers with thrift stores of all things, but... well, this kind of thing is a matter of principle for people like him.

“…Do you guys work for Creeper, or are you just edging in on his turf?”

Fonzie turns back around, brow furrowed. You don’t have to be listening in on his pulse to tell that this guy has a very quick temper, and that it’s being edged towards its limits.

“The hell’re you talking about?” Oh. No comprende? Maybe he’s new to the city, or just new to the whole criminal element. “Hammerhead town stops like six blocks up. This place is open.”

Right. Sometimes you forget that, to most of the city, Creeper is just an urban myth.

>[ ] “If you say so. Good luck, man, you’re gonna need it.” (leave)
>[ ] “It really isn’t. There’s a reason Hammerhead town just stops. This is Creeper territory, and unless you’re working for him, this whole… thing… probably isn’t the best idea.”
>[ ] “Even if that was true, you really think shaking down a thrift store in broad daylight is gonna be a good idea?”
>[ ] “You know, if you get caught, the big guy is going in a camp. Just a warning.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>28232552
>>[ ] “There’s a reason Hammerhead town just stops. This is Creeper territory, and unless you’re working for him, this whole… thing… probably isn’t the best idea.”

FTFY

>>28232552
>[ ] “It really isn’t. There’s a reason Hammerhead town just stops. This is Creeper territory, and unless you’re working for him, this whole… thing… probably isn’t the best idea.”
>[ ] “Even if that was true, you really think shaking down a thrift store in broad daylight is gonna be a good idea?”

and then

>>28232552
>[ ] “If you say so. Good luck, man, you’re gonna need it.” (leave)

We are not combat material. We can't fucking fight the big guy, so we're just leaving.

>>28232552
>[x] Write in.
"Really? Not what I've heard...."

>[x] “Even if that was true, you really think shaking down a thrift store in broad daylight is gonna be a good idea?”
>[x] “You know, if you get caught, the big guy is going in a camp. Just a warning.

>[x] Write in.
"I know you're trying to inconspicuous, but with your size you might as well scream 'Ignore me!' every 2 minutes."

>>28232552
>[ ] “It really isn’t. There’s a reason Hammerhead town just stops. This is Creeper territory, and unless you’re working for him, this whole… thing… probably isn’t the best idea.”

>>28232552


>>[ ] “It really isn’t. There’s a reason Hammerhead town just stops. This is Creeper territory, and unless you’re working for him, this whole… thing… probably isn’t the best idea.”

>[ ] Write in.
Then walk towards the register, leaning over to count how much they're taking.


"30$ is not worth getting on creeper's bad side."

Be nonchalant but really give the vibe you know what you're talking about.

>>28232631
and while we're at it, ask how much the gloves are.

>>28232552
>"It really isn't. There's a reason Hammerhead town just stops." scratch back of our neck. "There's also a reason turf wars never open up here. Why the new tenants always disappear. Well, it's not like I'm going to convince you, but I might as well point oit that your on candid camera and the kid behind the counter was dumb enough to trip a silent alarm when this whole thing started."

>>28232585
>>28232586
>>28232612
>>28232631

Roll Persuasion.

DC15.
+1 modifier

>>28232530
the only other ones that comes to mind is Glob Herman or Caliban.

and Crusty loves his New Xmen.

I can still be wrong though.

Rolled 13

>>28232678

Rolled 10

>>28232678

Rolled 9 + 1

>>28232678

Rolling

Rolled 10 + 1

>>28232678
pls dice gods

Rolled 9 + 1

>>28232678

>>28232552
Hey, can we smell whether or not Hellion's using hair product? I feel like we might be about to make an intuition roll based on the Fonzi he's rocking to realize J's a telekinetic. Unless I'm misremembering the name thrown out for this guy last time...

Rolled 13

Rolling for 1

>>28232552
"You must be new to New York. I'm telling you it's not a good idea to stir up trouble. If not for the local gangs here"

Point to the big guys.

"He'll be sent to the camps"

Not nesscarily as a threat but giving them warning

>>28232693
>>28232696
>>28232698
Oh well, at least we tried.

>>28232678
Karma?

>>28232742
Can only be used in case of a nat1. Remember?

>>28232742
Nah, fuck these muggas. We've taken on personal responsibility for too many people already, let's not nearly double that number in one fell swoop.

>>28232742
Nah, if they wanna shake down charity, they can deal with the consequences.

Its a fail, but not a bad one.

>>28232720
Yeah, this is going to hurt. A lot.

>>28232742
Unneeded, next time we see them they'll have some new orifices.
>>28232768
It's really not.

This is a "Man, whatever." kind of situation.

>>28232751
What the hell are you talking about. We were going to send them to the Creeper. That way we might have some real muscle for job #2.

>>28232779
Huh, I was expecting the hot head to act hot headed up against the uppity hobo trying to act all gruff in his face.

>>28232693
>14
>faaaailure

He brushes you off like he’s Caesar or some shit, turning back to the volunteer behind the counter. He affords you one last glance, before looking up at his humongous friend.

“Santo, get this guy outta here, would you?”

The big guy’s massive hood shudders – you presume that must be a nod – and he plods towards you at a deliberate, menacingly slow pace. A hand gloved in what you’re pretty sure is mostly a load of scarves tied together reaches out for your shoulder.

“Come on, little dude.” His voice sounds like granite. Italian granite? That’s new. “Let’s not make this awkward.”

>[ ] Fade out, [insert action].
>[ ] “I can leave by myself.”
>[ ] “Just so you know, your boss is a massive tool and he’s going to get you killed.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>28232847
>[x] Write in.
taze his sweater, ruin his disguise and out him.

>>28232847
>[ ] “I can leave by myself.”

"But mind if I pay for these gloves first?"

Then run like a motherfucker.

>>28232847
>>[ ] “Just so you know, your boss is a massive tool and he’s going to get you killed.”

>>28232847
"Well, I tried. I'll just let myself out."

>>28232847
>>28232874
o yea just give them our money

just gtfo

>>28232847
>>[ ] Write in.
Maybe I didn't make myself clear. My boss isn't a very forgiving man. If he find out you've been here, he will not stop until you've been turned into fish chum.

>>28232847
>"Just so you know, you're boss is going to get you killed."

>>28232874
>>28232887
No, just tell the cashier dude we'll come back later to pay, don't want our money to end up in the drug trade.
>>28232847
>[ ] “I can leave by myself.”
>[ ] “Just so you know, your boss is a massive tool and he’s going to get you killed.”

>>28232870
That's just not cool to our fellow mutant.

You want to send the guy to camp?

>>28232847
>"What a waste. Well, it's your funeral anyway. I CSS see myself out." Slip into a blinds pot for the cameras and fade out.

>>28232916
Dude, the place is going to be crawling with cops for hours after this and there's a good chance they'll rough up the place anyway. We can go to a different thrift store later.

>>28232946
This
I don't want cops to see us when we sneak out.

>>28232847
>[ ] Write in
You're right, let's not.
Fade out and take out the leader, then they'll likely listen to reason.

>>28232993
>Fade out and take out the leader, then they'll likely listen to reason.

No. They'll be more likely to listen to the idea of bashing our head in.

>>28232988
Nah, eff that. If we can get them to understand how badly they screwed if they do this not only will we do a good deed, but odds are we'll have 4 new allies.

>>28232993
You realize that will result in Boom-Boom blowing the store to bits trying to hit us with her powers.

>>28233010
>>28233027

Fair enough, how about fading out and doing that Batman thing of talking in the shadows, make it clear creeper can do much worse.

Risky but if it works it will pay off big time.

>>28232993
nah, I don't see a single one of them listening to reason.

Hellion was our best chance for diplomacy.

>>28232993
Look, these guys are assholes.
They're raiding a charity store. We gave them more of a warning than they deserved.

There's no need to get more involved with them, besides, we can't fight these guys.
Both Boom-Boom and the big guy can wreck our shit probably if they land a hit.

>>28233021
1 - there are three of them, not four
2 - they are already somewhat clued into the local crime scene (the know hammerhead town's borders) they likely have both enemies and attention that we don't want

I'd rather send them to the Brotherhood, but since we don't have their contact info giving them to the Creeper is probably our best option.

Oh fuck, Creeps is going to be pissed that we didn't put up more of a fight isn't he?

>>28233052
Cont.

We could go all charles xavier, convince them we can help them.

>>28233060
>>28233061
>>28233081
You all raise some very valid points. In all honesty I just don't want waster this random encounter, plus good karma is always useful.

>[X] “I can leave by myself.”
>[X] “Just so you know, your boss is a massive tool and he’s going to get you killed.”

“I can let myself out.”

You brush his hand off. Or, rather, you make a valiant attempt, but find that he’s about as solid as he sounds – you might as well be trying to brush off a brick wall. You half-walk and are half-pushed towards the door, stepping out into the winter cold.

Before you head off, it strikes you to turn back and look the guy over. You’re closer now, so his face is clearer – or it would be, if it wasn’t mostly covered in bandages. You’re guessing that whatever ‘gift’ the x-gene imposed upon him, it wasn’t the friendly kind. You sigh heavily, and give in to the urge to get the last word in.

“Just so you know, your boss is a massive tool and he’s going to get you killed.”

‘Santo’ pauses, and there’s a sound like rocks churning under his giant sweater. A huge finger reaches out and prods at your chest, leaving it very lightly bruised and you wishing you’d kept quiet.

“Listen, little dude, Julian takes care of us, so watch what you say.” He pokes you again. Ow. This guy doesn’t seem to know his own strength. “I’d take his word over some random flatscan’s anyday.”

>[ ] “I hope he’s real good at his job, then.”
>[ ] “I’m no flatscan.” (fade out)
>[ ] Just leave. Some people, man.
>[ ] Write in.

>>28233052
Not really, these guys are relatively organized, which means they know what to do if their leader goes down. You can tell by their level of comfort acting as a team and the fact that none of them looked nervous in the least when we mentioned The Creeper. This ain't their first rodeo, don't expect them to act like weak willed rookies.

>>28233106
>>[ ] “I hope he’s real good at his job, then.”
>>[ ] Write in
>>[ ] leave

*lower shades* "Mutie please!"

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>>28233052
>>28233082

No.

>>28233100

Sometimes you can't win. Let's just leave without our head getting smashed in or bones being broken.

>>28233106
"I'm no Flatscan. And for your sakes, I hope he's really good at his job."

>>28233106
"Fair enough, and best of luck."

Looks toward the cashier and apologize.

>>28233121
>*lower shades* "Mutie please!"

Hey! It's "Mugga, please!"

And we're not Andre, okay?

We're not gonna say that.

>>28233106
>[ ] Write in.
"Look me in the eyes friend."
*take off glasses*
"You'll be soon stuck in the same mess as I am or worse."
>[ ](fade out)

>>28233106
>"I'm no flatscan." (Lower glasses)
DO NOT FADE OUT IN PUBLIC!
>"I'm warning you about Creeps because he keeps an eye out for Homo Superiors, but he will make an example out of you three if you follow through on this."

If he needs more proof we're a mutie, pull of a glove then tell him to find us a room with no cameras.

>>28233106
>[ ] Write in.
Take off your glasses.

"Listen I know a little about hardship"
Go invisible and around Santo then reappear.

"About the tough choices just to see tomorrow."

Now walk towards Julian.

"That's how I know about creeper. I... did things... That's why I want help you."

Relate to them, reach out. Offer to help anyway you can.

>>28233106
Do we have the bugle still with us?
Show him the headline and an ear outside the camera's view.
"I ain't no flatscan friend."

>>28233183
Open for customising but the general gist is we can help, as long as they walk away from this venture, maybe even buy them lunch.

>>28233164

I agree with this. Seconded

>>28233164
They ought to harken a warning from a fellow mutie and if they don't... well, they don't got much of a future anyhow.

>>28233106
Remind me, our claws can cut through granite at level 2 or 3?

>>28233306
Claws go through steel at 2nd level.

>>28233313
>Claws go through steel at 2nd level.

Holy shit.

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>>28233306
>Claws & Fangs
Level 1: Small claws/fangs.
Level 2: Claws can now be altered in size (growing up to 10”) and may slice through steel.
Level 3: Claws may now be modified so as to be heavy or long (going to 18” at longest and thinnest). They are highly resistant to damage.
Level 4: Your claws may be shot, but take some time to regenerate. They are roughly as durable as adamantine.
Level 5: Claws that can be shot more often and can 'conduit' for other abilities.

cesse lobcmen

>>28233333
Excellent! Thanks for the update tree Anon.

>>28233106
look him eye to eye
"hide better, this shit comes down on us all"

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>>28233351
http://pastebin.com/zFvxDsKi
Here's the rest of them, not sure if all of them are up to date.

>>28233106
>"One (raise one finger), I've been living on these streets for x years now, I don't need an inadvertent turf war erupting. Two (raise a second finger, then extend a small claw from that finger, through our glove and use it to pull down our glasses, looking him in the face) I really am trying to keep you guys from getting killed."

Oh, if we're gonna show our eyes, we also need to give grin with our protracted fangs, making us look like a lizard elf vampire.

>[X] “I’m no flatscan.”
>[X] Write in.

Wow. Sometimes the universe just loves to take a massive ironic dump right in your face. Apparently getting shit for being a mutie was getting kinda predictable, so now you’re getting shit for not being a mutie. How great is that?

You can’t help but snarl involuntarily.

“I’m no flatscan.” You tip your shades, revealing a swirl of luminous blues and greens where your irises should be. “And I’m telling you this because Creeper keeps an eye out for people like us. Keep this up and he’ll either use you up or make a big fat example out of you.”

The giant pauses, visibly uncertain – you may not be able to smell his sweat or hear his pulse, but his posture is human enough. After a second or two, he finally speaks up, shifting back toward the store interior. A heavy hand falls on your shoulder, apparently with the intent of keeping you in place.

“Hey, Julian, this guy’s… uh…” He makes an attempt to lower his voice, but it’s mostly ineffectual. Still, it's the thought that counts, you suppose.

“…he’s one of us.”

>[ ] Make like a tree [insert method]. You don’t want any more involvement in this.
>[ ] Stick around.

>>28233383
Hey. Hey Anon. You know how level 5 claws can act as conduits for our electricity? You think Crusty might let out level 5 fangs act as a focal point for an electric breath weapon?

>>28233429
>[X] Stick around.

>>28233429
Move out of sight. Fade. Then come back

>>28233436

My God. + at high electrostatic touch we have range. This is perfect.

>>28233429
>[ ] Make like a tree [insert method]. You don’t want any more involvement in this.

"If it's no problem with you, big guy, I'd rather leave. I've got a job to get to."

Then attempt to go.

>>28233436
>You think Crusty might let out level 5 fangs act as a focal point for an electric breath weapon?

I see it more as the fangs acting like focal points for an electric ball discharge, sorta like a cero from Bleach.

>>28233429
>[x] Make like a tree [insert method]. You don’t want any more involvement in this.

knock his his hands, he isn't expecting resistance and we have decent strength. and fade

We've given them food for thought. Let them figure their lives out on their own.

>>28233429
"...one of us? You make it sound like I got something useful up my sleeve and not just cosmetic shit." Push shades back up, "by the way you're probably going to break my collarbone if keep that pressure up."

I wonder if these guys work for sinister?

>>28233429
Leave, but no fading.

I'm just mad we didn't get some gloves.

Heads up, next post'll take a little longer than usual. Just have to pop out quickly.

>>28233566
Fair enough.

>>28233566

That's fine. We can wait.

>>28233429
"Right, I'm gonna leave now."
"If you guys want to continue this talk, feel free to follow."

While he's gone, can we talk Peter?

I've been catching up through the archives and it's driving me crazy how every time we have a chance to get close to him we do something else.

>>28233653
He doesn't work at the Bugle today, we don't know where upheld lives or goes to school. How do you propose we get in touch with him?

>>28233653
Jeez, who cares? He's just some intern at the newspaper we work at. Oh no he gets beaten by his girlfriend and might be a mutie. We've got too many muties already, especially now that we seem to be adding three more. It's a stupid, boring side plot.

>>28233653
Any closer and we'll come off as some sort of creepy hobo.

>>28233653
>and it's driving me crazy how every time we have a chance to get close to him we do something else.

He's an intern, plus we have survival on the streets to think about rather than the geek with the glasses.

>>28233687
Well, considering with 3rd lvl senses, we can give a roll on guessing who he is.

>>28233713
Dude, we ARE a creepy hobo.

>>28233670
We had the option of sneaking in and checking records last time. Maybe after all this we could actually do it.

>>28233713
I don't think so, he's been trying to reach out to us. We don't have to tell him how we found him, just engineer an "accidental" meeting.

I bet if we met him him again his scent would be familiar. Like say to that of a web crawler.

>>28233747
Batman?

Captcha: contrivances nytown

>>28233653
I would kind of rather start dealing with Laura's Facility baggage and maybe take an active hand in Nori and Kev's training so we can figure out what resources we actually need in order to help them.

>>28233755
>He's trying to reach out.
Not really.

He just asked if we were a mutant.
At the same time he's trying his hardest to keep his own abilities a secret.

>>28233747
He's Spider-man.... 's informant. His eyes and ears inside the daily bugle! Who would ever suspect the lowly intern? They're invisible when not fetching coffee.

>>28233749
Not really, we mostly just smell bad and act paranoid. We haven't crossed the crazy stalker threshold with Peter just yet.

>>28233813
>who would ever suspect the lowly intern?

Certainly not us. See the problem?

>>28233830
we're different! We're a main character! and heightened senses!

>>28233747
If we meet Spiderman we'll have a chance at recognizing him as Peter. We don't currently know what Spidey smells like, so we won't put two and two together just by sniffing Parker.

>>28233811
I'm talking about after Spider-Man webbed us up and we discovered we had claws.

>>28233849
True. But we got sufficiently heightened senses after the last time we ran into Spider-Man, so we don't know what the dude smells like, just that he sounds nothing like Parker.

>>28233862
We were only at senses 2 then.

>>28233862
Do notice that those events occurred after that, and guess what? We already had a chance to put two and two together, now stop metagaming.

>>28233878
Metagamers gonna metagame Anon. Just take assurance that Crusty won't let us act on OOC knowledge, so it's all just hot air being vented.

>>28233862
I cannot tell you hope desperately I hope that Peter's a quasi red herring. That he retired after the Stacy debacle and passed on the Spider mantle, doing what he does in a new guise. He is Batman!

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>that bruise that just healed faster than it should
>his curiosity of us being a mutant.

its obvious... Peter Parker is a mutant! He simply wants to talk and hang with a fellow mutant!

>>28233943
>He is Batman!

Pff!

Batman's not real!

He's only in the comic books!

Guys, were we wearing anything different the night we ran into Spiderman?

If not, Peter knows it's us but can't say.

>>28233943
huh, speaking of which, is Gwen Stacy alive in this setting?

>>28233949
And our character sheet.

>>28233957
>If not, Peter knows it's us but can't say.

He already knows it's us. He knew on the night we were caught by Spider-Man.

>>28233957
Dude, he saw our face and heard our normal voice. I mean yes, we were also wearing the only clothes we own at the time, so there is that, but it was completely obvious that he recognized us and in part let us go because of that.

>>28233957
And we know jack shit about him other than he's really agile and might get picked on at school.

>>28233943
Isn't one of the Parker clones a member of the X-Men or some shit?

>>28233995
And that he might be a fellow mutant. Which would explain the agility and rapid healing.

>[X] Make like a tree

“Yeah… I’m off.”

You muster up some of your unexpected strength and shove the guy’s hand off you. In the brief instant that he’s off-balance you step back and fade out of visibility, taking a few paces to the side. You’ve given these guys enough food for thought, and you don’t want to be around if there’s gonna be any kind of police presence on the scene.

Especially not with your description floating around in association with a burnt-out orphanage.

“Whoa…” The giant looks both ways quickly, before seemingly giving up.

His friends squeeze out beside him, the Fonz-looking one pretty clearly stuffing a wad of cash in his pocket.

“You were saying, Santo?”

“Oh, yeah… he’s a mutant, man. He just teleported or something.”

The news affects a pretty immediate change in the guy. His aloof expression falters for a second, briefly racing through a spectrum of shock, anger, and deliberation. Eventually he composes himself again and scratches his head, taking obvious care not to disturb his (admittedly) impeccable hair.

“…Who did he say this turf belonged to?”

“Uh… Creepo, or something.”

“Creeper.” Corrects the girl.

“Creeper…” The apparent leader clenches his fists. Yep, that’s some short-ass temper right there. “Tabitha, go get Alvers and Brian.”

“What about Cess?”

“Cessily’s busy.” He grins, and motions for his gargantuan friend to follow him as he makes to leave. “Looks like the Hellions have competition.”

Man, you don’t like the sound of this…

Well, at least you got a free set of gloves out of the whole thing.

>Current Time: 9:28
>Current Funds: $140.50

>[ ] Go pick up some prepaid phones. You’ve been meaning to for a while.
>[ ] Go pick up [insert].
>[ ] Head home.
>[ ] Write in.

>>28233976
>>28233994
>>28233995

So Peter wants to help us after we said we were just trying to keep how hobo mutie family alive? But can't just say that as it would remove his cover?

>>28234011
Or he might do gymnastics and be really good at working with makeup.

Mutant or gay?

Sorry about that bigass delay there. Took longer than I thought.

>>28234013
>[ ] Go pick up some prepaid phones. You’ve been meaning to for a while.

And maybe we can tip Creeper off. Or should we not?

>>28234013
Perhaps we should go back and pay for the gloves?

At any rate:
>[ ] Go pick up some prepaid phones. You’ve been meaning to for a while.

>>28234002
Spider-Man's "dad", "uncle" or "older brother" (according to the tabloids) might be mixed up in that terrorist group, yes (I believe it's Kane), but Parker's an only child. This is proof that the boy is not spiderman!

>>28234013
>[ ] Go pick up some prepaid phones. You’ve been meaning to for a while.

>>28234033
That's fine, Crusty.

Still a great update, I think.

>>28234013
>[ ] Go pick up [insert].
food. Pizza I guess

>[ ] Head home.

enough bullshit for today

>>28234013
>>[ ] Head home.

>>28234041
Nah, we can wait to judge the noobs in town.

Evil you know is pretty damn evil. New evil might not be so bad.

>>28234013
>[] Pick up some prepaid phones
>[] Leave a message for the Creeper that a gang of powered kids is going to make a move for his turf
>[] head home

>>28234013
Get one with a rubber insulator baggy for Kevin, chances are he'll be hanging around Surge.

Creeper works for the Kingpin.
Fucker is connected and ain't going anywhere.

>>28234013
Wait, we only grabbed the gloves and not the whole shopping list?

>>28234095
>[] Leave a message for the Creeper that a gang of powered kids is going to make a move for his turf

Why?
We hate the dude.

Pay for the damn gloves before we do anything

>>28234103
Kingpin ain't goin' anywhere, but Creeper might.

That could be good or bad.

>>28234138

No. We need to get the fuck away before they kidnap us.

>>28234148
We might get a karma point if we do.

>>28234166
We can do it later. Like tomorrow.

>>28234148
Just leave the money on the counter if you are so scared.

>>28234166
>>28234188

Yeah, let's do it tomorrow.

>>28234191
>Just leave the money on the counter if you are so scared.

No, fuck it. Let's do it tomorrow.

>>28234120
Because he works for Fisk and we were seen with the guys that are about to attack one of his moderately useful underlings. And because Creeps appears to have brotherhood connections that might be useful, and he might be able to arrange passage out of new York state for us and the gang, assuming that's still on the to do list.

Also, a big mutant brawl is going to be bad for us, especially if it drives Nori out of the Scar.

>>28234148
eh, they're his problem now

>>28234199
Couldn't we just find a place to fade and drop off the cash? It shouldn't take too long.

>>28234166
In this case, the juice simply is not worth the squeeze.

>>28234199
They are leaving the store. We have cloaking. There is literally no reason not to pay for it now.

>>28234248
Why? They're out, we're cloaked.

>>28234243
Nerts, forgot we were cloaked

>>28234243
>>28234252

Quit being a moralfag and let's just keep our life.

>>28234226
>Fisk and Brotherhood connections

Two organizations we want nothing to do with? Alright.

There are other ways to prevent a big mutant brawl than to speed it up.

>>28234276
That would require opening the door and dropping off the money only for it to be taken by fucking mutant gangbangers.

Do it tomorrow.

>>28234259
Because the clerk has a shotgun behind the desk, he heard Santo say we're one of them, we don't look all that intimidating by ourself...there are reasons this wont go well. Not to mention the silent alarm.

ITT: MUH PETAH fags

>>28234318
>ITT: MUH PETAH fags

Have you been reading the thread so far?

>[X] Go pick up some prepaid phones. You’ve been meaning to for a while.

You check the time quickly and decide there’s little point in heading back quite yet. You’ve had the idea of picking some a bunch of prepaid phones for a while – should make it easier to keep in touch, and if you’re not putting too much faith in your abilities you can charge ‘em with your fingers.

You head further down the highstreet, turning in at an alley to slip back into visibility before picking out a phone shop.

You cross the threshold and immediately feel distinctly uncomfortable. There’s a mother and her kid picking out some slick touch screen whatever on one end of the shop, and a bunch of kids all goth’d up by the central racks. Everyone’s very, very clean. Cameras at the door, and at by the counter.

You swallow, your throat suddenly feeling a little dry.

>roll to not spaghetti mutant-style
>DC13
>+1 Courage modifier

Rolled 10

>>28234333
Spaghetti deployed.

Rolled 6

>>28234333
Oh for crying out loud.

Rolled 8 + 1

>>28234333
Rolling

Rolled 10 + 1

>>28234333

Rolled 14

>>28234333

>>28234348
>>28234349
>>28234352

Fuck it, just go home.

>>28234363
>14

Goddammit.

>>28234348
>>28234349
>>28234352
spaghetti indeed

>>28234333
Oh dear, well, it's good thing we've got a skillset for running like a bitch.

>>28234388
The problem is doing so without attracting attention. This shit is how sentinels will get deployed in a few years.

>>28234348
>>28234349
>>28234352
>>28234356
Just... wow.

Hellions seem to pretty much exclusively have mutants capable of high property damage, except for Cessily Kincaid.

They're very vulnerable against somebody like creeper... or us, seeing as they don't exactly have a detector.

Rolled 2, 18, 5, 8, 4, 10 = 47

Testing rolls

>>28234445
If Brian is Brian Cruz, they have a very useful controller-type.

>>28234352
>>28234349
>>28234348
Curl into a ball and cry.

We had to pick a phone shop didn't we. We couldn't just walk into some grocery store.

>>28234472
Wrong kind of panic.

>>28234485
Better than going invisbaw

>>28234485

Are we afraid of crowds now?

Also, back when our sister threw us, what the fuck was on fire? Was it our mom having phoenix powers?

>>28234479
Yeah, I wasn't expecting to go somewhere legit. Figured we'd hit a front shop in the hood, bells kitchen or on the edge of the scar. Somewhere you'd expect someone to walk in and buy burner phones in bulk...

wait... I've got an idea!

scream "Oh no! What did Spider-man do to meeeee!" as we flicker

>>28234526
More of a don't draw attention due to being a dirty hobo.

>>28234348
>10
>FAILURE
>stop rolling like such a bitch, JJ
>jeez JJ
>jeez

You peruse the place’s wares, constantly glancing over your shoulder. You can’t help it. Some places are just less hobo-friendly that others, y’know? It’s like walking all up into a Hilton and realizing that you’re in your pyjamas. And your pyjamas haven’t been washed and you’ve been dumpster diving in them, and oh yeah, they have a hole in the back, right where it counts.

“Mom? Mom? That guy just disappeared.”

You freeze up. Slowly, with dreadful certainty, you turn around to find a pair of eyes staring at you. The remaining moisture in your mouth dries up instantly. You feel yourself flicker, drawing more eyes.

“Dude!” Mutters one of the teenagers. “Check out Dracula in the shades.”

You lick the back of your teeth. Fangs are out. You can feel your claws just itching to push through your brand new gloves, too.

>[ ] “Uh… okay, look, guys, I just want to buy a phone, okay?”
>[ ] Fade out, leave.
>[ ] Write in.

>>28234555
Leave apologize and leave.

>>28234555
>>[ ] “Uh… okay, look, guys, I just want to buy a phone, okay?”

>>28234555
>[ ] Fade out, leave.

Rolled 12 + 1

>>28234555
>>[ ] “Uh… okay, look, guys, I just want to buy a phone, okay?”

>>28234507
True

>>28234526
They burned the house down, planted some burning crossed on the lawn and hit our sister with an RPG. There was a lot of fire. We may also have been burned then, can't remember when the branding happened.

>>28234555
"I'm just he to buy some prepaids guys, not looking for trouble."

>>28234555
>[ ] Fade out, leave.

>>28234555
>[ ] Fade out, leave.
NOOOPE.jpg

>>28234555
>[ ] Fade out, leave.

Run Bitch Run!

>>28234555
>>[ ] “Uh… okay, look, guys, I just want to buy a phone, okay?”

>>28234555
>[x] Fade out, leave.

>>28234555
>leave
>then fade out

>>28234555
"Can- Can I just get a phone and leave? Please?"

>>28234555
>leave, they don't serve our kind here

>>28234555
>[ ] “Uh… okay, look, guys, I just want to buy a phone, okay?”

>>28234570
>>28234578
>>28234581
>>28234583
>>28234591
>>28234592
Jeeze guys, they haven't even mentioned pitchforks yet.

>>28234555
Just buy the phone already.

>>28234617
>Jeeze guys, they haven't even mentioned pitchforks yet.

No, but the mom or the storeowner might call the fucking Yellow Armbands.

>>28234555
>just go somewhere to calm down before this turns ugly. Keep a watch for anyone following us, there are usually a couple hotheads around looking for the excuse to beat someone down.

>>28234626
Do we really want to take our chances?

>>28234617
You want to end up in the camps? We aren't registered and can't afforded the registration fee.

>>28234617
Now I imagine it being like that scene from Shrek.

>>28234555
>[x] Write in.

"yeah this get up is pretty elaborate put it takes forever for make up to put it on and just as long to take it off.

anyway, the film crew is short staffed and needs cheap ass phones to stay in contact while they run errands and I drew the short straw and they're filming my scenes in an hour.

The film is called Curse of the Mutants. small time slasher schlock but a pay check is a paycheck. May I buy some phones?

>>28234688
If they start getting hostile, then we high tail it. otherwise, we get what we came for get out.

>>28234721
You don't often play characters that are social lepers, do you?

>>28234555
>[x] “Uh… okay, look, guys, I just want to buy a phone, okay?”

>>28234555
>Leave, make sure we aren't followed

>>28234721
>3 guys are now blocking the door
What now JJ? Try to go through them and you're a wanted man.
Stay and you're going to the camps.

>>28234555
>[ ] “Uh… okay, look, guys, I just want to buy a phone, okay?”

tell the store owner if she does not want our business we will leave.

>[ ] Fade out, leave.
Bail
We can have somebody else get the phones for us

Whoa, this is such a close vote that I'd attempt to merge the two options if I could, but they're kind of complete opposites.

Anyhow,
>writing

>>28234555
>"Uh...okay, look, guys I just want to buy a phone, okay?"
Seconding being polite and following up that if the manager doesn't want my business or if I'm making people uncomfortable...I'll just leave...lord knows I'm uncomfortable myself...I'm flickering...

>>28234832
So, did we play it smart or dumb?

>stand up to demon

>drop spaghetti trying to buy phones

damn you social anxieties! Who needs phone anyway? They give people brain cancer!

>[X] Fade out, leave.

Yeah, these aren’t the kind of stares you like.

“Hey…” An out-of-town accent – somewhere southern, marginally closer to home than the flavourless NY drone – catches your ears, coming from there the goths are clustered up. “Are those teeth real?”

You’re on the spot here. You tell yourself you’ve got every right to be there, that you should just pick up your items and bring them over to the cashier, there go those survival instincts, getting all up in your head and biting at your heels. The urge to vanish overwhelms you.

“Is that accent real?”

You fade into invisibility, eliciting a chorus of gasps from around the room. Shit.

You skulk out, trying not to make much of a sound. Better to just let them assume you’ve teleported or whatever, like those other guys did.

Looks like someone else will have to deal with the communications issue.

>[ ] Head home.
>[ ] Head elsewhere [insert].
>[ ] Write in.

>>28235048
>[ ] Head home.

>>28235048
>>[ ] Head home.

>>28235048

Go to a more ghetto area, get ghetto phones in a ghetto store. Less chance of spagging out there.

>>28235048
>go to a different thrift store, we need a new jacket now that we've been on candid camera.

>>28235048
Head hoem. We can assign Laura to the task of buying phones, since she's a skilled assassin and can probably manage a simple task like that without bungling it.

>>28235048
Aww goddamn, did we miss out on a chance of meeting Rogue?

We dun goof'd here guys.

>>28235099
>did we miss out on a chance of meeting Rogue?

The fuck are you talking about?

>>28235099
Not worth it.

>>28235048
>[x] Head home.

no more spaghetti!

>>28235048
>Head home.

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>>28235109
x-men evo Rogue was goth

>>28235190
>>28235109
also southern accent

>>28235048

Man, we're pathetic. I'm starting to hate us.

>Head home

>>28235190
And now she knows we're a mutant. If we run into her after her x-gene activates maybe she'll give us the time of day.

>>28235190
>x-men evo Rogue was goth

Oh shit, right.

Though that's Evolution. Might be different in this universe.

>Mutant Hero!

with the power to drop spaghetti!

>>28235218
I wonder what would happen if she tried to steal our power.
Ours is a rather haphazard after all.

>>28235190
If necessary she'll follow after, or her friends as well if they are who I think they are.

>>28235206
We've had a rough week and we kinda obviously have social anxiety.

>>28235222
>Mutant Hero!
>with the power to drop spaghetti!

Spaghetti Man with his spaghetti hands!

>>28235229
She gets all of them, we get very weak, depowred and stop healing.

I certainly hope we don't run into twilight fangirls who ask us to turn them into vampires.

>>28235218
>>28235099

>An out-of-town accent – somewhere southern, marginally closer to home than the flavourless NY drone.

doubtful, seems more a midwestern accent than southern.

Unless Crusty rolled a Nat one with american geography

>>28235206
We pretty much just stopped a demon from eating some souls or whatever, give us some slack.

>>28235270
True. Any X-Men from the mid west, probably north of Tennessee?

>>28235308
>Any X-Men from the mid west, probably north of Tennessee?

There are the Great Lake Avengers, who later became the Great Lake X-Men.

>>28235308
He didn't roll on the random encounter table for her, so she's not a mutant. Jeez, Anon, it's like you can't even metagame.

>>28235109
I'm thinking of the southern accent.

Could just be fixating though.

>[X] Head home.

You shrug, unable to remain entirely exasperated with yourself for long. It’s not like you expect much.

Better head home and touch down with the gang. You guess you have a headline to show them, and you’ve been meaning to get to work on Noriko’s powers. You know Kevin’s been practicing on bits of plywood, but she seems to have taken a… “it doesn’t exist if I don’t talk about it”… approach to the problem.

Which is kinda troubling.

You head home, making sure to fade in and out of visibility as you get closer to the scar.

Eventually, you pass beyond the skeletal threshold and into the untarnished, snowy wasteland. A few minutes later the apartment looms up ahead of you. You head up the stairs and find yourself sniffing involuntarily.

You glance up, coaxed on by the familiar scent.

Noriko is standing at the top of the stairs, looking down at you. She has a copy of The Enquirer in one hand, and the Times in the other. Even from at the first step, the headlines are clear as day to you:

“MUTANT BRAWL DESTROYS ORPHANAGE”
“MUTANT BLAZE! ORPHANAGE DESTROYED BY INHUMAN MACHINATIONS!”

Oh, man.

>[ ] “Weak! Man fuck everyone who isn’t J. Jonah Jameson!”
>[ ] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)
>[ ] “…Where’d you get those?”
>[ ] You don’t even. Just get inside, this is some bullshit.
>[ ] Write in.

>>28235099
Maybe. It was mostly just a fun little reference to Evo (best) Rogue. I guess it could have become more, but I wasn't counting on it.

>>28235364
>[ ] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

>>28235356
Thought she was from Missouri, the accent would have been much thinker were that the case. And sound nothing like Michigan, which is much closer to a Canadian accent than a southern U.S.

>>28235364
>[ ] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

>It was mostly just a fun little reference to Evo (best) Rogue
>Evo Rogue is best Rogue

Preach it, brother!

>>28235364

>[X] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

And can we now tell everyone what exactly happened? Full transparency? Huehuehue

>>28235364
>“I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

>>28235364
>>[ ] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)
Play it calm, play it cool.

>>28235364
>>[ ] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

>>28235364
>>[ ] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

>>28235364
>I like mine better
>but fuck, I didn't need this

>>28235364

"I'm a Bugel man myself," show headline.

>>28235411

Thus. After our full on spaghetti attack we have to earn back some cool points.

>>28235364
>>[x] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

>>28235431
Keep dreaming, this lizard has enough spaghetti to feed all of Manhattan's homeless in perpetuity.

>>28235431

We're fine around our friends, we're shit around strangers.

>>28235401
True, but we ain't running in Evo. No wolverine or really anything related to that timeline and all...

>>28235396
The 'closer to home' thing was more of a personal JJ thing. Your dad wasn't from Michigan.

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>>28235406
I certainly hope so.

>>28235456

So we just gave another young mugga on the lam the cold shoulder.

Man we just keep attracting Mutants....

>>28235447
>No wolverine or really anything related to that timeline and all...

What?

>>28235474

Wolverine is not a public figure, but the X-Men did save Senator Kelley who was attacked by a mutant assassin, leaving a three point wound in the man's chest.

>>28235469
we don't know that, in or out of game

>>28235364
>[x] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

>>28235500
That's why it's super annoying how everyone is getting absurdly meta/autist about the encounters.

JJ doesn't know shit and neither do you, damnit.

>>28235364
Do we still have her silly hat in the end?

>>28235406
"Not Ghosts. Demons."

>>28235456
Fine fine. Oh, if we keep failing panic rolls would you mind adding on to JJ's mental baggage? Seems fair that if over time he can get better it's also possible for him to get worse.

>>28235627

I think we can all agree that J.K. Simmons was the best J. Jonah Jameson.

>>28235597
"I strangled a Demon"

>[X] “I like mine better.” (show her the Bugle)

“I like mine better.” You say, unfurling your copy of the Bugle.

What else can you do? It’s not like you’re gonna be barging into the Times’ editorial office and getting them to put out a public apology. You’d just get another headline further along the lines of “MUTANTS HATE YOUR RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH (THANKS OBAMA)”. And the Enquirer has been a lost cause since before you can remember – ain’t nothing gonna stop them peddling their bullshit.

Noriko brightens up a little (literally, she discharges a fleeting halo of neon blue electricity) and cranes in to read as you advance up the steps.

“Whoa. That doesn’t look half bad.”

“Yeah.” You hand the paper over to her as you pass by. “It’s pretty accurate, actually.”

Minus the demon(?) and stuff. But you’re not even so sure that any of that was what it seemed, so you can’t blame ‘Sarah Haller’ and the reporter tasked with translating her story into print for missing that particular beat.

You trail on into the apartment, just in time to see Kevin disintegrating a table leg.

“Almost.” Says Layla, sitting beside him. “That was like nine seconds.”

“Yeah…” They both look up. “Oh, hey, it’s the mutant menace. Hide the flatscan women guys, he’s gonna take our jerbs.”

Your eyebrow twitches. Hah. Yes, funny.

>[ ] “Were those the only papers like that?”
>[ ] “Yes hilarious you are of such sharp wit Kevin.”
>[ ] “How’s that practice coming?”
>[ ] Write in.

>>28235406
Sure, the gas leak had us hallucinating really badly, there was an exploding in the kids room that killed the nun but at least we managed to get them out somehow while we were still tripping balls. Then the place burned down.