>>34648819
>[ ] You’ve seen him do something like this before, but it wasn’t hurting him. Why is it now?
>[ ] Bring up the first time you met him. He didn’t hit anything there.

>>34648819
>[ ] You’ve seen him do something like this before, but it wasn’t hurting him. Why is it now?
>[ ] Bring up the first time you met him. He didn’t hit anything there.
>Yer bleedin' m8

>>34648851
This, call Lucas out on his shit

>>34648819
>[ ] You’ve seen him do something like this before, but it wasn’t hurting him. Why is it now?
>[ ] Bring up the first time you met him. He didn’t hit anything there.

>>34648819
>[ ] You’ve seen him do something like this before, but it wasn’t hurting him. Why is it now?
>[ ] Bring up the first time you met him. He didn’t hit anything there.

>>34648896

I'm kinda second guessing that, since, if he was lying, wouldn't we notice right away?

>>34648819
"Pain? Is that it?"

>>34648819
>[ ] Bring up the first time you met him. He didn’t hit anything there.

"Long pauses do not help making a convincing excuse."

>>34649063
Not necessarily. We don't have enhanced kinesics or that neuro electricity brain reading thing. People can still fool us by simply calming down their heart rate and shit

>Muscle Memory
>Enhanced Kinesics
>Echolocation
>Neuroelectrical Perception
>Telescopic Vision
Soon.

Hey Crusty, if we get Echolocation, will Geointuitive still only be used with JJ's eyes even though his brain is what's doing the intuitive "calculations"?

>>34648819
>>[ ] You’ve seen him do something like this before, but it wasn’t hurting him. Why is it now?
>>[ ] Bring up the first time you met him. He didn’t hit anything there.

>[X] You’ve seen him do something like this before, but etc.
>[X] Bring up the first time you met him.

Yeah, well, that seems sort of like a load of shit.

“Okay… well, yeah, I’ve seen you do that stuff before… but you weren’t bleeding.”

You tried not to sound too accusatory, but apparently that was in vein, because Lucas’ caught-off-guard expression begins to look a lot like anger.

“It doesn’t… it doesn’t work like that.” He explains. “Not always. I can only take so much of the force in, some of it has to go somewhere…”

The blood prickles at your nostrils, warm and sharp and darkly intoxicating, like the aftertaste of rum. You can almost feel his knuckles pulsing from there.

“What about the boat?” You ask. “You didn’t have to hit anything on Creeper’s ship.”

He huffs, rolling his shoulders in annoyance.

“It works different with heat. It’s easier.”

>[ ] Either way, he can’t just keep punching stuff.
>[ ] Let it be. He’s being generally weird here.
>[ ] Write in.

>>34649232
That's a good question.

>>34649232
Nope, with echolocation you could feasibly use geoint around corners.

>>34649274
>Haven't you been getting a power charge from Noriko?

>>34649274
>>[ ] Either way, he can’t just keep punching stuff.
>>[ ] "Listen Lucas, I'm not trying to make fun of you, man, it's just... your hurting yourself. And if it's just to get a better boost of power, then maybe we can come up with a better way to do that."

>>34649319

Seconded.

>>34649274
>[ ] Let it be. He’s being generally weird here.
While suspicious, the man knows best for himself.

We can make a comment after this is over, remember we are running on a clock.
a good 10 second head start seems sporting here.

>>34649274
>>[ ] Either way, he can’t just keep punching stuff.
>>[ ] Whoa man, there's got to be a better way to do that then mutilating yourself

>>34649274
>[x] Write in.
'Whatever floats your boat, man. Personally, it's the fear of the homicidal mob high on my heels and the smell of burnt flesh coming from my left shoulder.'

>>34649274
>[ ] Either way, he can’t just keep punching stuff.
>Tell him we'll need to find a way that isn't him damaging his hands
Also,
>vein
>>34649307
Fucking yes.

>>34649274
>>[ ] Either way, he can’t just keep punching stuff.

>>34649319
Second. This sounds good.

>>34649405
Can't he drain electricity too?
I remember Noriko using him as a power dump by holding hands

>>34649405
>Tell him we'll need to find a way that isn't him damaging his hands
Oh, and especially if it's not an emergency and he has no other options. Wrecking your knuckles because you need your powers for a training session is pretty bad.

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>>34649307
Aw yeah, soon we will become the ultimate ninja warrior

>>34649274
>>[ ] Either way, he can’t just keep punching stuff.
>>[ ] Man, there's a serious risk of popping a vein in your hand. There's gotta be a better way to do that.

>>34649473

And if we get Subdermal 5, he can be the Ninja Terminator.

>>34649319
Thirding.

>>34649319
Thirded. Also, offer to shock him with are lightning touch.

>>34649473
>senses 5
>infrared/thermal vision
>invisibility
>contortion and adhesive touch
>Taser hands and claws that cut through metal
>Enhanced physical ability in general
>eventual stealth/infiltration training with Laura stacked the muscle memory
>eventual echolocation
The Dark Lizard Rises

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The powersperging can wait.(at least till bump limit?)

how about we fret about how we'll find Laura instead?

>>34649631
top
fucking
KEK

>>34649679

This isn't powersperging. Not yet, anyway.

>>34649679
>The powersperging can wait.
No, it can't and it isn't even at that level yet. It's more like jerking off to how amazing JJ will be.
>how about we fret about how we'll find Laura instead?
Senses and hope that if she did mask her scent, we can at least find where she did it and find a way to go from there.

>>34649750
>>34649721

Could just go for a general request to keep it till thread end then? We know JJ will be awesome.

>[X] Either way, he can’t just keep punching stuff.

Okay. You think this is possibly time to deploy ‘reason’.

“Listen Lucas, I'm not trying to make fun of you, man, it's just... you’re hurting yourself.” You nod down at his hands. He follows your gaze, and he looks almost… disgusted. “And if it's just to get a better boost of power, then maybe we can come up with a better way to do that. Weren’t you making headway with Noriko, helping her regulate her charge?”

You feel his fists tighten. Nails almost biting through flesh. He’s sweating quite a lot, isn’t he?

“Noriko ain’t always here is, she!?” He shouts, the red in his eyes overrunning their borders, lancing out through the air in bright bands of crimson static. “She most definitely wasn’t there when they snatched me off the street! She wasn’t there in the crate! She wasn’t there when…”

His heart skips a bit. He sways very slightly on his feet.

“…she wasn’t…”

“Alright, uh…” You’re starting to actually be pretty worried now. Little flecks of lightning are coiling across Lucas’ knuckles – reminds you of Noriko. “…Lucas? Did… did you get a top-up from Noriko right before this?”

He nods. His eyes pop and spark, like little Roman candles.

“…And, uh, you’ve been doing that a lot, right…?”

“…Yeah…”

“…And…” And you feel you stomach curdling. “…And you haven’t been releasing any of it, have you?”

He’s silent. The air shimmers around his fists.

>[ ] Maybe he should calm down and go release that energy elsewhere.
>[ ] Maybe YOU should stop annoying him and get da hell out of there right now.
>[ ] Maybe you should just pretend you’re not noticing this, maybe he’ll work it off.
>[ ] Write in.

Need to pop over the road quickly by the by. Tomatoes.

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>>34649750
maybe get the high ground (scale a stable building?) and roll perception?

>>34649820

>[ ] Maybe he should calm down and go release that energy elsewhere.

>>34649820
>[ ] Maybe he should calm down and go release that energy elsewhere.

"I bet you twenty bucks you can't use that energy to run super fast."

Or whatever way of releasing it you prefer.

Just give him some extra incentive to blow off some steam.

>>34649820
Uh, fuck.
>[ ] Maybe he should calm down and go release that energy elsewhere.
>Be ready to move if he's gonna start a fight

>>34649820
>[ ] Maybe he should calm down and go release that energy elsewhere.

power and angry teens are not a good mix.

we can talk more, he clearly needs a more constructive outlet than self harm (or JJ's old beat up random strangers)

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>>34648912
>mfw

>>34649820
>[x] Maybe YOU should stop annoying him and get da hell out of there right now.

>>34649899
Kinda like this.
Give him some power training in a way that's not his usual (blasting), and provides a starting point for him to learn how to utilize absorbed energy.

>>34649820
"Well this is a chase, lets see how well you can avoid me"

>>34649820
>[ ] Maybe he should calm down and go release that energy elsewhere.

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>>34649750
>No, it can't

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>>34650159

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>everyone telling him to 'calm down'
This will go well.

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>>34650277

>>34650277

We're also trying to give him a reason to let out the energy so he doesn't explode.

>>34649820
>Maybe he should calm down and go release that energy elsewhere.

Can Lucas block creeper's invisibility with his energy absorbtion?
Adult Bishop could block psychic mindfuckery with his powers, so would creeper's power fit that category?

>>34650367
>>34650462

Didn't you already ask this?

>>34650477
Yes, but I deleted the post because too many grammar errors.

>[X] Maybe he should calm down and go release that energy elsewhere.
>[X] Write in.

“Well, uh… you feeling alright, Lucas?” Small steps to start with.

“I feel great, actually.”

He doesn’t look great. He looks like he’s gonna hurl. Except, instead of sicking up everywhere, he’ll bring the whole building down.

“That’s good.” No it’s not. Not it’s not. “In that case… I bet you twenty bucks you can’t use all that energy to run super fast.”

No! No what are you even doing? Why would you ever say tha–

You duck aside almost automatically as the ground explodes under Lucas’ feet and he goes hurtling past you, snapping free a length of naked rebar on his way. He makes it to the other end of the apartment block in two explosive leaps, each one thundering in your ears like cannonfire, and hurls his makeshift javelin straight out into the opposite building. It bores deep into the concrete, a vague red light propelling it on its way.

And then he jumps out.

>[ ] Fly after him, try to hit the wall before he does.
>[ ] HOLY SHIT what if he falls grab him grab him.
>[ ] Nope.jpg time to make yourself scarce.
>[ ] Write in.

>>34650501
>[ ] HOLY SHIT what if he falls grab him grab him.

>>34650501
>HOLY SHIT! Save his ass! (if he needs it...)

>>34649899
This

>>34650501
>>[ ] HOLY SHIT what if he falls grab him grab him.

>>34650501
>>[ ] HOLY SHIT what if he falls grab him grab him.

>>34650501
>[ ] HOLY SHIT what if he falls grab him grab him.

It is a chase after all.

>>34650501
HOLY FUCKING FUCKER FUCK FUCK FLY RUN DANCE ROLL WHAT THE FUCK

>>34650501
>[ ] HOLY SHIT what if he falls grab him grab him.

next time just tell him to laser

>>34650501
>>[ ] HOLY SHIT what if he falls grab him grab him.
We are playing tag, lets play tag.

>>34650568
Wrenloft chooses the sensible course of action. We are fucked.

>>34650636
Or blessed. Honestly, with Wrenloft it's hard to tell.

>>34648819
>>You’re a young man somewhere in the mid-point of transforming into a giant mutant lizard. Who else could possibly be It?
kek
>>34650501
Follow him from a distance, keep on eye on him, let him work that energy down.

>>34650595
>>34650636
typing on your phone aren't ya?

>>34650501
>>[ ] HORY SHEET what if he falls grab him grab him.

>>34650501
>Go and follow after him, grab him/stop him if it looks like it's necessary. He wouldn't jump out if he thought all he'd do is hurt himself.

>>34650739
Seconding

>>34650739

Good idea.

>>34650739
Honestly? I'm not betting that he does know what he's doing, given how fragile his emotional state seems to be.

>>34650501
>>[ ] HOLY SHIT what if he falls grab him grab him.

>>34650803
If it starts looking bad, we probably have sharp enough reflexes to save him if it looks like he'll crash

>>34650877
I'd rather we're preemptive on saving him, then trusting our crack bitch reflexes

>>34650803
So you think he's jumping to kill himself or intentionally harm himself? Regardless of you believing he's currently emotionally fragile, he would still believe what he is doing will not break something or be suicidal.

The only thing up with him is probably feeling helpless that he can't do jack by himself.

>>34650739
This.

>>34650739
This.

>>34650956
whoa mate, I never said that, I was just saying he might not be banging on all cylinders and not have as tight a control over his power

>>34650936
He can more than likely absorb the kinetic energy from the landing too. Or at least enough to be non-fatal.
His main problem is he's overloading on energy, and Noriko is example enough of how that can be dangerous.

>[X]Go and follow after him, grab him/stop him if it looks like it's necessary. He wouldn't jump out if he thought all he'd do is hurt himself.

>>34651028
Ah. In that case, grabbing him would likely interfere with/interrupt whatever he's doing, right? He believes he can at least make the fall and is planning on it. Coming out of nowhere and grabbing him in the middle of it seems more likely to hurt him, and JJ if attempts to grab him.

>>34651148
I disagree, based on

>>34651073

Letting him complete the fall may have him absorb more kinetic energy then he can handle

>>34651198
How high are we?

>>34651217
I think JJ is sober actually.

*laugh track*

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>>34651239

>[X] Write in.

Holy shit man.

You dash in Lucas’ wake, the air rippling with faint traces of heat around you. You’re honestly surprised there’s no steam coming of his flesh. You have no idea what he’s doing and no idea if HE has any idea what he’s doing, and you’re not entirely sure what you’re doing either, except now you’re –

You hit air. Your arms stretch and contort, wings spreading in their place. You sail, dipping down to follow after him.

He streaks through the air like a comet through the atmosphere, a trail of bright red phosphorescence bleeding through the sky behind him. Amazingly, he makes it – he looks like he’s in for the drop for a second, but at the last moment you realize his trajectory. He’s aiming for the length of rebar he threw into the opposite building.

And he catches it – just. His fingers slip and slide a little but they eventually find a solid grip.

Barely hesitating, he slams his palm down on the wall. A deep, crimson glow spreads through the concrete, like blood through linen, and without warning it explodes inward, forming an impromptu entrance. Swinging inside, he breaks into a run – presumably for the other end of the building, where he can do that shit again.

>[ ] This is insane, tell him to stop.
>[ ] Keep chasing him.
>[ ] Fly over the building, see if you can head him off.
>[ ] Write in.

>>34651292
>>[ ] This is insane, tell him to stop.

>>34651292
>[ ] Write in.

"Did you know you could do that?"

>>34651292
>>[ ] Fly over the building, see if you can head him off.

>>34651292
>[ ] Keep chasing him.
Diverting course now is a) a good way to lose him and b) will slow us down too much.

Get those reflex's in. Even with this power load he should tucker out soon, just keep an eye out for bystanders.

>>34651292
>>[ ] Fly over the building, see if you can head him off.
Don't want to interrupt him, besides he's just working off some stress

>>34651292
>[ ] This is insane, tell him to stop.
>[ ] Write in.

"Stay inside the Scar!"

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>[x] Keep chasing him.

>>34651292
>[ ] Fly over the building, see if you can head him off.
And if JJ believes it's necessary -
>[ ] This is too much, tell him to stop.

Jesus Christ, Lucas is should now be included (somehow) in all of our training sessions.

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>>34651359

>>34651292
>>[ ] Fly over the building, see if you can head him off.

>>34651292
>[ ] Keep chasing him.
Duh, this is Tag. Playground bullshit is the best/safest way for him to practice his new moves, and we sorta provide a safety net if he misses a landing.

>>34651292
>Keep chasing him

And you know what! Shout some goddamn encouragement! That was insane, poorly planned, and fukkin' awesome! Nicely done, now let's see if Lucas has staying power.

>>34651292
>>[ ] Keep chasing him.

>>34651427

Seconded.

>>34651390
>[ ] Fly over the building, see if you can head him off.
Never mind, switch that with
>[ ] Keep chasing him.

>>34651292
>>[ ] Keep chasing him.
"Lucas, what the actual fuck, did you know you could do that?"

>>34651292
>[ ] Keep chasing him

>>34651292
>>[ ] Keep chasing him

>>34651292
>>[ ] Fly over the building, see if you can head him off.

So the best method for training Lucas is to wait until he's charged up, provide motivation and then let/make him think on his feet about how to utilize the power?

>>34651581
Well, it may be the best method we have available to us at any rate...

>>34651581
Right now? Yeah. It's working at least.

>>34651292
>>[ ] Keep chasing him

>>34651292
>[ ] Keep chasing him.

Crusty, how fast is he moving? We should be able to know it without QM fiat or a previous JJ's estimation because current JJ has Geointuitive, right?

>[X] Keep chasing him.

Wow, that was completely insane. You can’t help but he sort of impressed, though.

You definitely couldn’t have made that jump. Not without rockets strapped to your boots, anyhow.

You soar down in through one of the nearby windows, following Lucas as he runs – smashes, okay, he’s smashing through walls now – through the building, debris flying in his wake. You grimace as your arms transform. Kinda annoying having to shift your arms every time to swoop into a building. They’re just not made for the indoors – too big and clunky. In the air they guide you through the void without trouble, but on the ground they just mess up your balance.

Even with the head-start, you’re faster than him on foot, and you manage to cut him off in the remains of some dude’s (and his family of four, heat shadows on the wall, don’t look don’t look) dining room.

“Nicely done.” You congratulate him, and instantly realizing you’re rewarding him for recklessness and overall stupidity. Better back up a bit. “You… you knew you could do that, right?”

He doesn’t answer. He just sort of looks like he’s gonna vomit again, and then… then he raises both his hands up into a ball, the air shifting crimson around them, and –

Ah.

Oh.

>Reflex Check
>DC18
>+4 modifier

Rolled 7 (1d20)

>>34651711
dice pls

Rolled 10 (1d10)

>>34651711

>>34651711

Rolled 6 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

MOTHERFUCKER

Rolled 13 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>34651711
Rolling

Rolled 4 + 4 (1d20 + 4)

>>34651711
Oh lawd

>>34651744
>>34651752
>>34651763
>>34651768


Fuck you too, dice

>>34651650
He's running at normal kid speed most of the time. When he made that leap it was... well... think of that big Kryptonian fucker from MoS. The mook with no real name or personality.

So, pretty fast. He essentially jumped twenty or so feet in an instant.

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>>34651744
>>34651752
>>34651763
>>34651768

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hello darkness my old friend

>>34651744
>>34651763
>>34651752

oh d20, I hate you too

>>34651786
Wow.

>>34651744
>>34651752
>>34651763

I guess were getting blasted out of the wall then. Fun times.

See, this is why we have shit like subdermal.

>>34651786
Nam Ek?

Wait. I want to use karma. We actually have 1 point it seems.

Rolled 4 (1d20)

>>34651785
>>34651794
>>34651807
>>34651824
I guess people can't tell that i fucking hit 1d10

>>34651850
That's not how karma works

>>34651850
>I want to use karma.

1.) No natural 1

2.) Why?

>>34651850
karma only works on critfails

this here is a regular fail

>>34651768

Wouldn't my roll here count as 18?

+4 from Enhanced Agility and +1 from Agility according to the stats pastebin.

And this guy >>34651752

Rolled a d10

>>34651877
>>34651879
>>34651886
Guess I forgot or am getting different points mixed up from other quests. Where was that originally posted?
Sucks though, I don't want to get hit by something we don't know the strength of.

>>34651914
Pritty sure itll just be failed by 1. so 17.

>>34651914
I don't know if it works that way. Crusty hasn't updated those stats in ages

>>34651949
>>34651983

It might just be 17, but I'm curious if the bonus attributes in the pastebin still count.

>>34651914
actually a good point, plus JJ sense should grant a bonus maybe?
Or is JJ sense what grants us a roll in the first place?

>>34651948
Feeling the guilt of hurting JJ will help Lucas keep his power in check. Everything's allright. Except maybe for the trauma he'll get from this.

>>34651752
Oh hey, that is a d10. Guess >>34651768 minimizes our failure to a merely excruciatingly painful level.

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>>34651914
It's probably not a straight agility roll, our reflex probably has various modifiers for current situations, certain exploratives and powers.
That said, pic related.

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And we have to go to work later today too....

>>34651993
I suppose it could be worse.

>>34651990
That's a good point, what about our danger sense? Wouldn't that tip us off?

>>34651990
>>34652083
Yeah Crusty, is JJ's danger sense included in the modifier?

>>34652117
Clearly it is.

Clearly this will hurt...

>>34651948
>I don't want to get hit by something we don't know the strength of
Don't be silly. There's zero real danger here for obvious meta reasons.

>>34652164
Well, Agility 4 gives us a plus 4, so that's the only modifier I see

>>34651768
>17
>close

The danger sense explodes along your spine.

“No! Don’t”–

He slams his fists down. You feel the floor disintegrate under you. It rolls in slow-motion, like wave through calm seas – a flash of red like a spike in the back of head, concrete shifting and cracking apart instantly, plaster transforming into streams of pressurized vapour. Rolling thunder, like cannons lighting up the horizon.

You jump, or you would, but the ground beneath your feet is like topsoil, just rubble falling away into the void. You grasp at the air and you fall. You –

Everything flashes back and forth. You’re on the ground. Everything’s rumbling. You think you hit your head?

Yeah. You groan. You hit your head. Must’ve been some of the debris. You blink, pulling yourself up, and take stock of your surroundings. You’re surrounded by rubble, most of it from the floor above, some of it possible from the one above that. The building around you groans uneasily, and you realize, glancing about, that one of the main supports is capsized across the very prone form of Lucas, who appears to be out cold.

>[ ] Test your surroundings. Don’t want the rest of the building to come down on you.
>[ ] Oh shit, get that pillar off him.
>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.
>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.
>[ ] Write in.

>>34651846
His name is seriously Nam Ek?

>>34651914
It's not straight-up Agility, due to the exact circumstances.

>>34652232
>[ ] Test your surroundings

Then

>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.

>>34652232
>>[ ] Test your surroundings. Don’t want the rest of the building to come down on you.
>>[ ] Oh shit, get that pillar off him.
>>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.
>>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.


first surroundings, then check if we should be moving (broken bones and shit), then pulse, the GTFO

>>34652232
>[ ] Oh shit, get that pillar off him.
>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.
>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.

>>34652232
>[ ] Oh shit, get that pillar off him.
>Then carry him out.
>Listen for his pulse as we do it, Senses 5 mang.

>>34652232
>[ ] Test your surroundings. Don’t want the rest of the building to come down on you.
then
>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.
then
>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.

>>34652232
In order!
>Check pulse!
>Check that we can safely remove the debris from Lucas (it won't kill him)
>Remove the debris from Lucas
>Kick the kid awake

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>Show up late to thread
> Find out we are about to be obliterated
Why am I surprised?

>>34652117
>>34652207
JJ knows what's going to happen even if he didn't have danger sense. Sometimes things happen too fast for JJ to react even when he knows what's going to happen.

This roll is purely for reaction time. Hence no bonus.

>>34652232
>>[ ] Test your surroundings. Don’t want the rest of the building to come down on you.
>>[ ] Oh shit, get that pillar off him.
>>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.
>>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.

Yeah, looks like I was right about Lucas not having a good handle on his powers

>>34652232
>>[ ] Test your surroundings. Don’t want the rest of the building to come down on you.
>>[ ] Oh shit, get that pillar off him.
>>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.

>>34652232
>[x]Oh shit
>[x]Oh Shit
>[x]OH SHIT
>[x] check his pulse and stuff.
>[x] get that pillar off him.
It's going to bite us in the ass later on, but disregard the five guys we ran into. no time for that.

>>34652232
>[ ] Test your surroundings. Don’t want the rest of the building to come down on you.
>[ ] Oh shit, get that pillar off him.
>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.
>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.
>[ ] Are you okay?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J-rkVtgpp4

>>34652232
>[ ] Test your surroundings. Don’t want the rest of the building to come down on you.
then
>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.
then
>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.
then
>Tell him that was cool as hell but he's an idiot.

>>34652232
>>[ ] Test your surroundings. Don’t want the rest of the building to come down on you.
>>[ ] Oh shit, get that pillar off him.
>>[ ] Oh shit, drag him out.
>>[ ] Oh shit, check his pulse and stuff.

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>you manage to cut him off in the remains of some dude’s (and his family of four, heat shadows on the wall, don’t look don’t look) dining room.
We need to save those heat signatures before the building falls on them.

>>34652461
>"but he's an idiot"

No. He's a short sighted semi-suicidal moron who's so fucking afraid the he's to weak to make a difference in this fight that he went all kamikaze in TRAININ to prove to himself that he has what it takes! This might come down to him laying down his life for the cause, yes. But not over some this stupid and certainly not when it doesn't matter.

>>34652532
Dude they are ash stains on the wall.

>>34652461
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>>34652262

>Strength Check
>DC15
>+3 modifier

Rolled 15 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>34652554
Rolling

Rolled 5 (1d20)

>>34652554

Rolled 19 (1d20)

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Rolled 10 (1d20)

>>34652554
go go go
nat1 incoming

>>34652570
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>>34652574
happy lizard.jpg

>>34652570
Works for me!

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>>34652532
They are dead, from whatever caused the Scar in the first place.

Rolled 8 + 3 (1d20 + 3)

>>34652554

>>34652532
Ah, some people may not remember, but one of the common sights in the Scar is that of 'heat shadows' or 'blast shadows', ash imprints left after whatever created the Scar vaporized a bunch of people.

They be dead. They been dead for ages.

>>34652570
>>34652574
JJ STRONK
JJ SMASH!

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>>34652532
...you want us to save the people-shaped outlines of where a family died from a massive explosion?

Guys... look, I'm not pointing fingers, I don't want to say we should have done things differently... Can we please seriously consider getting an ability that could help heal our allies if and when they do dumb shit like this? Please?

Eventually the dumbs hit is going to say our ass at their expense.

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>>34652618
so what you're saying is we need to time travel?

which extrapolatives would we need?

>>34652618
Sounds like a nice place.
>>34652669
>look, I'm not pointing fingers
Stopped reading there.

>>34652669
I was gonna say, this is where healing vitae might come in handy. At least, if Lucas isn't bleeding internally.

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>>34652618
What he means is something like this. The aftermath of an atomic blast, heat so great that it can burn shadows on the ground.

>>34652673
Not an extrapolative.

Phasing.

>>34652618
should we draw faces on them?

>>34652700
He's saying we should Healing Vitae because of shit like this and was trying to say it in a way that wouldn't cause power sperging

>>34652669
After quest. Keep it there.
kind of common curtsy now

>>34652673
>what extrapolations would we need?

We'd need to steal a timeship...so we'd need to jack a tardis.

>>34652618
Sorry. I thought "heat shadows" meant that JJ was using infrared vision to see their heat signatures through the wall.

>>34652669
Wow, being able to do jack except for exactly what basic first aid and rest can do, except faster. If he was in actual, possibly fatal danger, he'd be screwed either way.

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>>34652618
Fuck that's some Hiroshima shit. I read heat signatures, I wasn't prepared for this.

>>34652797
basic first aid can not heal a broken leg in minutes

>>34652797
Healing Vitae =/= first aid.

>>34652810
How many do you think died?

They didn't even realize what was going to happen before being obliterated. ;_;

>>34652825
Neither can healing vitae really. Cant that only bump up to only around level 2 healing at most? Claiming it can heal a broken leg in minutes as opposed to days is silly anon.

>>34652797
But it can regrow teeth! That's better than first aid!

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Hey Crusty, I have to go on a 90 min road trip, if I don't return in time, mark me down for bank if we get 2 or fewer xpoints or Healing vitae if we end up with 3 (unlikely but hey)

>>34652810
That's why most homeless avoid the place. It's really creepy.

>>34652889
>But it can regrow teeth!
Picked the fuck up.

>>34652825
Neither can vitae m80

>>34652886
A fracture takes weeks to heal, depending on the type of fracture. A constant amount of healing vitae could reduce that amount of time by a wide margin. And no, with photosynthesis we could bump it even higher

>>34652958
>with photosynthesis
with a level of photosynthesis we don't have

>>34652955
A boosted photo healing vitae probably could, and even before that healing vitae rapidly increases the time frame of healing by x60. So what would take weeks to heal would only take a handful of days

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>>34652532
>>heat shadows
>heat signatures
You're an idiot.

>>34652958
Fact o the matter is, on its own healing vit is low level healing not good for emergency aid. It requires higher level photo for that. Voting for it now before that is just an exercise in frustration.

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>>34652989
>boosted

>>34653005
What? Healing Vitae can heal fucking second degree burns in a day, as well as rapidly close up gunshot wounds so that people don't bleed out

>>34652873
I always figured that whatever gave rise to the Scar was a straightfoward brawl, mostly physical violence with little to no blasting. Like Captain America fights the Hulk. So the Scar previous residents could have heard when the fight started and got out of there pretty fast. I imagined the death toll to be at a dozen, worst case scenario.

Though that doesn't explain why it wasn't populated in the beginning. I just never stopped to think about it.

>>34653035
incorrect.
would equate to level 1 healing, i.e. 20x rate.
Plus Crusty has stated before its only active for a few hours at most. You don't possess all the facts. To get that level Requires higher photo.

>>34653066
It would equate to level two healing. We have regen three

>>34653060
>I always figured that whatever gave rise to the Scar was a straightfoward brawl,

The Scar is just a bunch of ruins made from various super fights, battles, wars, etc. that happened.

>>34653066
Level two actually. It goes one lower be default.

>>34653087
>>34653095
I stand corrected, its JJ's healing level -1.

But that is still only 60x. It took JJ two days to heal his burnt as shit hands with level 2.

Crustles, could you please clear up what Healing Vitae can and can't do at our current level, to end meta debates?

>>34653124
How about you save meta debates until the end of the thread instead, and then ask.

Show some, like, restraint?

>>34653066
No, healing vitae transfers our current healing factor - 1 level (so, Healing Factor 2) temporarily to whomever imbibes our blood. So healing x60 and some serious protection against internal bleeding and bleeding out in general.

>>34653120
That was hellfire, hellfire is fucking fire from hell mang, shits tough

>>34653124
How about you read the pastebin?

>>34653124
So it was seriously just two people voting against heali vital and one of them doesn't even now how it works... Whatever, I'm getting dinner.

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>>34653124
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>>34653199

Please keep the powersperging to the end of the thread.

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>>34653124
>to end meta debates

>>34653124

If you actually read the quest you'd already know what it can do.

>>34653186
I did, but apparently it isn't conveying enough for some people

>>34653230
I did, see here
>>34653231

I'm merely asking for the plebs who apparently don't understand how the power works

>>34653217
No. Power arguments are an important part of this quest and it's not like anything else is being talked about. If you don't like it, leave.

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>>34653231
>for some people
For you, you mean?

>>34653120
Right. It took JJ two days to heal MAGIC WOUNDS!

But seriously, that's really, really fucking good. JJ should have carried those wounds for life (after succumbing to infection).

>>34652554

You there Crusty?

>>34653342
The fact of the matter is its not equal to the bullshit claims of

"Sprinkle on some JJ blood and watch the pain just fly the fuck away in minutes!"

Which is the main point. I'm all for arguing properly for a power, but silly exaggerations are annoying and unnecessary, like a badly dressed salesman with only a positive personality dial.

>>34653333
No, you may think otherwise because you're a cock, but yes it was for them. I get what healing vitae does. I've been arguing before it in several threads before.

I'm just tired of people equating it to basic first aid, maybe faster, when first aid can't fucking do some of the shit healing vitae can.

>>34653363
He's just dealing with his lizard probably.
Draining it.

>(1/2)
>>34652574
>22
>most bueno

Alright. You can hear his pulse. He’s alive.

You stand up carefully, listening for the subtle whines and groans of the building’s infrastructure. It’s taken a great deal of damage – probably more than it was ever really designed to withstand – but it survived whatever made all those awful human shadows and it’ll survive this. You just need to tread with caution.

You make your way to Lucas. Up close, he looks okay – he’s not bleeding or anything. There’s a thin, skin-level glow surrounding him, just barely palpable enough for you to make out. You imagine anyone else would’ve missed it. Whatever it is, it seems to have stopped any inconvenient bits of rubble from braining the kid on the way down.

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>>34653291
>not like anything else is being talked about
And that is how it should be. You shouldn't send the thread straight to bump limit in a handbasket because no one else is. It's not a fucking requirement.

>Power arguments are an important part of this quest
And yet you can do them at a time that is more appropriate than while we have an ongoing, non-meta narrative.

You know. like after the thread is END.

>>34653453
>he’s not bleeding or anything
Wow, it's fucking nothing. Good for Lucas though.

>(2/2)

It’s fading quick, though. Hopefully that means he’s spent his charge and he’ll be back to normal when he wakes up.

Still, that’s new, isn’t it? Didn’t know he could do that. Didn’t know he could do a lot of things.

You nearly break your goddamn back against that stupid pillar, but eventually you get it off him, shifting the kid out from underneath and easing it down in his place. You don’t see any convenient stairwells, so you take the window out, slinging Lucas under one arm and climbing your way down to the empty streets below with the help of your weird Spider-Man hands.

You’re honestly exhausted. You plop down into the snow to catch your breath, leaning up against some fallen eave or whatever it is. Lucas breathes in and out beside you, slumped incognisantly against your shoulder. You relax. The breeze rolls over you and down through the street, fresh and clear. You can feel your head mending, the bruise along one side of your face flattening out. You –

An arc of colour stands out against the greys and white of the scar. You blink. Straight ahead, at the base of the opposite building, someone has sprayed angry red outlines around the stricken shadows that huddle along the side of the wall. Atop them, in ostentatious red-and-green letters, there are words graffiti’d across the concrete.

THE DRAGON HAS TEETH

You feel yourself tensing up. There are people inside. You can hear movement.

>[ ] Investigate.
>[ ] Don’t. Just leave.

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>>34653453
He's alive!

>>34653505
>[ ] Investigate.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Don’t. Just leave.
>>[ ] Remember it for later, we have shit to do

>>34653505
>[ ] Investigate.
Just walk a bit closer, ramp up senses and listen in. After that, leave.

>>34653505
Invis out. This is not something we have the energy to deal with. Unless we recognize a scream or such.

>>34653543

Seconded

>>34653505
>Don't. Just leave.

>>34653505
>[ ] Don’t. Just leave.

I want to but this game of tag needs to end. Maybe make a note of it or something

>>34653505
>>[ ] Don’t. Just leave.
Make sure to remember it and see if we can hear how many are inside, maybe if anyone's agitated

>>34653543
Seconded

>>34653505
>[ ] Don’t. Just leave
We're carrying a kid knocked out cold, and all that stands between JJ and getting laid is an asian girl playing hide and seek, as well as Laura's stealth skills.
We do not need this shit.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Investigate.

>>34653505
>[ ] Investigate.
PUSH THE BUTTON

>>34653505
>Just leave it

Message for someone else. Message for someone else...

>remember it for later
This is going to be a one-time offer. I can feel it.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Don’t. Just leave

>>34653505
>>[ ] Don’t. Just leave.
We got Coolio under our armpit, better off taking him to our safe haven to rest

>>34653505
>Invis-tigate, use heat vision & hearing, more importantly check for familiar scents.
>If we don't smell someone we're currently playing tag with, disregard and acquire next target.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Don’t. Just leave.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Investigate.

>>34653646
Theoretically, this is totally viable. Plus we can also ask some of our hobo clan if they have any idea what that graffiti means.

>>34653646
>This is going to be a one-time offer. I can feel it.
I concur. I don't trust the repeatability.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Investigate.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Don’t. Just leave.
Mostly because I'd like table this side plot for now, and deal with the shit already on our plate.

>>34653710
Seconding

>>34653766

We can deal with our shit, then when we all meet with the Corsairs we can ask about it.

Rolled 8 (1d20)

>>34653505
Haven't we seen that graffiti somewhere before? Rolling to remember.

>>34653784
Yeah, lets do this. This isn't the first time we've seen this sign, I doubt it'll be the last

>>34653759
>Theoretically
Theory nothing, these people inside the building will be gone the next time you investigate.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Investigate.
We are stealthy eavesdropper

>>34653710

I can agree with this.

Ah, fuck it. I want to do it. You had me squirming for five minutes there, CJ
>[x Investigate]

>>34653810
Don't think so. Just the brotherhood stuff that's all over the place.

>>34653814
Who cares? Seriously? Can we not get sidetracked by every plot point please?

>>34653505
>[ ] Don’t. Just leave.
Last time we got shot, almost turned into Jack, yelled at by a living tumor Technomancer via text, shot at, almost Kimura'd, dealt with TRIGGER SCENT, and took a dip into whichever New York river please guys no.

>>34653851
>Can we not get sidetracked by every plot point please?

Yeah, this isn't Peter Parker Quest.

>>34653834
Yes you have, it was like last thread. No, two threads ago.

>>34299771

>>34653851
Fucking this, I'd rather finish tag with Laura and Noriko

>>34653851
Did you not vote for the game of tag that's taking three fucking threads then?

This at least is related to one of the main plots, namely the Exclusion Zone's gang presence which we will have a meeting with eventually.

>>34653860
>and took a dip into whichever New York river

Have you read the quest?

It was a fire hydrant.

>>34653851
Calm down. How long does it take to go through JJ's senses and leave? Who cares about ten seconds? Seriously?

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>>34653851
>Can we not get sidetracked by every plot point please?
But how can you not want to push the button? It exists to be pushed.

>>34653933
Seriously, it's *breathe deeply and keep a sharp ear out. Maybe look at heat signatures*. With our sense level, we could do this AS we're turning around to leave.

>>34653851
>sidetracked
Yeah, no. We aren't even doing anything plot related now.

>>34653933
Sorry for wanting to make our professional engagement this afternoon rather get JJ 'd into another cocoon.

>>34653977
One hand: plot button and disappointing Laura,
the other: Tag with Laura (after we get mr unconscious back).

I pick Laura. Oh and Nokiro too.

>>34653505
>>[ ] Investigate.
Corsairs pls.

>>34653505
>[ ] Investigate.
It's not like if things go bad JJ won't get some good human chow out of it.

>>34654039
There is no disappointment.

If anything she'd be disappointed in the lack of operating operationally when an operation presents itself so easily.

Investigate dat shit mugga.

Whoa okay, let’s not argue.

I notice there are a lot of people who want to just take a quick sensory check of the place, rather than going full tilt Scooby Doo mode.

Should I go with that, with the option to move on afterwards?

>>34654067

Yes please.

>>34653543
This
>>34653908
Eh there was a lot of talk about heading to the river in that thread, I wouldn't blame him.

>>34654067
Yup.

>>34653933
How long? About the speed of the plot. You do realize this is a story, no? It's going to take however long Crusty wants it to take, and knowing him that could take a while

>>34653851
>sidetracked

Investigating shit that could actually matter is getting re-tracked from fucking Flying Lizard Tag Quest. We are already on the sidetrack, we need to get off mr bones wild ride.

>>34654067
Pls do it yes.

>>34654067
Sounds like a good compromise chief. Supportan'.

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>>34654039
>take a little time to find out about who these unknowns are
>Disappointing Laura
Nice joke m8.

>>34653933
About 90 minutes of post time.

>>34654067
Yeah, that's fine

>>34654067
Yes pls. We've got senses 5, so we may as well use it before deciding whether to go Full Jinkies.

>>34654067
Yes, CJ, you sly temptress.

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>>34654067
Yes.

>>34654136
>Full Jinkies
I'm stealing this phrase

>>34654115
>Implying that pushing the button isn't total investigation
>implying that you are not a raging homosexual of the second degree

>>34654039
This.

>>34654126
Well, better than having more than a full thread dedicated to a training session unrelated to the plot whatsoever.

>>34654175
Wow wow wow, what's wrong with him being a homosexual of the second degree?

>>34654104
I'm down with Flying Lizard Tag Training Quest, there's just as much benefit in training our powers and building up team cohesion as an investigation

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>>34654219

>>34654198
You mean the thread that got us two x-points because we were training our powers whereas the several threads versus the usual one we usually get?

>>34654198
I'd rather have a full thread of grinding social links, improving the abilities of our allies and having fun before we go for a big job instead of grabbing every single plot thread we can find

>>34653908
>Have you read the quest?
Oh boy one detail I missed. Apologies for thinking it didn't end with us taking a dip but a shower.

>>34653217
Anon, I'm sorry, but instead of power sperging you get quest sperging

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>>34654166
Happy to help

>>34654067

Sounds good.

>>34654275
>full thread of grinding social links
That'd be nice, but doesn't look like what's currently happening.
>grabbing every single plot thread we can find
This and briefly investigating a likely related piece of the plot are not the same.

>>34654136

If JJ is Scooby, then who would the others be?

>>34654224
It's being sidetracked, regardless.

it's also taking three goddamn threads. The benefit is both questionable and marginal for the time committed to it compared to other pursuits.

>>34654400
Damn, I *KNOW* we've had this conversation in a past thread. I think it was #15? Kevin was Shaggy.

>>34654282
>Oh boy one detail I missed.

>missed

No, you made up a detail that never even existed.

Forget the fire hydrant, fine. But you inserted literal fanfiction into your memories of canon.

>>34654400
I feel like we've been here already.
Layla - Scrappy
Kevin - Shaggy