>>33357812
>>[x] Ask what happened.

>>33357812
>>[ ] Ask where you are.
>>[ ] Ask what happened.

>>33357812
>[ ] Everything

Another idea for JJ's code name: Setanta

>>33357812
>[ ] Ask where you are.
>[ ] Ask what happened

>>33357812
>[ ] Ask what happened.
Was there an explosion last thread?

>>33357866
Why do people keep talking about this? It's already been decided, his super hero name is Vagrant.

>>33357953
You mean Haphazard.

>>33357953
Not that guy but when did his supername get decided?
I personally liked Haphazard but Vagrant's pretty cool too.

>>33357966
You misspelled Vagrant.

>>33357812
>>[ ] Ask where you are.
>>[ ] Ask what happened

>>33357812
>>[ ] Ask where you are.
>>[ ] Ask what happene

>>33357953
I like Vagrant too, but I think Setanta could be good.

>>33358018
What does setanta mean?

>>33357812
>[ ] Ask where you are.
>[ ] Ask what happened.
>Ask if she's ok again, I think we did that last thread but it fits JJ.

>[X] Ask where you are.
>[X] Ask what happened.

You cringe a little at the touch of the light. Head’s like tar.

Glancing about, you don’t recognize your surroundings in the least. It’s certainly not your cozy little subterranean den, though it is similarly sparse.

“…Where are we?” You mumble.

Laura looks away from you.

“The edge of the Exclusion Zone.” She answers, eventually. “I had to stabilize you. The bullet caused major fracturing along the base of your spine. Without the ability to heal, you would have been paralyzed from the waist down.”

You gulp nervously. Yikes.

A minute or two of awkward silence passes as you re-orientate yourself to consciousness, and you get the very striking impression that the question on the verge of your brain is hanging over Laura’s shoulders as well. Might as well be out with it.

“Laura…” You pause, not entirely sure how to continue. “…What happened there? To you, I mean.”

Her heartbeat swings back and forth beneath the ensuing silence. At long last, she opens her mouth, still staring straight at the opposite wall.

“A control mechanism. It’s…” Her hands tighten over her knees, bones creaking just very slightly. “Something designed for target priority purposes. I smell the scent, and I can no longer control myself.”

>[ ] Action.

>>33357812
>[X]Everything

>>33358043
It's the given name of the Irish mythological figure, Cúchulainn. Not really sure how it relates to JJ, though.

>>33358076
Hug her, you fool!

>>33358076
>Hold Hands
>"It's ok."

>>33358076
[x]Comfort her

Its cool. We can deal with it. Nothing bad happened in the end.

>>33358102
>physical contact
no you fool.

>>33358108
seconded.

Also, I expect news headlines to say something akin to "Mutant saves policeman! Rewarded with gunshot to the back!"

>>33358076
"So, is it the smell that triggers things or is there something else to it?"
Try to go over and sit closer but don't make physical contact.
Also supporting >>33358108

>>33358076
Well, we all have our Hulk moments, apparently.

>>33358076
>"Are you alright?"
If she says stuff about being dangerous etc, just assure her that now we'll be able to recognize the scent and wash it off first.

>>33358076
>"Shit went terribly. Not the first time, and at least I didn't explode everything before vanishing for a week."

>>33358076
Walk over and sit next to her.

>>33358127
We are possibly the best mutant spokesperson without actually saying anything. Just saving orphans and cops.

>>33358076
I think that, at some point in this thread, we should break-down about feeling/looking ugly.

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>>33358167
What?
Have you even looked at JJ?

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Reporter talks to the police officers about what happened. They say "It was just some mutant vagrant."

The reporter writes a story about a mutant named Vagrant. Later they put it together that it was the same guy as at the orphanage and the docks. BAM we have our super hero name. "Vagrant"

>>33358202
It's a good thing no one said he was a bum.
"Look out, it's the Bum!" "The Bum is kicking our asses!"

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>>33358127
>implying there were witnesses who will tell the newspapers

>>33358202
the papers already gave us a nickname

>Mutant Hero saves orphans!

I still want Spook to be our hero name

>>33358278
>Getting in on the game early enough and being beloved enough that people just call you "Hero"
Ain't that somethin'?

>>33358202
Our mutant name is actually Crackbitch. Didn't you get the memo?

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>first day of work is bookended with gunshot wounds

You shift uncomfortably. There are plenty of things you’d like to say, but you’re not sure how to form them. You knew it had to be something like that – you knew her eyes weren’t her own, that something in that gas they sprayed you with had supplanted all the humanity from her brain. You feel like you should say that, that you knew it wasn’t really her, but you can’t put it together.

Instead, you get up and trudge toward her. She glances up at you, her eyes gleaming with something vaguely like panic, and you feel the tendons snap taut throughout her form, her entire posture becoming stiff with readiness.

You stop. Guess she’s not really feeling up to any kind of contact. Slowly, you sit down beside her, and just think for a moment.

“You alright?”

The words tumble out. She nods slowly.

“I am unharmed.”

Gradually, her shoulders untighten, the change cascading through her from the top down, nerves disentangling and muscles flattening, her whole form unraveling into something a little more at ease. The minutes pass and you let them stumble by in silence. There’s nothing more to say that you remotely trust yourself with.

And it’s not like you’re a likely source of advice. You can barely control yourself sometimes. Less and less, these days.

You check your watch.

>Present Time: 7:36 AM

>[ ] You should be getting back to the subway.
>[ ] You should be checking up on Lucas.
>[ ] You should be contacting the Detective Agency
>[ ] Write in.

>>33358088
Both go through riastrad.

>>33358088
>Cúchulainn
its because Warp spasm.

>>33358379
>[ ] You should be checking up on Lucas.
Gotta make sure he is alright.

>all these names
>no The Natural One

I'm writing a lot of these down for the day you have to definitively choose one.

>>33358379
>[ ] You should be contacting the Detective Agency

>>33358379
>[ ] You should be checking up on Lucas

first let's find where our little mugga went to first

>>33358379
>>[ ] You should be checking up on Lucas.

>>33358379
>>[x] You should be contacting the Detective Agency

>>33358379
>[ ] You should be checking up on Lucas.
>[ ] You should be contacting the Detective Agency
> You *should*, but you're going to make Laura feel better. You can text Lucas and head in to work later, you got shot, you have an excuse.

>>33358379
>Get back to the subway
>Call people on our walk back.

>>33358403
Hey, I said Crackbitch.

>>33358379
>should be checking up on Lucas
Then we check with the agency.
Complain about getting shot, and that the kid needs under the table power counseling.

>>33358379
>[x] You should be checking up on Lucas.
>[x] You should be contacting the Detective Agency

>>33358403
>JJ "My Daddy pumped ass full of science" Green
>Natural anything

the bionic crackbitch

>>33358422
Lucas ain't got no phone.

>>33358384
>riastrad
I wish Google would've given me the actual term's definition. A battle-frenzy, then? Makes sense but does JJ have more of a connection to Cuchulainn than that?
Cause Haphazard and Vagrant make a lot more sense as hero names otherwise.

>>33358451
>>33358403

The Unnatural Natural

>>33358454
Whatever, the rest of it still stands. Text whoever has phones and check up on them.

>>33358458
Young hero destined for great things and potentially a short life

Blondie better pay in the triple digits at least.

>inb4 we took a shotgun blast for $60

>>33358458
The riastrad, aka "warp spasm" or "torque", was a battle-frenzy like if Lovecraft designed the Hulk, where Cúchulainn went body-horror berserker.
Don't think he turned into Godzilla, but close enough.

>>33358506
The clients tried to get away with murder.

They owe us reparations.

>>33358403 If we had picked pheromone, his name could be adult game protagonist.

>>33358379
>[X] You should be checking up on Lucas.

>>33358379
>[ ] You should be getting back to the subway.
Call Lucas if he isn't there anyway

>[X] You should be checking up on Lucas.

“Dammit.” You mutter, disturbing the silence. “Lucas. Where’s Lucas?”

You remember very little after Jerry – yeah, you remember that sour ass grape’s name, that guy can get fucked by all the ugly trees in the garden of life – shot you in the back, but you know there was an explosion. One large and furious enough to send smoke billowing up over the whole neighbourhood, cutting the stars from view and roiling with flecks of lingering heat.

You can’t believe you actually let Lucas get involved in that.

For the first time since she got to explaining her situation, Laura turns her eyes toward you.

“I’ve been in contact with the Hellions.” She states, pausing momentarily before going on: “He’s with them.”

You sigh. Excellent company, that.

Though… after what you saw last night… maybe you could do with all the company you can get. Maybe every mutant in NY could.

“Guess we need to pick him up.”

You heave yourself up, extending a hand to Laura. She examines it almost suspiciously, as if it might bite her, before weaving her fingers through yours. Her pulse is like a warm, steady drumbeat.

>On the way you
>[ ] Ask why the trigger scent affects Laura.
>[ ] Ask what you can do now that the Facility appears to be working with Creeper.
>[ ] Pick up a paper.
>[ ] Check your texts.
>[ ] Write in.

>>33358662
>>[ ] Ask why the trigger scent affects Laura.
>>[ ] Ask what you can do now that the Facility appears to be working with Creeper.

>>33358662
>>[ ] Ask why the trigger scent affects Laura.
>>[ ] Ask what you can do now that the Facility appears to be working with Creeper.
>>[ ] Pick up a paper.
>>[ ] Check your texts.

its a long walk and Laura is a laconic individual

>>33358662
So, did the Hellions blow up that bunker?

Or was it the soldiers and that chica in high heels and giant claws destroying the evidence?

>>33358662
>[ ] Ask what you can do now that the Facility appears to be working with Creeper.
>[ ] Pick up a paper.
>[ ] Check your texts.
>Tighten anus as you have over 100 texts from the technopathic gore-pile who wanted help.

>>33358662
All

>>33358702
>implying technoshota has been within wireless range of your phone since you left
>implying he has network access down there when alone

>>33358733
We did start ignoring him as we left. Doesn't mean he wasn't talking.

JJ needs to take a day off sometime soon

>>33358662
Would last nights events be in the newspaper already? Might as well try.

>>33358697
I guess so... I don't actually remember an explosion being mentioned last thread.

>>33358779
>I don't actually remember an explosion being mentioned last thread

It was there. Along with, you know, this one.

>but you know there was an explosion. One large and furious enough to send smoke billowing up over the whole neighbourhood, cutting the stars from view and roiling with flecks of lingering heat.

>>33358779
>Nearby, something shakes the earth, and the two of you stop momentarily. A huge, bulbous cloud of smoke, its innards wracked by flecks of orangey-yellow heat, spreads out over the night sky. Boom. You think you feel the shockwave all the way over here. Wherever here is.
I just did a Ctrl+f for explosion.

>>33358697
>>33358779
Destroying evidence, I think.

And it was mentioned at the end

>>33358662
>[X] Ask why the trigger scent affects Laura.
>[X] Ask what you can do now that the Facility appears to be working with Creeper.
>[X] Pick up a paper.
>[X] Check your texts.
>[X] Keep holding hands.

>(1/2)
>[X] Ask why the trigger scent affects Laura.
>[X] Check your texts.

The clouds roil back a little as you head on through the Scar, the grey receding somewhat into a dull mesh of understated blue. Winter is slowly loosening its grip on the world, allowing the sky some of its colour back, and walking about under the breaking light of day makes you feel a little better, clearing your head somewhat and putting a new spring in your step.

>photosynthetic charge +1

You distract yourself a little while with the contents of your phone, but find your spirits dampening somewhat when you realize you have five unread messages from UNKNOWN. The foul, rotten smell of the underground chamber returns to you, stewing like a bad meal in the pit of your stomach, and you quickly move on. You have a message from Peter, too, and something from the Blonde Phantom.

Peter’s text is short and simple. Apparently he did a bit of reading on ‘Joshua Green’ and trawled up some weirdness (about what you expected, that). The message from the Phantom, on the other hand, is a long, profusely apologetic wall of text – it would seem than Mr. Soames contact her sometime last night. You shrug a little, coaxing the tension out of your shoulders, and stow your phone back away.

>(2/2)

You glance down at Laura. She marches alongside you in deep, sullen silence.

“So…” You falter a bit as her eyes flick toward you. “…Why does that scent affect you so badly? Is it your sense of smell?”

She shakes her head.

“Psychological conditioning. My subconscious associates it with…” She pauses, and turns away, the familiar look of being mired in memory coming over her. “…many things.”

You think you can fill in the rest with guesswork.

Soon enough, you find yourself on the Groves, a bunch of hoodied kids watching you suspiciously from the opposite estate. You ignore them and make your way to the door to the Hellions’ block, though you do find yourself wondering just how much of the local game Julian actually has his fingers in.

>[ ] Call, ask for Lucas to come down.
>[ ] Go up and talk to the Hellions themselves.
>[ ] Write in.

>>33359041
>>[ ] Go up and talk to the Hellions themselves.

>>33359041
>[ ] Go up and talk to the Hellions themselves.

They probably deserve some kind of explanation.

>>33359041
>[ ] Call, ask for Lucas to come down
We don't have time to deal with hellions bs

>>33359041
>[ ] Call, ask for Lucas to come down.

>>33359041
>[ ] Go up and talk to the Hellions themselves.
>Try to keep it brief.

>>33359041
Wait, so they pelted me in someone else's spunk scent? Fuckin hell! I wanna take ANOTHER shower now...

>>33359041
>[ ] Go up and talk to the Hellions themselves.

we need their help if we're gonna take on Creeper, can't allow a sense of mistrust to foster and potentially sink the agreement we had with them.

>>33359041
>>[ ] Go up and talk to the Hellions themselves.

>>33359061
Seconded

>>33359041
>text back Blonder: k

>>33359126
>Text back: TL;DR, stopping by in a bit.

>>33359155
Do it

>>33359155
>text back: TLDR; $$$$$$$$$$$$$$

>>33359215
>text back: TL;Dr, Bitch wheres my money

>>33359256
>text back: TL;Dr, $60 when?

>>33359269
"I’m a hardcore muthafuckin’ gangsta" - JJ Green

>>33359155
Seconded.

>>33359155
This

>>33359155
Unprofessional and completely clashing with the image the Blonde Phantom wants to maintain. Personally, I wouldn't do it.

>>33359041
>>[ ] Go up and talk to the Hellions themselves.
Try not to piss off our potential source of money with stupid tests

>>33359041
Go talk to hellions, jack a manhole cower, and some wires/rebar/loot garbage for handle.
Gotta watch for stray bullets.
Make it invisible too. Or put bag over it, if we can find one.

>>33359155
Don't do this.

>>33359155
>>33359215
>>33359256
>>33359269
No.

>>33359485
I was joking.

Obviously not.

>[X] Go up and talk to the Hellions themselves.

Taking a moment to text back to the Phantom that you’ll be stopping by later (you neglect to mention super duper large amounts of compensation, but hope it’s implicit), you rip the handle, and the lock, straight off the door. Laura stares up at you in questioning silence.

“I just get tired of waiting for them.” You explain, and head up the stairs to the age-mottled door you recognize as belonging to the Hellions. This one you don’t sabotage. Like it or not, the Hellions are probably best uncrossed.

You rap at the sodden wood with your knuckles, rolling your eyes when a quiet scuffle seems to break out behind the door. Eventually, it creaks open, and a pair of bright orange eyes stare out at you, narrowing slightly when they turn toward Laura.

“She’s fine now.” You explain quickly. “I hear our friend’s with you.”

What was this one’s name? Solell? Solero? Sol-something. She looks like she could kill you with that stare.

She mutters something in Spanish and opens the door. Inside, Lucas and Julian both turn to look at you, both of them tearing their eyes away from the flickering light of a television. Curtains are drawn, you notice, and the whole place smells vaguely of burnt iron. You can hear at least one other person in another room, probably the kitchen.

“Man, you’re alright!” Lucas throws himself off his seat and approaches, looking relieved. “When Laura said you’d been shot, I thought… I dunno, I thought that might be the last I’d be seein’ of you.”

You smile faintly.

“I’m surprisingly durable.”

>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.
>[ ] Arrange another meeting. You have to see the Phantom later.
>[ ] Get Lucas and leave.
>[ ] Write in.

Pick up lucas, don't reply to the text. Have a session of one to one talking with laura once were all back to the station. Then we can visit blonde phantom.

>Corsairs are the thieves
>Young X-men are the police
>Hellions are gangsters
>Our gimmick is we collect dangerous muggas and children.

JJ Green's orphanage and TNT depository

>>33359485
>>33359473
>>33359442
>>33359432
I'm pretty sure those are jokes. fret not

>>33359485
Why? JJ's a homeless guy that gets his ass kicked for a living. It's totally something JJ would say.

>>33359499
>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.

It was kinda like Auschwitz but the corpses were still alive

>>33359499
>>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.
>>[ ] Arrange another meeting. You have to see the Phantom later.
>[ ] Get Lucas and leave.

in this order

>>33359201
>>33359215
>>33359366
>>33359430
>>33359432
>>33359473
I only suggested it as a joke to the one I linked to.

>>33359499
>Give a brief rundown of what was under the complex, arrange another meeting to actually sit down and talk it over. We need to visit our boss.

>>33359499
>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.

>>33359516
>that gets his ass kicked for a living
We should start fighting for money
>INTRODUCING THE BRAWLING BUM, THE HUMONGOUS HOBO, THE VICIOUS VAGRANT, JOHN MOTHERFUCKING GREEN

>>33359499
>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.

>>33359499
>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.
And if anything else happened after you were forced to split up

>>33359499

>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.
In brief, but say we will be back to discuss this in detail later.
>[ ] Arrange another meeting. You have to see the Phantom later.
>[ ] Get Lucas and leave.

>>33359505
It's just that in the past I've seen QMs take joke suggestions seriously.

>>33359499
>[x] Talk about the complex
>[x] Text Blonde: tl;dr I want my dosh

>>33358291
>tfw newfriends don't realize the superiority of Uncle Patches
>>33359499
'Hey Julian. You guys OK? Last I heard, there was some big explosion near the site.'
Cue for them to explain. If they did it, drop it. If the merc group did it, tell them the whole story.

>>33359499
>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.

I've seen some shit.

>>33359499
>>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.
>>[ ] Share that you think the secret ingredient for Jack is X-Gene carriers
>>[ ] Arrange another meeting. You have to see the Phantom later.

>>33359499
>>[ ] Talk about what was under the complex.

>>33359499
>[X] Talk about what was under the complex.
>[X] Arrange another meeting. You have to see the Phantom later.
>[X] Get Lucas and leave.
And
>>33359594
this.

>>33359574
These where joke suggestions;
>text back: TLDR; $$$$$$$$$$$$$$
>text back: TL;Dr, Bitch wheres my money
>text back: TL;Dr, $60 when?

This was a valid response;
>Text back: TL;DR, stopping by in a bit.
JJ is not a professional he's a homeless teenager that doesn't give a shit what the Blonde Detective thinks about him as long as he's getting paid.

>>33359505
JJ's the Xavier Institute, the really poorly-funded, run-down Xavier Institute. Our jet is a broken down train car

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How do we kill the sentinel?

>>33359646
>poorly funded
What funds mugga? We ain't got no money

>>33359615
This, get them riled up and looking for more Jack warehouses.

>>33359662
We take a manhole cover and toss it like a discus.

>>33359662
We'll need 1 more level in Claws or 2 more levels in Taser hands to even dent a Sentinel.

>>33359615
Seconded all the way

>>33359662
Rip off it's head, that's how spiderman did it.

>>33359662
Flamebreath or RIP AND TEAR

>>33359615
>>>[ ] Share that you think the secret ingredient for Jack is X-Gene carriers
Fuck, yes this, if telling them what's under the complex isn't enough for them to draw a conclusion

>>33359701
Pics or it didn't happen.

>>33359688
>>33359701
>>33359709


Claws 2: burrow through its chest and flame the inside.

Though i think we would be distracted getting people to safety.

>>33359499
>>33359615
Seems good to me.

>>33359645
>This was a valid response;
Not really meant as one, like I said here: >>33359533
JJ is somewhat professional, but the whole "shot twice in like, a day" would probably make him appreciate shorter messages.

>>33359709
>>33359726
We don't have the flamebreath needed yet. As it is, we're at "Leaky Radiator" heat level.
I'd suggest Claws 2 + Super STRONG to burrow in, then dig around or taserhands the insides.

>>33359662
fastball special Laura up to the head.

>>33359662
We trow a fucking car at it. We strong now.
Also we can probably rip it apart. Trowing car is just better idea.
How much sentinel weights anyway? We can probably trip/trow it, and then bash head in with rock/car/tear it off.

Also we shuld start using passive search more. Use the senses we invested in. Find some nickles, and maybe a shield. or a weapon. Must be someone nearby that threw away perfectly usable knife, metal mug, or cloth. Maybe dirty tablecloth, or blanket with hole in it.

>>33359763
Our taser hands is not at a level where it can blow electronics up.

>>33359662

Here's a better idea: leave the "destroying giant robots" to the big guns while JJ focuses on keeping himself and his friends out of the line of fire.

Stealth character, remember?

>>33359662

Comic book jobbing Sentinels, or the "actually a legitimate threat" Sentinels that Crusty is likely to use?

>>33359800
All good men must fight at some point.

>>33359796
Inside a robot it could probably short out stuff. Outside, likely not. Hence the step 1 being "burrow in with claws and strength".

>>33359688
Sentinels can take Semi trucks to the face. You're going to need to do better than manhole cover.

>>33359701
I don't remember spiderman ripping ones head off. I think JJ will need another level in Claws before we'll be able to decapitate one.

>>33359709
If you actually read the DB power description you would know that DB would need to be at least level 4 to hurt a Sentinel.

>>33359726
If you're already tunneling through it, why would you need flame? Just super strength 3 and claws 2 would be enough.

>>33359822

I'd call JJ more of an "okay man".

>>33359800
>JJ
>not big guns
nah

>>33359822
Nope.

>>33359800
We can invisidrop Ms electric shock, or Ms adamantine claws behind it.

We need a shield from AOE attacks, or healing vitae, for when our allies get hit by bullets or some shit.

Why you people don't want shield, or healing potions?

>>33359615
Fifthing. More then that, we need to tell the Young X-Men, the Corsairs, Peter Parker at the Bugle, or anyone else that will listen. They sent fifty trained killers to stop us, one mutant assassin, and a scent that would compromise our ally.

They do NOT want this secret out, which means we spread that shit like wildfire even if it's only partially true or not true at all. Keeps muggas off the Jack, and adds another layer to the whole smuggling snafu way back when

>>33359833
No.

Level 1 is taser. Level 2 can short out electronics.

>>33359834
Well, manhole discus might work really nicely given our strength level, the surface area it would focus into, and geometric vision aim.

>>33359871
Pretty sure directly putting a taser on electronics would short that shit. Hell, static electricity shorts electronics.

>>33359862
So your gonna stealth your way out of a room that contains Lady deathstrike, Kimura, and Big man Luci himself?

>>33359875
I'd feel better if it was a sedan tossed to clip its knee and make it fall down.

or just fastball special Laura

>we still haven't checked the other three mysterious messages
did our friendo mugga Neo tumorboy become a self-replicating spam virus?

>>33359848

You are severely, SEVERELY overestimating JJ's direct combat capabilities against twelve+ foot tall anti-mutant death robots. He's not his sister. Hell, we don't even know how his sister would fair against one, though I can bet she'd have a better shot at it than JJ at his current level.

>>33359863

What shield are you even talking about? Wings 3?

And Healing Vitae is stupid. I will never vote for it.

>>33359845
>>33359862
JJ's a good man. He's not an all-there man, mentally-well man, or completely selfless man but he's definitely got his heart and his actions generally in the right place and has sacrificed a lot to do the right thing. I'd say that's 'good' in my book

>>33359889
Not according to the power pastebin.

>[X] Talk about what was under the complex.

Glancing over Lucas’ shoulder, you shoot Julian what you assume is a meaningful look.

“We need to talk.”

He regards you in cocksure silence, before nodding and motioning to the overstuffed chair opposite his seat. The girl closes the door behind you, and you’re certain you feel the temperature sneak up a few notches.

“I’ll stand.” You like having the option of running. Not like that door is gonna get in your way.

“Alright.” He seems to find that very funny, for some reason. “What’s this about?”

And so, you tell him what you found down there, in the rancid dark. You watch his expression change toward one of indignant, disbelieving horror as you describe the steady blinking of the machines, the precise, surgical insertion of all those wires and tubes, the unnatural twisting and warping of flesh. He stops you once or twice, asking you to go over certain details, as if trying to imprint them on his brain, make them visual and real for him.

When you’re done, he’s quiet for a good long time.

“That explains the news, then.” You blink. What news? “When they said Mutant Control had gotten involved, I assumed you’d gotten your dumb ass caught on the scene.”

His pulse is erratic. He’s angry. He’s legitimately angry.

“If the other crime families want to get in on this…” He pauses, as if piecing something together in his head. “…They’re going to need a lot of mutants, aren’t they? Hundreds. Thousands, if they all want to compete.”

A sick, uncomfortable feeling settles in your stomach.

>[ ] We have to get this public.
>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.
>[ ] Write in.

>>33359871
From Crusty himself;

Level 1: Like having a taser in your palm. Won't short out most electronics but will fuck with people. Can be conducted.

Level 2: Visible electrical arcs. Much stronger current, enough to cause people to smoke a bit after some touching. Will short out unarmoured electronics.

Level 3: Way higher voltage. Will seriously electrocute motherfuckers. Will damage armoured electronics.

Level 4: Will melt steel when concenrated. You might as well be touching someone with a thunderbolt.

Level 5: Develops near-touch range.

>>33359725
can't post pics with tablets for whatever reason so there
http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11/118094/3198695-2443998-spiderman_vs_sentinel.jpeg

>>33359906
I'm more interested in maxing out invis 5 but getting a power that will heal our allies isn't stupid. Especially since a failed will check means we go ape shit and WILL attack anyone (Noriko still got that nasty scar on her arm)

>>33359890

Ideally JJ would avoid even being in a room with Lady Deathstrike, Kimura, and Luci (who?) in the first place. He'd stand a better shot sneaking out than actually fighting them right now anyway.

Maybe if he had Muscle Memory and learned to fight from Laura he would stand a better chance.

>>33359906
>Healing Vitae is stupid even though it's an ability that can rapidly heal our friends or allies if they are seriously injured

Yeah, no bro, not taking it is dumb

>>33359906
Just sneak them behind, or trow them.

Why Healing Vitae is stupid? It helps us not have people die on us. Allows to re roll a crackbich.

Can you please explain?

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to get this public.
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.
CLEANSE THE IMPURE

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

the police and avengers etc are useless here.

recruit Justice and the Young X men!

>>33359940
>[x] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
At the very least this. It's not an easy decision to make, I'd rather let Jules boy ponder this a bit and decide tomorrow.

>>33359917
I would think that meant we could indirectly short electronics out. Like zap a radio's casing and fry the insides. Instead of pop the bastard open and taze the circuit board directly (and honestly, clawing it would work just as well).

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to get this public.
>Also put the word out to Scar Muggas, everyone keep a look out for missing muties,

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to tell everyone and destroy everything.

>>33359962
Nigga how do you not know big man luci?
Lucifer

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to get this public.
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
"This shit has to stop, every mutant is in danger if they continue to push Jack."

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to get this public.
which we can cover
>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
job for the hellions
>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
Long term goal were already working towards and redundant to say. Even if we destroy it all we dont know the origonal process so we dont know how to stop it.

>>33359701
a pity that's 616 spidey who does 10 tons while we're close to Ult spidey and like 5-7 tons max.

just fastball special Laura up there and let her do the rest

>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.

Mutants before humans. Making it public will take it to crime families faster than mutants.

Comon, bro's before hummies

>>33360019
This

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to get this public.
>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

replace "destroy everyone" with "stop everyone"

>>33359987

>Sneak behind and throw a Sentinel.

I think we need Crusty to explain what Sentinels are actually like in this setting, because I feel like everyone is underselling them at the moment.

>>33360020

That's what I thought you meant, but I couldn't believe you would be that ridiculous. If JJ ever found himself in a fucking room with LUCIFER HIS GODDAMN SELF, then sneaking or fighting obviously wouldn't be on the fucking table. I mean Jesus Christ man, WHAT?

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to get this public.
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
also see if we can't get the new x-men on our side, try to keep it so only the ones actually taking part know.

>everyone on that ship could have ended up like tumor boy
>That could have been Lucas...

>>33360069
It was B8 trying to get you to say diplomacy

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to get this public.
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar
>>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to get this public.
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>>[ ] We have to destroy all traces of Jack.
>>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

>>33360042
It will also take it to the authorities, and the general public. People are already comfortable with death robots, and regardless of how people feel about muggas if this shit gets out to the public opinion is going to swing in mugga favor, I guarantee you

>>33359890
>your
Yes. Fucking duh. I am not a suicidal moron.

>>33360120
*uncomfortable

>>33360120
>Marvel Citizens having a shred of decency

>>33360115
If we are going for public, call Parker.
We owe him a scoop.
Also he should tell his mutant friends.

>>33359940

>[]Get this public
>[]Tell other mutants in the scar
We need to have an inquiry. Full cooperation between mutants and police forces to root out this drug will be a big step in mutant/non-mutant relations.

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to get this public.
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

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>>33360120
You're a moron aren't you.

all you need to do is twist it towards harming humans and shit gets bad fast.

"These guys use this to fund etc etc that hurts people etc etc"
and some fuck pops up and goes "so.. we can get rid of this is we wipe out the mutants?"

We need to ham this story up like modern day slavery.

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to get this public.
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.

>>33360120
Not to mention getting associated with Jack means a lack in mutants willing to join your gang, which means rival gangs should be more likely to get more hitting power.

More chaos in underworld I presume when criminal mutants re-evaluate their alliances.

>>33360120
>Public opinion
>in favor of mutants

What are you smoking dude? Must be some good stuff.
Mutants will just go downhill. They are like niggers, or jews. More people know. more they hate them

>>33360151
Oh yeah, definitely. Peter *cough*spiderman*cough* will be ALL over this if we tell him what's up. He's got a girlfriend at stake, man

>>33360145

JJJ seems to support mutant rights, so if we could disseminate this information to the Bugle, that would probably be our best bet of getting the word out. Maybe not immediately, but if this shit starts spreading we can't just keep it under wraps.

>>33360063
Destruction is how you stop them, dummy.

>>33359940
>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
Make sure the Jack market dries up for muties. Any user will feel terrible guilt. And probably get beaten the shit out of by brother muties.

>>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.
This is what the Hellions are good at. Fit the argument to the audience.

>>33360120
This will make whole mutant population look like crackheads.
And give Sentinels reason to be here.

>>33360212
>>33360211
Regardless of how people actually feel, if people want to at all feel comfortable regulating mutants without turning them in cows for a drug ring, I guarantee there will be quite a few people trying to save face.

>>33360212

There are bound to be fence sitters on this issue. If word got out that criminal organizations were kidnapping mutants and turning them into giant tumors to harvest drugs from their bodies to sell to more mutants (a drug that is more likely to cause mutants to go on a rampage and hurt people, mind you), then I think there would have to be some kind of public outcry against it. If not for the sake of the mutants, then for the sake of the normies who might get caught in the crossfire.

>bringing it public
>with no proof

HA. No.

>>33360213
Seconded.

Tell Peter everything.

>>33360270
even if we have no proof, its info about a drug no one knows about. Which is better than nothing the other papers have.

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I like voting for new powers because I like how Crusty adds them in story and it adds to John's "Oh god! What is happening to me!?!?" sense of confusion and panic.

>>33360270
Who cares if there isn't proof? Just the very idea being thrown out there is going to fuck with Jack sales and operation.

>>33360280
Peter this, Peter that.

No, no blabbing to the newspapers and newspaper-interns.

Jack is a drug for mutants, from mutants. The exploitation of them is just showing how awful mutants are to each other for personal gain, they're monsters, man.

>>33359940
PLANNING TIME!

Alright, so, this is some fucked up shit. If spun the wrong way, the bad publicity this can place on mutants is enormous.

What needs to happen is we need to go to both Parker AND Blonde, while the Hellions call on the other two big name gangs in the Scar. Parker and Blonde will organize the police, and the gangs will work hand in hand with the police to try and root out this place. All participating mutants can be considered deputized so they can use their abilities to assist in police work.

That kind of police/mutant cooperation too root out a new kind of drug, an abominable drug that literally kills people just to be made, will be the best outcome...but only if we work it right.

Parker can handle publicity, Blonde can help organize the police and make them...cooperative, and Julian can help us in the scar.

Any objections?

>>33359940
>>[ ] We have to get this public.
A big part of the problem mutants have in main marvel continuity is near-constant horrendously bad publicity. We already have a connection with a paper that doesn't follow the trend. Use it.
>>[ ] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.
>>[ ] We have to destroy everyone trying to get in on the game.

>>33360326
I'd like going with this

>>33360300
You think this is the first conspiracy theory about how the mystery drug Jack is produced some crank walked in with?

You think the Internet isn't covered in theories just like this one, all with the same amount of evidence?

>>33360310

Sounds like [every other minority with a reputation for violent conduct].

>>33360310
Mutants aren't doing this to mutants. It's drug gangs doing this to mutants.

>>33360310
But mutants aren't the only ones pulling that shit, we've already ratted out that Creeper has ties to the Kingpin. If anything, this will make the underground even more mucky

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>>33360326
>to try and root out this place
What place?

>police/mutant cooperation
Oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder.

>>33360326
Supporting immediate police involvement.

>>33360351
It will come attatched to the same paper persona as the invisible man who cracked the mutant smuggling op.

>>33360326
>Parker and Blonde will organize the police
Don't think they have the political clout for that
>and the gangs will work hand in hand with the police
OK, and then we'll draw Excalibur and unite the chosen people and all the mudslimes
>All participating mutants can be considered deputized
Way too optimistic. Prejudice runs deep. Depending on how the mutants handle the situation, it could improve. But it's still a long way to go.

This doesn't need to get out of the mutant community or at least go public.

There's an honest to Granny Goodness Avenger right in the Scar. He'd be down for dealing with this shit. Avengers love punching people and his buddy can be a go between for the Scar and flatscan heroes. (New Warriors to the rescue?)

>>33360387
Mutant gangs! Mutant criminals!

Why, the biggest distributor of Jack is that mutant Creeper!

SENATOR KELLY FOR PRESIDENT

look there is no 'good' spin for mutants.

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Jack is mutants! IT'S MADE FROM MUTANTS!

>>33360310
Peter has mutant contacts. He is a crossing line to other muties, and will give us advice on what to do in press.
Peter is better than anyone else that will write about this.

>>33360326
Talk to Hellions, our crew, and others, what to do when the sentinels come. We need plan, and inspect scar for advantages places/hideouts. Find out what we can about mutant control, and sentinels.

Also gear our crew, and ourselves up. We need electric wire traps, and pipes yesterday.
Molotov's too.

>>33360421
Except it's been made clear that Creeper is working for the Kingpin, and mutants aren't the only ones pulling this shit.

Also, your retarded

>>33360326
You severely overestimate the clout of our allies Pete and Blondie.

>>33360421
Shut the fuck up.

>>33360418

Vance ran because he might get kicked out of the Avengers.

>>33360396
What the fuck are they gonna do that's different.

How does this change one single thing in their priorities?

They hate drugs. They already fight a war on drugs. People they hate and fear suffering to produce drugs doesn't change one thing.

>>33360326

The police aren't going to do jack shit about Jack. We have no evidence of what's going on, and there are some seriously dangerous major players involved already. Even if the cops did know about what was happening, they are extremely ill-equipped to actually do anything about it.

And really, the Blonde Phantom is an independent detective agency, while Parker is...what, an intern? Why would JJ assume that either of them have the kind of influence necessary to do anything about this?

>>33360437
Jack is my kind of people

>>33360416
Blonde can contact the police, parker will put the spin on this we need to urge police support.

The gangs are the tricky part, and we'll need Julian's help. The New X-Men should be willing, but I don't know about the other guys.

>>33360443
Yes, and so are Marvel civilians. What's your point?

>>33360457
Publically outing that a drug is made using human trafficking and drug experimentation is probablllyy going to move the drug up quite a bit from being just being highly addictive or dangerous to use

>>33360460
Only ting police will do is get mutant control on this.
Thank you for showing us large mutant hideout, please follow us to the cell where you get free coffee.

>>33360452
Speedball can be the potential bridge, remember him hanging around the Young X-men?

>>33360492
>human trafficking
>human

>>33360460
Because Peter already helped JJ get a story out that literally changed Creeper's operation? What are you, stupid? Read the archives

Don't go strait to the paper, use the blond phantom agency, they can pull off the anonymous info thing.

>>33360441
No clue what sentinels are, no metagaming.

>>33360448
Blonde runs a legit detective agency that employs mutants with a good track record. She represents someone the Police can at least tolerate, if not quite respect, and a good option when the public outcry to war on Jack is solved.

>>33360495
Telling people about Jack is not the same thing as telling people about the Scar

>>33360326
>Mutant/Police cooperation
>trusting government officials
>Police working with Mutant gangs

you are forbidden from making plans

>>33360518
if we want this to be belivable, we need to attatch it to the previous good press we got for the container bust.

>>33360495
Seriously.

"How do we save the mutants? Get them off the streets into the camps! Flawless."

>>33360521
>metagaming
Uh. Aren't they the giant robots patrolling the state border?

>[X] We have to get this public.
>[X] We have to tell the rest of the mutants in the Scar.

“We have to make this public.” You say. “There is such a thing as bad press, and I know from experience that people like Creeper don’t want it.”

You possibly let slip a little more than you’d like there – heat of the moment, you guess – but Julian doesn’t seem to notice. He’s deep in thought. Eventually he pulls himself out of the fuming torpor he has going and gestures dismissively toward the paper unfolded across the table between you. You glance down, easily picking out the words even in the squalid gloom of the apartment.

“They’re confirming mutant involvement, but someone’s making sure everyone stays real tight lipped about what that involvement is.” He shrugs. “We’re probably on our own. Humans are fickle and easy to dupe.”

You keep yourself from reminding that mutants are technically still human, choosing to instead focus on what’s actually in the article. You extract a small nugget of hope from the statement that the case raises “serious humanitarian issues”, even if there’s no mention of why.

“Maybe.” You relent, mostly to avoid an argument. “Still, we at least need to tell everyone in the Scar – I mean, the Exclusion Zone.”

“Yeah.” He nods fervently. “Yeah, yeah… we do…”

His pulse skips.

“This is war.” Whoa. You didn’t say that. “This is like a war where one side doesn’t even realize it’s under attack yet. They need to know who they’re fighting. They’ll need someone to bring them together…”

>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
>[ ] You don’t think this has to turn into a battle.
>[ ] Yeah, you know, that makes sense…
>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…
>[ ] Write in.

>>33360555
>>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…

how about we at least see if we can raise an army before marching off Commander?

>>33360555
>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention
>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…

"We don't need to go that far just yet. That'll bring some serious shit down on us, but we do need help, and I know some people who might be willing to lend us a hand."

>>33360555
>>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…

>>33360555
>>[ ] Yeah, you know, that makes sense…

>>33360555
>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
"This is a gang war, not a war with humanity. This is why i proposed our deal. The only thing that's changed is we know why Jack has to go"

>>33360555
>>[ ] Yeah, you know, that makes sense…

>>33360555
>[x] Easy, mein fuhrer. Whoever takes charge will probably be dead in a year unless they rule by force...in which case, I'll be beating down the ruler.

>[x] People care for humanity...and this is abominable. When it goes public, people will want something done...we need to make sure that something doesn't involve mutant control coming in with tanks.

>>33360473
>[x] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
What happened to our dreams of a representative assembly leaded by the pater of each tribe/splinter group?

>>33360555
>>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…

>>33360326
>Any objections?
Only like a thousand.

>>33360521
again you overestimate Blonde's political clout with the police force, just because she might have a cop or two leaking information to her does not mean she can influence things like this.

>>33360555
>>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…

Call ewryone friendly and warn them.Maybe Set up massive ass meting, or just a representative of each fraction.

We gotta tell ewryone, without attracting too much attention.

>>33360614
>What happened to our dreams of a representative assembly leaded by the pater of each tribe/splinter group?

That was my suggestion that nobody seemed to agree with or care about.

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>>33360555
>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
>But we need to spread the word. Maybe set up a meeting to plan over what we're going to do.

>>33360326
>police/mutant cooperation
>thinking the web-designer/maybe-photographer and private detective agency in masks have any political power.
>Implying Hellions can unite gangs with no evidence/reward for working together beyond "No, these guys are totally turning these muggas into drugs, we kick their asses and we'll all be safe". Because it's not like anyone else will move in on their turf while they're weakened from the fight.

Thanks for lightening the mood.

>>33360621
No, but she IS a viable option for when police want mutant Liaisons.

>>33360555
>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.

>>33360624
That might be because it's naive, wishful thinking.

How many democratic-republic hobo communes have you heard of?

>>33360651
Clearly we must start more then.
Or form our own Genosha and rule with a Lizard-Elf Fist.

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>>33360646
>when police want mutant [anything]
So, "never"?

>>33360606
Let's go with this one, defuses the situation rather quickly.

>>33360555
>>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…
>[ ] I got a friend in the Bugle, who helped me get the story about Creeper in the first place. I'll contact him to make sure this story doesn't fade from the public eye

>Call everyone friendly and warn them.Maybe Set up massive ass meting, or just a representative of each fraction.

>>33360606
>we need to make sure that something doesn't involve mutant control coming in with tanks.
There is no possible way to 'make sure' of that.

>>33360645
Explain that shitstorm is probably coming, ant that they are on ground level.
Also this is a good public image/recruiting plan.
Saving mutants will attract more mutants.

Also I back up the "Keep mutant control away from this" guy.
That's a good plan.

We can take on a gang or 2 if we FUCKING ARMED OUR CREW, LIKE I BEEN PUSHING SINCE FOREVER.

But whatever, I am in minority.

>>33360555
>>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…
Corsairs, unaligned muties... it's time to be galvanized by mutant Brotherhood.

>>33360695
This, contact Peter man, and have him set up an interview. Tell him it's about the story about the mutant warehouse, and it's directly linked to the smuggling

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>>33360678
>when police want mutant [anything]
Well, when police want mutants beaten they work it out amongst each other.

>>33360555
>>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
Seems like a fast way to get Mutant control here en masse.
>[ ] We need to be discreet about this. Spread the news, but do it carefully.
I'd prefer it if we keep the groups discrete. If we do the whole big meet thing, do it by representatives.

>>33360746
>Also I back up the "Keep mutant control away from this" guy.
What?

There is no way to do that. No one's suggested a viable way to do that. How the hell would you do that?

>>33360555
>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…

>>33360746
If we could take on a gang, Mutant Control would be on us even harder. If we attract more mutants, Mutant Control will be on us even harder. If we exist, Mutant Control will be on us.

>>33360751
Making it public, no matter how sympathetic the original newspaper is about it, will only let the rest of the press run away with it in an anti-mutant spin.

>>33360816
We need to get the police under our thumb, so they don't call the mutant control.
Misinformation, or convincing them taught mutant powers is an idea.

Also make stuff as quiet as possible, handle our cleanup, and hide the mutant crap before police show up.

Basically keep the mutant part of the shit as hidden as possible, and shush anything that gets past.

>>33360555
>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
>[ ] You don’t think this has to turn into a battle.
>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…
Also the Corsairs The more to spread the word, the better

>>33360910
>get the police under our thumb
So impossible, kay.

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>>33360910
>We need to get the police under our thumb,

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>>33360910
>We need to get the police under our thumb, so they don't call the mutant control.
Oh that is hilarious and adorable.
There is no way that will ever happen and Mutant Control would find out anyway. They're probably their own independent branch with their own informants, spies, etc.

How are there this many bright-eyed idealists without a brain to be had between them?

>>33360555
Just make sure he gets that it's a war against the organized crime and not humanity as a whole.

>>33360949
You have better idea?
I offered multiple,and you are making fun of my shittyest plan B.

I think this is a big enough secret to call in Magneto.

If only someone had his number.

>>33360970
essentially this. Julian is a bit of an idealist moron.

>>33360984
>and you are making fun of my shittyest plan B.

If you call that a plan, then that's terrible.

>>33360991

The Morlocks, I think.

When JJ was down in the sewer, he saw the image of Magneto's helmet put on a wall.

>>33360984
What plan?
You've given a laughable mission statement.
There's no way to actually pull it off without getting beaten and stuffed into cells by the MC.

>>33361012
OK.
1)Get in touch with Groups (Joung XXX, Cruasants, Helium, exc...)
2)Find if they have mind affecting muties/kow of someone. The more the better
3)See what can they can, and will do.
4)Tray not to crackbich
5)???
Better than showing thumbs up our asses when sentinels come.

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>>33360984
>plan

That's not a plan. That was a magical wish. Plans involve actual steps towards a goal, steps that can work.

Like, for instance.

- Spread the word around the Scar about Jack production.
- Recruit mutant refugees for training together, learning how to use their powers in combat, and in tandem with each other.

We have a lot of firepower in the Exclusion Zone. We can make it into an army. We just start up the "Your brothers need YOU!" propaganda.

Now, the trouble is, who's in charge of training. Hellions, Corsairs, or Young X-Men. We have to settle the dick-waving contest there and coordinate so the strikes against the gangs are part of an overarching strategy, and not counterproductive to each other.

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>>33361077
>try to brainwash humanity into accepting humans

>>33361088
What do you think MC will do when word reaches them of mutants getting organized and training IN LARGE NUMBERS?

>>33361077
And instead get SHIELD or some shit when we MINDFUCK NYPD into servitude. Are regarded as the most recent act of mutant terrorism and are introduced to sniper bullets or Cap'n Murrica's shield.
You aren't good at planning.

>>33360555
>[ ] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
>[ ] Uh yeah I guess um maybe we should talk to the Young X-men about that they seem respected…
>[ ] If that's how they produce Jack, spreading the word could destroy Creeper's profits & reputation among mutants.

>>33361077
You might as well buy Genetic Mimicry 5 and eat the brains of the mayor of NYC if you're gonna go subverting the flatscan power structures.

Complete people replacement is slightly less likely to get exposed as "mutants taking over" than mind control that will eventually falter.

>(1/2)
>[X] Easy, mein fuhrer. That will draw a lot of attention.
>[X] You don’t think this has to turn into a battle.

“Easy there.” Yeah, Mein Fuhrer, slow the heck down. “This isn’t a war on humanity. We’re not terrorists and we don’t have to be. This is a gang war that, as it happens, we happen to have some stake in.”

You know… you wouldn’t have known what to say there if you’d never sat in with Creeper whenever he had to talk to some big whack job crimeguy that wanted a piece of his pie. The thought puts a shameful little barb in the side of your ribs.

“Yeah?” He responds, frowning. “What’d you”–

“He thinks you’re being rash”–

“He’s questioning your sanity”–

“He’s probably right.”

That was three of the same voice, wasn’t it? You (and everyone else in the room) turn toward the adjoining hallway, where a trio of utterly identical young blondes stand in tight formation, your sense of smell telling you that they emerged from one of the bedrooms further on. They’re wearing the exact same set of bright pink pajamas, their motions flowing from one figure to the next without pause – they remind you of the way Layla’s duplicates act as if extensions of the same immense body. And their eyes glow a faint blue.

>>33361137
Yeah, no. JJ isn't alpha enough for that.

>(2/2)

Julian leans back in his seat, making a noise halfway between a sigh and a grumble.

“Alright. If you say so.” He stews in silence for a second, before looking up at you with fiercely determined eyes. “Understand… I actually care about us. Us, as in mutantkind in general. We are a brotherhood, and everything I do is to protect people like us. And if that means bringing every mutant in the Zone down on these people, then I will do whatever it takes to make that happen.”

He means it. He really does mean it. His heartbeat is steady and truthful and incredibly assured. You can’t help but kinda understand why the Hellions follow his ass around.

“But…” He looks back across the room at the apparent triplets. “…I’m open to other suggestions.”

>[ ] Give me some time to get this public.
>[ ] Maybe we should get some kind of meeting going in the Scar
>[ ] Before we do anything we need to find out who is actually distributing Jack
>[ ] Write in.

>>33361106
It might not be a god plan.
But it will be fun if it succeeds
And fun ass hell if fails.
>>33361137
No no active plan, have someone try doing that four us (muties general, whichever gang).

At least have someone watching the police, and knowing how mutant control guys look like, so he will warn us if they show up.

>>33361142
eep. Cuckoos.

>>33361164
>[ ] Give me some time to get this public.
>[ ] Maybe we should get some kind of meeting going in the Scar
>[ ] Before we do anything we need to find out who is actually distributing Jack
The second can be set up while we work on the first, and then we discuss the third at the meeting.

>>33361164
>>33361142
>[x] Maybe we should get some kind of meeting going in the Scar
We'll get the New Xmen guys to show around while Julian and his guys work the Corsairs.

>>33361164
>>[ ] Give me some time to get this public.

>>33361164
>[ ] Maybe we should get some kind of meeting going in the Scar
>[ ] Before we do anything we need to find out who is actually distributing Jack

"We need allies and evidence before we start making accusations and mouthing off to the newspapers."

>>33361113
The same thing they always do, Pinkie.

The only difference is they'll be better able to defend themselves, and it might come a little sooner than if you do jack shit.

>>33361164
>>[ ] Maybe we should get some kind of meeting going in the Scar
>>[ ] Before we do anything we need to find out who is actually distributing Jack

>>33361164
>[ ] Before we do anything we need to find out who is actually distributing Jack
>[ ] Give me some time to get this public.
>[ ] Maybe we should get some kind of meeting going in the Scar once we know where the Jack comes from.

>>33361164
>[x] Give me some time.

Let's get Blonde on this case, talk to gangs. Keep this as far from public knowledge as possible, maybe we can resolve this before it becomes a thing.

>>33361164
We have three prioritys

One, we need to stop all jack within the exclusion zone, mainly by spreading the word on its source to the inhabitant mutants.

Two we need to group up with the main players there, track the dealers and destroy the distribution.

Three after we have tested the waters on possible reactions, we need to make this public in a fashion that will stop Mutant control from just charging in. For all we know we could end up having to keep this secret from society at large for a time.

But one thing is for sure, we need to step up the anti jack attacks.

>>33361164
>>[ ] Maybe we should get some kind of meeting going in the Scar
Everyone has to be in this together, and able to fight back.