You turn your gaze toward him, raising a quizzical eyebrow.

“You’ve got a…” He goes to gesture toward something, but ends up just generally motioning over his whole face. “…this… this thing with your… just look at the side mirror.”

You do as he says. The JJ that stares in at you is a drained, luminously pale creature. Your skin reminds you of wet paper, like something’s ripped all the substance out of it, all the solidity. Swollen, bruise-blue veins extend under your eyes, almost like… like roots or something. You swallow, and sit back into your chair.

It’s getting worse. Whatever’s happening to you is getting worse.

“So…” Soames eyes you with no small degree of hesitation. “If I take you where you want to go, you won’t hand Tildie over?”

>Hunger Level: 2
>Current Funds: $0.00
>Present Time: 21:55 PM

>[ ] Yes. Maybe you can work something out with the Blonde Phantom.
>[ ] No.
>[ ] It’s going to take more than a ride. And more than the regular agency fee.
>[ ] Write in.

>>32467501
>[ ] It’s going to take more than a ride. And more than the regular agency fee.

>>32467501
>>[ ] Yes. Maybe you can work something out with the Blonde Phantom.
"I wouldn't have handed her over anyway. But she can't stay locked up down there forever."

>>32467501
>[ ] Put on our glasses.
>[ ] I'm not handing her over, but she needs help...I've got...experience in stuff like this. But it'll probably be dangerous, and danger isn't free.

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>>32467501
>[x] Yes. Maybe you can work something out with the Blonde Phantom.

muggas ain't snitches to no 5-0


>CJ liked my OP pic

>>32467501
>[ ] No.
>"I won't hand over Tildie period. You're going to give me a ride to the Blonde Phantom because your wife shot me and you were going to bury me."

>>32467554
this is good
do this

>[x] It’s going to take more than a ride. And more than the regular agency fee.
'I'll be needing some clothes, for starters.'

>>32467564
>>32467554
One of these, or both.

>>32467501
>[x] Yes. Maybe you can work something out with the Blonde Phantom.

out of control alpha mutant is serious business.

guilt tripping can wait for when the job is over and we're not dead at the same time

>>32467501
>>32467554
This

>>32467501
>"I ain't gonna turn Tildie over either way, that kind of thing just ain't right. You're still gonna drive me where I wanna go and you're gonna have to figure something out with your daughter eventually. Hopefully sooner than later. The basement thing can't be permanent and god help you if her powers get stronger."

>>32467501
>[ ] Yes. Maybe you can work something out with the Blonde Phantom.
"Having said that, you need to find someone to help to teach her control, or else it will do nothing but get worse, trust me"

>>32467647
And I'm sure her parents kidnapping her won't give her nightmares.

>>32467501
>>[ ] It’s going to take more than a ride. And more than the regular agency fee.

>>32467501
>[ ] It’s going to take more than a ride. And more than the regular agency fee.

>>32467554
>>32467647
something like these

>>32467501
] Put on our glasses.
>"I ain't gonna turn Tildie over either way, that kind of thing just ain't right. You're still gonna drive me where I wanna go and you're gonna have to figure something out with your daughter eventually. Hopefully sooner than later. The basement thing can't be permanent and god help you if her powers get stronger."
>[ ] you may need to speak to my boss. This was this was kind of an addition.

just a word to the wise for folks who want to extort money off of this man:

1) play this right and we have a safe place to drop off people for a short time before moving them again, and he wont say a damn word.

2) the blonde phantom agency will give us our regular pay when we explain the situation, we solved the case. That cash is already ours.

>>32467501
>[ ] It’s going to take more than a ride. And more than the regular agency fee.

>>32467586
>>"I won't hand over Tildie period. You're going to give me a ride to the Blonde Phantom because your wife shot me and you were going to bury me."
I like that line.

>>32467501
>[ ] Yes. Maybe you can work something out with the Blonde Phantom.

>>32467769
Yeah, I was kinda disappointed no one else noticed it.

>>32467627
>guilt tripping can wait for when the job is over and we're not dead at the same time
We're not dead at all.

Guilt tripping is very much for the now.

>>32467724

Seconded.

>>32467586

Also seconded.

>>32467738
>implying that's enough cash

>>32467665
Ah crap, I just realized something. Did she see a bloody lizard-elf get chucked down the basement stairs after hearing her mom's voice and a shotgun blast? She might think her parents are murderers AND kidnappers.

>>32467586
This, but combined with

>[ ] It’s going to take more than a ride. And more than the regular agency fee.

The least they can do is offer generous reparations.

>>32467501
>>[ ] Put on our glasses.
>[ ] Yes. Maybe you can work something out with the Blonde Phantom.
>>[ ] I'm not handing her over, but she needs help...I've got...experience in stuff like this. But it'll probably be dangerous, and danger isn't free.

>>32467806
but the job isn't over.

>>32467738
Good point.
>The train station get compromised.
>The gang shows up at their door step
>Tell them "We're staying at your house tonight or we'll tell mutant control on you"

Sure we wouldn't be able to stay there long but one night would probably work.

Maybe we should ask how his wife is holding up. I figure she's kind of feeling like shit after shooting us, even if we are a hobo. We still have some time before the hit so why not patch things up over dinner?

>>32467861
The job is as over as it be.

We found the girl. Now is the perfect time for guilt trip.

>>32467826
>Implying the long term benefits of a friendly roof, or at least cellar are not worth a few extra dollars.

>>32467877
No.

>>32467501
>>[ ] It’s going to take more than a ride. And more than the regular agency fee.

>>32467891
>a few
>not a few thousand

>>32467862
>>32467738

It might be easier to ask the people who are going to take in Tildie for a safe house instead. These people could talk.

>>32467877
Yeah, she probably thinks we're dead, so we need to ease her into the fact that we're not or she'll panic. Maybe have him call her, say something like "No, the detective's fine, we talked things out and he's pointing us to someone that can get us in contact with an expert" or something.

>[X] Yes. Maybe you can work something out with the Blonde Phantom.

No. No, says your inner Creeper. Take more. Demand more. You could – you could just take and take and take, until there’s barely a scrap left to be lifted. You know a golden opportunity for blackmail when you see one, and this is more like solid platinum. Or diamond. Or maybe that stuff Captain America’s shield is made of, virium or whatever. Point is, you could easily bleed this guy dry.

“Not exactly.” You sigh. JJ, the good boy. “I wouldn’t have handed her over anyway. You’re giving me a ride because your wife shot me and you were gonna bury me. But… she can’t stay locked down there forever. It’s not healthy.”

He nods sadly.

“I know. We just didn’t know what to do. We were hoping it might get better, that she might learn to control it…”

Sounds like a pipe dream to you. How exactly do you learn to control a power like Tildie’s?

“Well…” He pauses, guiding the car round a sharp turn. “Where are you going?”

>[ ] Blonde Phantom Detective Agency. Right now.
>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.
>[ ] Just name somewhere near enough to the scar.
>[ ] Write in.

>>32467926
>JJ willing to extort a family that's in a shitty situation, ever

>>32467941
>>[ ] Blonde Phantom Detective Agency. Right now.
Gotta tell the boss.

>>32467945
>letting people get away with FUCKING SHOOTING HIM JESUS

>>32467941
>[ ] Blonde Phantom Detective Agency. Right now.
>[ ] Write in.
>Offer to try to teach her how to control her powers, but it won't be free.

>>32467941
>[ ] Blonde Phantom Detective Agency. Right now.

Also, use a phone to call Laura and tell her to go to the meeting place with Lucas, and for them to tell the Hellions that JJ's on his way from work.

>>32467941
>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.
>Tell him to go to the Blonde Phantom Agency after we get dropped off.
That Hellion meeting was important, right? I honestly don't remember what we needed to do with that.

>>32467941
>[x] Write in.
'Nowhere without clothes man. How is Ms. Seames, by the way? we could drop by, let her know I'm okay, just to ease her mind, you know?'

>>32467941
>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.

>>32467941
>[ ] Blonde Phantom Detective Agency. Right now.

>[x] Write in.

call Laura, tell her to postpone the meeting, or say you can't make it. work just got complicated

>>32467992
This.

>>32467941
>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.

Tell him to go to the blonde phantom agency within the next day or so, and ask them to help find a place for her. Make sure if you haven't already told them about whats happened this evening that he does.

>>32467995
>making sure the lady that shot us is okay

I have no words to describe what I am feeling right now.

>>32467941
>>32468010
Supporting this.

>>32467980
Welp, from the looks of inner monologue, JJ thinks extorting these people is Creeper-esque

>>32467941
>>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.
We are very short on time. Where the hell are we?

>>32468020
short sighted insufferance?
We now have long term leverage for emergancy purposes, we havent had a bolt hole before, play this right and we do now.

>>32467995

She shot us.

Fuck that bitch.

>>32467995
Never write-in again.

>>32468010
You can't POSTPONE this meeting with the Hellions, genius.

>>31524113
>“Alright, then. Be there on time. By twelve the place will be a crater, whether or not you show up.”

>>32467987
Thirding

>>32468053
>implying we can't still pull it off with out sucking up to the person who SHOT US

>>32468045
So is breathing, and being sneaky.

These people had it coming, they aren't random bystanders.

I wonder if we could get Kevin a job on turning nightmares to dust for this guy.

>>32468091
hey im not that anon who wants to suck up.
That guy is a bit of a tool.

>>32467941
>>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.

>>32468106
What are the odds they qualify as real-enough to be organic and dustable?

>>32467941
>>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.
We don't have time to lose. Julian has a short enough fuse as it is.

>>32468154
He can dust metals on concentration now, so long as their real enough to interact, they are dustable.

Still puts kevin at massive risk though so i would rather it be an emergency precaution personally.

>>32468154
Probably low, I'd guess they're psychic constructs like what Armor can do.

>>32467941
>[x] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.

>>32467987
Changing destination in this to the Hellions meeting
>>32467941

>>32467941
>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.
>[ ] Tell him that we'll come by in the morning to work out what to do then. Call the Blonde Phantom Detective Agency and tell the boss we did a good job.

>>32467941
>[x] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.
We should probably at least call the detective agency on the way.

>>32468179
>their real enough to interact, they are dustable.
Ang.

Force fields can also interact. Do you even scifi?

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one thing we can all agree on is that we are totally not paying for the trunk door

>>32468010
>postpone a meeting with a gang of muties
lel
No, don't do this.

>>32468043
You're really not very bright.

>>32468260
force fields, energy based projections and the such are the exception yes, but if she generates anything of the standard elements when she makes her nightmares, then it will go crumble at Kevins touch.

>>32467941
>[ ] You should probably be getting to the meeting point with the Hellions.

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>>32468332
>if

>>their real enough to interact, they are dustable.

>>32468320
It's unlikely we'll make it on time, and we've got work to do. Having her tell them we can't make it when we likely wont make it seems logical enough to me.

>>32468289
A gang of muties who have already stated they will put the building we want to check out into a crater with or without our presence.

>>32467941
>[ ] Blonde Phantom Detective Agency. Right now.
We need to make sure this stays in the hypotheticals weither we go with him or not. If we don't decide to go with him, we should at least let him know to keep it hypothetical with them, so they have no reason to call the police.

>>32468355
oh for shame anon, a man cant make any generalizations here can he?
So yes, in future i shall explain every little detail since your small mind cannot adapt to such things, and needs constant guidance to come to any form of understanding of the point.

>>32468382
>>32468391
They will not postpone jack shit. Have you met Julian? Have you read the quest? What don't you get about this?

>>32468279
Hey now. Let's not get hasty here.

We might get karma.

I don't think this is something we can just ignore. What happens if Tildie dreams up a giant spider, or Fin Fang Foom?

We may have to get her registered before she has a nightmare about Galactus.

>>32468391
Isn't that at midnight? We still have a couple of hours to get there, I think.

>>32468415
Yeah.

Even I ( >>32467989 ) said for us to warn them that we'd be a bit late, not outright postponing it.

>>32468414
>I forgot the power is very likely psychic projections and not actual matter
>I can't admit mistakes

>>32468415
...yeeeees, we get that. Starting to think you didn't read anything after the 'or' in the post referred to. Which would be the relevant part, in this instance.

>>32468455
11 PM

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We crit failed every roll last thread. Maybe that means we got all the bad rolls out of the way and we'll have good rolls when attacking Creeper...

I realized how dumb that sounded half way through.

>>32468455
No.

>>32468479
>Crustyverse
>not throwing curve balls at us to keep us on our toes.

>>32468455
11PM was the deadline for the building's existence. It's probably a few minutes after 9:30 PM.

>>32468482
They don't seem the type to care about that. What good will that do? They'll go ahead regardless.

The "work to do" we got is with the Hellions. We don't got a scheduled deadline for the detective agency at 11pm.

>>32468455
We told them 11pm and we were planing on being there at 10pm. We were planing on getting there early so that we could scope the place out with super senses while invisible.

So much for that plan...

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>>32468501
we crack bitch when the dice say so

>>32468508
>not considering "edge cases" like projections when they're not even edge case and more shoved in your face as an equally likely possibility

>>32468578
life has a way taking your plans and then blasting you with a shotgun

>>32468550
It's 10pm right now in game.

>>32468579
Snake eyes. That's a good super name for us, as long as there's no GI Joe's around.

>>32468613
If life gives you shotguns

Make blackmail material

>>32468578
We'll manage. Even if we only get half an hour, our senses will be more than up for a fast scout.

The way to control Tildie's power is to have her learn how to initiate lucid dreaming, which basically means she will be aware that she is dreaming while in dream state.

>>32468415
>They will not postpone jack shit. Have you met Julian? Have you read the quest? What don't you get about this?

>>32468391
>A gang of muties who have already stated they will put the building we want to check out into a crater with or without our presence.

Literacy is a wonderful thing.

>>32468616
So it is. I was basing my post off the end of last thread. Did not notice the new time, so we now have less than an hour to get where we need to be and check stuff out before architectural annihilation. Fun times.

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>>32468640
Forgot my pic

>>32468641
Exactly. How do you manage to both understand that and think a phone call will matter?

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>>32468578
Oh for the love of - yes. They will go ahead with it.
Without us.
I know.
This just tells them we are unlikely to be there. Because we're doing something we actually get paid for instead.
How are you not getting this?

>>32468704
>>32468578
>>32468565
Crap. My apologies anon, linked the wrong post.

>>32468704

If they destroy it, we won't know what Creeper is doing in that secret secret place of his.

Information is valuable, "Anon".

>>32468702
You must need to get hooked on phonics, because my post doesn't have a god damn thing to do with asking them to postpone. The post I linked to from that even has nothing to do with beyond outright saying "No, don't do this".

>(1/2)
>[X] Hellions.

You know, you’re not even really sure where you are. You know it’s not anywhere you want to be, though, and last you checked Julian was running on a short fuse. It kinda irks you that you can’t just pop in with the Blonde Phantom (come to think of it, would anyone even be in their office? It’s pretty late), but you have… you have part of your soul tied up in the thing with Creeper. You cannot afford to be late.

You rustle about for the address, fully expecting Mr. Soames to have no idea where it is, but apparently all cars have GPS now and he just punches the street in. Neat.

The car ploughs on through the night. You find yourself slowly but surely settling in, letting the leather of the seat fold in around you, letting your arms relax and your chest untighten.

“After you’ve dropped me, you need to talk to the Agency.” You say, after giving some thought to the matter of Tildie. Frankly, you have no idea how to deal with her problem. Hopefully someone under Ms. Phantom’s payroll does. “Hopefully… hopefully they can get you in touch with someone better suited to help you.”

He nods, still eying you a little nervously. You guess you did show him a lot of fang back there.

what is our photo charge at Crusty?

>(2/2)

It’s a long ride. Slowly but surely, you watch as the world becomes more familiar, the huge, looming shadows on the horizon lining up into recognizable patterns. Everything gets a little smaller, a little darker. The streets get worse. Everything gets worse.

Eventually, he pulls up opposite a large, fenced-off property deep into the lower spectrum of Queens. It looks normal enough – actually looks kinda like an old department store or something. The grounds outside are all loam, strewn with unchecked patches of grass and assorted weeds. Looks like there’s a garage to one side, though nobody’s parked in there. You can’t see anyone patrolling the outside.

“This it?”

You nod. Should be.

Reminding him to check in with the agency, you step out of Mr. Soames’ car. He thanks you for keeping your mouth shut, despite all the… all the various things that have happened… and soon enough he’s little more than a set of rapidly-disappearing taillights.

>Present Time: 22: 50 PM

>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.
>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.
>[ ] Maybe you should just go in now…
>[ ] Write in.

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>>32468760
Worst case scenario is that they have more box people in that compound and hellions will just kill them all by nuking the place.

>>32468826
>>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.
>>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas

multitasking!

>>32468826
>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.

>>32468826
>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions. Also heatscan for them.
>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.

>>32468826
>>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.

>>32468826
>>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.
>>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.

>>32468826
>>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.
>>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.

>>32468826
>>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.
>>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.

>>32468796
>1/5

After you got into the Soames' place you didn't have many more chances to build a higher charge.

>>32468826
>>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.

>>32468784
>>32468826
>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.
>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.

Also, would Blonde Phantom be able to point them to an expert on lucid dreams?

>>32468826
>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.

>>32468826
>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.

>>32468826
>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.
>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.

>>32468760
We're going to get there too late to find anything anyway.

>>32468826
>>[ ] Smell around for the Hellions.
>>[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.
...like so. Gee, ten minutes to look around before the Hellions rubblescorch. That's going to be helpful.

>>32468894
Probably a therapist or maybe even a pharmacist with some sleep meds could even be worth a shot as a stopgap until that problem's solved.

>>32468894
Or to an Academy or similar member. Mutie underground, mugga.

>>32468894
since Emma is a fucking X-man (not that we know this in character), probably yes

> >[ ] Call Laura. And Lucas.
So we have our cellphone, then?
>[x] Maybe you should just go in now…
we don't have much time, get the lowdown on the place then contact our people

>>32468946
Yea, but Emma is not the blonde phantom though.

>>32468934
Don't we have their number? We could just call them.

>>32468969
you missed the point.

They probably know the Xmen. Lord knows their investigations will have pointed unexplained stuff at them enough times.

>>32468934
If we get to them quick enough, our excuse of "Sorry I'm late, I got shotgunned and woke up in a trunk. My new job sucks." might buy us a few minutes to double check the place , especially if we sweeten the deal by saying we'll grab them something nice while we're in there. That said, this building's likely going to go down without that happening because this is a message against Creeper.

>>32468969
one of the Cuckoos? won't make the game of telephone unwinnable

>>32468946
I don't think the Blonde Phantom knows the x-men personally.

>>32469010
Not all superheroes know each other. Spiderman has never met the X-men in this universe.

>>32469107
I don't think we've touched that issue yet though.
I'm guessing he might have met them briefly at some point, but doesn't know them personally.

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>>32469107
That won't last too long considering who his girlfriend is.

>>32469107
no, Pete's met the X-men

>thread 14
He has met X-Men. He hasn't really gotten super close to them.

His clone, however, is another matter. Kaine Parker (Scarlet Spider) is on the main X-Men team. Everyone assumes it's Spider-Man's dad or his big brother, due to him being aged at an accelerated rate, and thus lots of people think Spidey is a mutant.

>>32469174
So, think he keeps in contact with his "brother", if he has that kind of relationship with his clone?

>>32469238
totally

they hang all day first Saturday of every month. mini golf, Mets game, go karting, beating up Shocker, and pushing each other on the swings

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eiwpZS3Vqg

>>32469238
Well, Kaine is kind of...grumpy.

>>32469311
They're definitely Facebook friends, swapping funny stories everyday about what's new.

>>32469356
>They're definitely Facebook friends, swapping funny stories everyday about what's new.

Kaine constantly sending Peter to stop posting so many stupid "cute" cat photos.

>"No I don't care that this cat looks like Adolf Hitler! STOP POSTING THIS SHIT"

>>32469388
Peter tries to get revenge by inviting him to Farmville. This backfires badly.

>>32469417

No, Kaine tells Peter to stop sending him so many cat photos.

I fucked up the typing when I tried editing the text.

>>32469428
Yeah, I started to guess that after I posted. Still, Kaine getting sucked into Farmville by Peter. I'm standing by it.

>>32469445
>Still, Kaine getting sucked into Farmville by Peter. I'm standing by it.

And Kaine tries to get back at Peter by sending him really old memes that he's just finding out about.

>(1/2)
>[X] Smell around for the Hellions.
>[X] Call Laura. And Lucas.

Fishing out your cheap-ass phone, you call Laura’s number, sniffing a little absently at the air. You don’t have much time here – gotta figure out there the Hellions are and get this show on the road.

Almost immediately, the dial tone gives way and you hear her voice on the other end of the line.

“Johnathan.” She pauses, a brief commotion transpiring a little beyond the receiver’s capability to transmit discernable sound. “Lucas was wondering when you would return.”

Yeah, you guess as much.

“Right…” You knead your fingers over your skull. How do you explain this shit? “Things got complicated. I’m at the address now. I’ll… I’ll try to slow down the Hellions, give you some time to get over here. Um… could you, I dunno, tell Lucas that I didn’t intend for this to happen.”

There is a brief silence.

“I can.” She responds, eventually.

“Thanks.”

>(2/2)

Stowing the phone away, you redouble your efforts to locate the Hellions, stalking along the sidewalk and feeling very glad that it’s late and nobody’s around to stare at your weird sniffing (sometimes you catch yourself licking the air, too). It kinda wigs you out a little that you appear to be in a mostly residential area – you were expecting something a bit more industrial. Factories and stuff. Instead, the street opposite Creeper’s secret funhouse is lined by short, squat houses. Weird. Weird and unnerving and totally unexpected. But you guess that’s Creeper in a nutshell.

It doesn’t take you long to catch a whiff of Julian’s aftershave. He clearly applies it with gusto.

You make your way along the street until you reach a cross in the road. A little further away from Creeper’s place, on the opposite street, three silhouettes linger near the curb. One smells of Julian. The others, you don’t recognize, but as you draw closer you see that one is a tall, well-toned guy – probably the same age as Julian – with long dreads and a strapping set of camo pants. The other is a lanky chick with tanned skin and brutally short hair. She’s covered in tattoos and, if her sense of dress is any indication, still thinks Hells Angels are cool.

She spots you coming and nudges Julian, who glances in your direction.

“Cutting it a little close.” He notes, as you approach. “These guys are Brian”– the guy offers to shake your hand –“and Solana.” The girl doesn’t. She just nods.

>[ ] “I got delayed. Could you try to hold off on jumping in for thirty minutes or so?”
>[ ] “What can you guys do?”
>[ ] “Whatever. I’ll go take a quick look inside. Give me some numbers, just in case.”
>[ ] Write in.

>>32469539
>[x] “I got delayed. Could you try to hold off on jumping in for thirty minutes or so?”

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>>32469539
>"Yeah, I got hit by a shotgun on the way here. Mind if I take a quick look inside the building before you level it?"

>>32469485
This is gold and we have accomplished an important bit of worldbuilding for Crusty.

>>32469539
>[ ] “I got delayed. Could you try to hold off on jumping in for thirty minutes or so?”

>[x] “Whatever. I’ll go take a quick look inside. Give me some numbers, just in case.”

>>32469539
>>32469575

Sure, let's go with this

>>32469539
>[ ] “What can you guys do?”
>[] Write in
Shake that dude's hand, share contact info, be a team player.

>>32469539
>[ ] “I got delayed. Could you try to hold off on jumping in for thirty minutes or so?”
Scope the place out while they're waiting.

>>32469575
sounds good

>>32469539
>>[ ] “I got delayed. Could you try to hold off on jumping in for thirty minutes or so?”
Nothing major just a shotgun to the stomach

>>32469539
>>[ ] “What can you guys do?”
>>32469575
Sounds good enough to me.

>>32469620
>Shake that dude's hand,

You know who that is, right?

>http://marvel.wikia.com/Brian_Cruz_%28Earth-616%29

>>32469575
The story checks out. The front of our shirt probably looks like we were hit by a shotgun.

>>32469539
>>32469575
Sure, this

>>32469630
forgot to add
>what can you guys do?

>>32469575
Good idea. Next question is how long do you think we can stall for?

>>32469539
>[ ] “I got delayed. Could you try to hold off on jumping in for thirty minutes or so? Gives me sometime to scope it out and allow for Laura to get here.”
>[ ] “What can you guys do?”
>[ ] “Got a number I can call, just in case?”

>>32469575
Me again.

>>32469693
Yeah, if they doubt us be sure to ask if they think the shotgun hole is a fashion statement.

>>32469690

That's a rather strange power.

What bugs me about the Marvel Mutant powers are that they're so damn specific.

Girl can ONLY bring her nightmares to life

Girl can bring people back to life but now they're evil.

It's so stupid.

That said, it's tolerable because of stuff like this quest.

>>32469539
No matter what, handshake. We are the politest of hobo clan leaders.

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>>32469690
Ok, let's not shake hands with the prankster.

>>32469785
This

>>32469785

Only with Julian, though.

>>32469575
I'll support this to make JJ cover his awkwardness with nonchalance

>>32469781
To be fair, her powers only manifested as nightmares. God only knows what she would have been able to do if she kept them.

Also Layla didn't bring people back evil, they just didn't have souls. No conscious or empathy, but not evil.

>>32469841
>>32469890
I honestly forgot the Brian = Tag connection and didn't check >>32469690 until just now.
Still, JJ doesn't know it and I feel that his reaction to polite handshake greeting is to accept. Then he asks what they can do, does a double-take while shaking hands as Brian explains. Comedy.

Should I know how Solana is?

>>32469955
Also no love of Barry White, if I remember correctly.

>>32469969
>, JJ doesn't know it

He was told by one of the thrift shop workers.

>>32470008
True, but their was no description alongside that i believe.

>>32470024

She may have said black guy. I'm not sure.

>>32470024
IIRC, the employee said he was black.

using NYPD logic, the black guy in front of us is him ! and probably has a knife

Shack the hand.

>>32469989
I didn't know either. Googled it and nothing came up. She's either an original character or very obscure.

>>32470062
I'm think original.

>>32470062
>>32469989
I think it might be Solara
fire manipulation gained from alien crystals embedded in her body or something
might have just been a misspelling

>>32470008
I don't remember if that bit included his powers or not, but I do remember they mentioned the name.That was quite some time ago.

>>32470095
or I could be completely wrong

>>32470095
maybe she's an OC

>>32470129
Yeah the powers we're mentioned. Maybe the name too, It's been a while though.

>[X] Write in.

Guy has a strong handshake.

“Hey, man, nice to meet you.” He smiles warmly, and maybe a little wryly. “Hope Jules hasn’t been giving us a bad rep with you.”

Hey… this guy seems nice. Cool, even. Is he really friends with Julian?

“I’ve put up with worse.” Ain’t that the truth. You’re pretty sure Layla could give Julian a run for his money in the field of generally being a butt. You turn to ‘Jules’. “Anyway, yeah, I got shot on the way here.” At this point you feel the need to gesture down at your torn and bloodied jacket. “Mind if I take a quick look inside the building before you level it?”

Julian’s eyes linger on your frayed garments a moment. “Yeah, but you best be out by”–

–“The time Solana unloads, right?” Brian finishes the sentence for him, delving into his pants for a phone. “One sec, lemme drop my number on you, so you can give us a bell when the time’s right. You don’t wanna be in there when Solana does her thing.”

Cool and dependable. You quickly exchange numbers, a slightly annoyed Julian watching the interchange from the sidelines.

“So, uh…” You glance over at the less talkative of the two new mutants. “…What can you guys do?”

“You haven’t told us everything you can do yet.” Interjects Julian.

Brian shrugs, still smiling a little. “He has a point.”

Solana – her eyes flaring up like tiny suns – just raises a set of long fingers, a bright, hot light pulsing under her skin. Palpable waves of heat roll off her, and the air starts to crackle a little, everything suddenly smelling a little bit wrong. For a second before she switches off the power, you feel a little sick.

“Sol doesn’t speak much English.” Says Brian, a little apologetically.

>[ ] Come on. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours [reveal a power].
>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.
>[ ] Write in.

>>32470244
>>[ ] Come on. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours [reveal a power].


let's see.... they know invis, claws, agility.

I recommend strength

>>32470244
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470244
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470244
>[ ] Come on. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours [reveal a power]
Turn invisible then
>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470244
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.
>>32470292
Wren when did you get a trip?

>>32470307
Valkyria Merc quest

>>32470302
or if they already know we can turn invis, just pick up brian with 1 hand

>>32470244
The grunting can wait
>[x] Come on. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours [reveal a power].
'This one is new actually. I believe I can fly.'
And then transform the arms into wings. I wonder if the photo stuff gave them a new coloration.

>>32470244
>[ ] Come on. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours [reveal a power].
You know what's impressive? Wings. Oh, it's a shame we'd need to take off our shirt and reveal our hobo-Jesus-abs.
>But seriously, Solid Lizard-Elf Sneaky Time

>>32470244
"I've given you more than you have me."
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470244
>[ ] Come on. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours [reveal a power].
Contortion if we're aware of this.
>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470244
>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base
Oh, it's just a cardboard box.

>>32470244
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.
Gotta be secret agent Lizard Elf

>>32470244
>>[ ] Come on. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours [reveal Contortion].
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.
Give them a relatively mundane power.

>>32470338
>>32470340
Wingmind.

Weren't we going to wait for Laura and Lucas?

>[X] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.
>[X] Write in.
>"Fair enough" and we dissappear

>>32470380

Flexibility

>>32470411

True, but Julian is a bit antsy right now.

>>32470244
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.
forget talky talk. time's a wastin.

>>32470338
>>32470340
Don't reveal wings. It's important to keep that one as a trump card for when the bad guys finally catch up to us and we have to bail.
>>32470244
>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470244
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470482

>Dragon Breath
>Nat 1
>crackbitch intensifies

>>32470526
We go full-spaghetti as steam starts pouring from our face.

If we have to tell them something then adhesion would be relatively mundane.

>>32470244
>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470526
>"Notice the power of collapsing into the fetal position and soiling myself."

>>32470526
>>32470551

End up sounding like a tea kettle and it alerts Creepre's men to our presence.

>>32470568
and then they get pissed when they realize there's no tea...

>>32470568
Nat 1 THAT bluff/stealth check. End up stammering and shrieking out "I'MA LITTLE TEAPOT!" then bursting out wings and flying away.

>>32470244
>[ ] I’ll show you mine if you show me yours [Lower shades and reveal Eyes and shift through the powers].
>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

>>32470244
>>[ ] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

You know, for all the guys who said that "we're going to need the healing factor when the dice decides to shit all over us" I can only say, by god were you right.

>>32470674
I will admit that I voted against level 3 healing in favor of something else. I'm glad we got it.

>>32470674
>>32470736
If anything, these rolls have made me consider getting more on subdermal and getting the magnetic mesh charge.

>>32470674
Why wouldn't you want to get healing factor? With combat it's obvious we will get hurt sometimes, with dice it's worse. With a non-combat spec build, it's pretty obvious you'll need HF as a safety net. JJ can't just brush off hits.

>>32470736
I dont understand people EVER voting against healing, strength or agility.
theyre all so useful

>>32470785
Sub dermal is going to be a must for any prolonged fight, we got put out of commission by one gun wound for a fair few hours. Being tougher will not hurt.

>>32470411
I thought going in and looking around was a delaying tactic until they could get here.

>>32470785
>magnetic mesh charge
This will be more important when the PMC or whatever chasing Laura finds us. With flexibility, agility, geointuitive vision, danger sense, strength, and the boost to durability that comes with it JJ currently seems good for preventing bullet damage, so long as we aren't hit fucking close up with a shotgun.

>>32470848
Who votes against the core survival upgrade? The longer we survive, the more points we get.

>>32470867
in our defense, we dill roll a fucking 1

>[X] Go Solid the Snake right into Creeper’s base.

“Fair enough.”

Can’t fault the girl for not being 100% on her second language. Or third or… whatever English is to her. You also wouldn’t want to argue with her, ever. There’s something about her silence that rubs you the wrong way – you think you can feel just the slightest spark of that weird pre-emptive lightning you’ve come to rely on, like simply being around her is moderately dangerous. And that power, whatever it was, seemed flashy.

No, you will most certainly not be demanding more from ‘Sol’.

You glance back at Julian.

“Laura’s coming by. She’ll have a friend with her. Try not to scare them off or whatever.”

He grins broadly. “Don’t worry, you don’t have to convince me to spend time with your pretty little sociopath. Girl certainly has a Silence of the Lambs sort of hotness about her.”

That gets the hair on the back of your neck standing up slightly. You ignore it and stalk off into the night, towards Creeper’s overly large mystery box. You just about catch Brian jokingly asserting that Julian is a terrible human being before you scrub yourself out of visibility and turn the corner, making your way across the street.

You scale the fence easily, a combination of freakish mutie strength and the stickiest stickyfingers getting you on the other side in no time. From the outside, you can see that the main building has one proper entrance (a big, excessively padlocked pair of doors), and probably two floors, a set of windows set high into the walls. The garage on one side must lead further in somehow, too.

Still not seeing anyone strolling around. There aren’t even any cameras, as far as you can tell.

>[ ] Go in through the front door.
>[ ] Go in through the garage.
>[ ] Climb up through one of the windows.
>[ ] Stroll around the side of the building, see if there’s another way in.
>[ ] Write in.

>>32470867
>we got put out of commission by one gun wound for a fair few hours
To be fair, that was a shotgun blast a few feet away with JJ unprepared for it and he couldn't move or she'd fire anyway. Add in two nat 1s for willpower, getting up would take a while.

>>32470811
Oh don't get me wrong, I did want it, I just didn't participate in those votes.

>>32470891
No Climb Check?

>go invisible
>go in through the garage

>>32470891
>[ ] Climb up through one of the windows.
Because Adhesive touch has to work sometime, right?

>>32470873
Yeah. As the Stealth character, we should avoid being directly in front of shotguns.

>>32470811
>>32470848
If I remember correctly we voted for healing before we had true invisibility. As in we still had a shadow and couldn't stay invisible for more than a few minutes.

I was never anti-healing. But at the time there were other powers that needed to be upgraded. They have since been upgraded so it doesn't really matter.

>>32470891
>>[ ] Climb up through one of the windows.

>>32470891
Good old ear to the wall and listen for heartbeats.
Then we go in. Choosing the ground entrance that is quietest and least guarded.

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>>32470891
>[ ] Stroll around the side of the building, see if there’s another way in.

always check for a back door

also

awww... JJ a bit jelly

>>32470891
>[ ] Climb up through one of the windows
Gotta get that height advantage.

>>32470929
At this point, with your levels in agility and strength, and your experience with adhesive touch, scaling a tall fence is a free action.

>>32470891
>Check heat signatures with thermal vision, listen for heartbeats.
>climb in through the window

>>32470929
>No Climb Check
Probably to minor. It's a fence and using adhesive wasn't really necessary.

>>32470891
Listen for heartbeats before we go in!

should be standard procedure for JJ by now.

>>32470891
>[ ] Stroll around the side of the building, see if there’s another way in.

>[ ] Stroll around the side of the building, see if there’s another way in.

in a Jodie Foster way or an Anthony Hopkins kind?
>[x] Climb up through one of the windows.
check if there are any cameras or people behind the windows. If there aren't, try to force the little security pin thinghis at the wood frame of the window so we can just slide it open from the outside.

>>32470891
>[ ] Stroll around the side of the building, see if there’s another way in.

>>32470985
also, if we go through this entire quest without getting in a brawl with Julian and kicking his stupid ass at least once, I will be very uspet

>>32470891
>[ ] Stroll around the side of the building, see if there’s another way in.
Senses usage please. Always do this.

Playing with fire there Julian.
One of these days, JJ's going to feast on your entrails when you cross the line.

>>32470891
>[ ] Climb up through one of the windows.
or
>[ ] Stroll around the side of the building, see if there’s another way in.

>>32470981
C-could you make a list of JJ free actions sometime down the road maybe?

>>32470946
Those faces scare me

>>32470891
add:
Use are various visions to scope the house out.
to:
>>32471016

>>32471022
Yeah, Invisible + Super Strength Taser Punches and just casually/steadily wreck and evade him. Until Dice rolls happen.

>>32471073
Seconded

>>32470981
>your experience
Fug, experience can give us free actions?

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>>32470946

>>32470981
>your experience with adhesive touch
Hasn't that mostly been falling off of walls? Or failing to stick?

>>32471093
I doubt it would be that easy.

Up close and personal? yeah we would hand his ass back to him several times over.
But if he knows we are coming then shit will get hairy fast.

>>32470891
>>[ ] Write in.
See where most of the foot traffic goes through with heat vision, first.
If the entrances are about the same,
>>[ ] Go in through the garage.
I do not trust our ability to not botch a climb roll. Not after the last few.

>>32471093
Can we do taser punch? Every time we tase someone we have actually grabbed hold of them first. Punching is a little different.

>>32471231
Or get some screws, electrify them and then do our best Bullseye impersonation.

>Perception Check
>DC16
>+5 modifier

Rolled 7 + 5

Rolled 5

>>32471277

I got this

Rolled 1 + 5

>>32471277
It begins

Rolled 15 + 5

>>32471277

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>>32471292
nah, it continues....

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>>32471292

>>32471292
I both apologize and find the bitter irony at my ill omen.

Rolled 1 + 5

>>32471277
FUCK YOU DICE GODS

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>>32471292

>>32471292
It certainly does, but we cant crit fail this without two 1's

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>>32471292

Rolled 20

>>32471277
do dis

>>32471322
congrats.

I forget, does Crusty use the 1's and 20's in the first 5?

>>32471348
fuck you

>>32471334

I keep forgetting that.

Thanks, Anon.

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>>32471315
>>32471329
>>32471334
>>32471336
I prayed it wouldn't carry over to this thread.
>>32471307
>>32471348
I'm sorry. I'm so, so sorry.

Rolled 9

>>32471348
Fuck my slow mobile posting

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>>32471358
First three.
I think I'm done for the night.

>>32471358
first 3 only

luckily when comes to senses and pianos, 2 nat 1s in the first 3 to crit fail

we just got a shitty 12

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proposal

if you roll under 10, sit out out the next roll set

>>32471422
well better than nothing, at least if we miss anything being invisible will mean we wont be given away straight away.

Rolled 19

>>32471455
Ok

Rolled 7

>>32471455
>>32471390
The worst part of this?
I was >>32462392 Last thread.

Rolled 9

>>32471455

>Trying to manipulate the dice gods

This will end in tears

Rolling for mediocrity

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>>32471487
now you are just doing things to make me mad

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>>32471455

>>32471504

I rolled 4 straight 1s in a 1d20 system quest once. (Although only 2 counted)

Dice Gods are fickle

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Rolled 18, 16, 9, 7 = 50

>>32471504
...I'll be over there.
>>32471546
Let's see what happens.