>(2/2)

You feel a momentary pang of guilt.

“Uh, did I…?”

Niqaab girl shakes her head.

“Rahne has… problems… with her powers.”

“Right…” You don’t press the issue, not now.

Laura watches the girl intently. To her side, Noriko winces a little as Lucas applies a plaster to her knee.

“…Something happen?” You ask, a little bewildered.

Noriko and Lucas take it in turns to explain that they chased off a bunch of guys in weird gremlin-y masks. They didn’t fight back – Noriko notes, with a small note of pride in her voice, that they took off pretty much the moment she started lighting up – but Nori slipped and grazed her knee while running after them.

They were selling Jack, apparently.

>Present Time: 21:10 PM
>Hunger Level: 4
>Current Funds: $1,600

>[ ] Ask if any of them were mutants.
>[ ] Do some more patrolling if they're up for it.
>[ ] Maybe that’s enough for tonight. Everyone should get home.
>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[ ] “Hey where’s Layla?”
>[ ] Write in.

>>39011882
>>39011882
>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[ ] "Hey, where's Layla?"
>[ ] Do some more patrolling.

>>39011882
>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[ ] “Hey where’s Layla?”
>[ ] Do some more patrolling if they're up for it.

>>39011882
>[ ] Ask if any of them were mutants.
>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>>[ ] Do some more patrolling if they're up for it.

>>39011882
>[ ] Do some more patrolling if they're up for it.
>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[ ] “Hey where’s Layla?”

>>39011882
>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[ ] "Hey, where's Layla?"
>[ ] Do some more patrolling.

>>39011882
>>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>>[ ] Do some more patrolling if they're up for it.
>>[ ] “Hey where’s Layla?”

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>>39011882
>[ ] Do some more patrolling if they're up for it.
>[ ] Write in.
Do it with your eyes closed. This would be the perfect time to practice Echolocation.

>[x] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[x] “Hey where’s Layla?”
Live combat was obviously too much for the poor girl. Too bad it's only going to get worse. We'll need to have a lizard-to-girl talk with her, toughten her up through military training or give her a gun.

>>39012071

Eyes closed and throwing pebbles or humming, so we get some echoes.

>>39012121
Pick up a piece of rebar and use it like a walking stick. Daredevil uses a walking stick.

>>39011882
>>[ ] “Hey where’s Layla?”

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>>39012154

Good idea.

>>39011862
>Homeless Mutant Quest 111
First quest thread with trips.

>>39011882
>>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[ ] Do some more patrolling if they're up for it.

>>39011882
>>[ ] Ask if any of them were mutants.
>[ ] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[ ] “Hey where’s Layla?”

>>39012154
Okay, we get 7 pieces of rebar, tie them to a box with plank on end, and play djent music on them.

>>39012154
>>39012121
>>39012071
>>39012192

I would suggest doing this next time we train with laura, instead of potentially missing things on patrol.

Plus i am fairly sure we don't need to create vibrations for echo.

>>39012235

We don't need to, but I'd like to do it so it's kinda constantly updating the image in his head.

>>39012271
Hmm, fair enough, unless JJ emits a constant chatter while using this power normally.

>>39012235
>Plus i am fairly sure we don't need to create vibrations for echo.
If JJ's echolocation works the same way Daredevil's does then I'm fairly sure he does.

If you re-read the thread where we broke into the Chinese guy's house JJ tapped on the wall to create noise to "see" the whole house.

>>39012323
Then all he needs to do is walk to tap on a floor or wall.

>>39012323
>>39012344
Considering JJ is capable of some insane feats of perception, he is probably good with the normal environment most of the time.

It is cool to know he can both map out the inside of a place and tell the location of each person inside it, and even overhear their conversations.

>>39012323
so the solution is tap shoes?

>>39012344
JJ taskmastered Laura's stealthy walk. His footsteps don't create enough noise for echo. Unless he's actively trying to stomp around.

>[X] Tell the YXM about your agreement with Silvermane.
>[X] "Hey, where's Layla?"
>[X] Do some more patrolling.

Well, they’ve clearly run into some excitement, so you decide to just hang out and rest for a sec. You can’t help notice that someone appears to be missing, though.

“Hey, where’s Layla?”

Smoothing down the plaster on Noriko’s leg, Lucas glances up at you.

“Ah, right.” He shrugs. “She wanted to go back to the station. Kev’s watching her.”

You process that for a second. “Just Kevin? What about”–

The smell of ozone rakes your nostrils, and Gaby teleports in, an electrical flourish running through the air around her. She starts a little at the sight of you. Her gaze moves up to the crown of your head and remains fixed there for a moment, before she seems to compose herself, edging away slightly.

“…T-they’re definitely gone.” She says, before glancing over at you again. “Um, hi, John.”

“Hey.”

You remember Gaby volunteering to go out on these patrols, but you’re a little surprised that she’s actually there.

Well, whatever.

Turning to niqaab girl (man you absolutely cannot remember her name), you make sure she knows about the situation with Silvermane and his extensive ‘family’. Her garb disguises much of her body language, but you notice her eyes widen further and further as you continue to spin your tale.

“…You struck a deal with a gangster?” She says, eventually, as if unsure of what to say otherwise.

You glance over at Rahne. She, for her part, seems far less interested in that.

“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” Is your reply. You clear your throat. “Anyway, we still doing this… patrolling… thing?”

It seems everyone has a bit of motivation left in them. Niqaab girl suggests splitting up into teams, to cover as much ground as possible.

>[ ] NO splitting the party is bad.
>[ ] Yeah that’s efficient you wanna roll with [insert].
>[ ] Write in.

>>39012476
>>[ ] NO splitting the party is bad.

>>39012476
>[ ] NO splitting the party is bad.

"Trust me, I played D&D with my sister as the DM. Splitting the party is always terribad."

>>39012476
Walk in pairs, so each pair can see at least 2 other pairs.

Efficient comping and stuff.

Or we can just be invisible and fly around. Probably better choice, since we can see better from air, and they are less likely to spot us, than just walking around.

>>39012476

>[ ] NO splitting the party is bad.

No real way to know whats going on or to reinforce each other should shit go down, best stick together.
Folks who have good mobility can spread out to scout and then pop back.

>>39012511
>Joyce getting JJ into D&D
I like it.

>>39012476
>[ ] NO splitting the party is bad.

>>39012559

Honestly I thought we all agreed on that at some point.

>>39012476
If we're splitting up 1 team needs to be "rapid reinforcement group" that gets in fast if there's trouble.

We've got 7 people
>Sooraya
>Rahne
>Lucas
>Noriko
>Gabby
>Laura
>JJ

If you guys don't want to split up we can at least fan out to cover more territory.

>>39012476
>[ ] NO splitting the party is bad.

>>39012589
There was some distaste for it because of how many hobbies people were trying to shove into JJ

You know, JJ really reminds me of Ciaphas Cain.

In his head he's always silently panicking or hating on himself, but to everyone else (besides the Tunnel Snakes), he looks pretty competent.

Doesn't hurt that he's an obscenely versatile mutant.

>>39012640
I say staying within shouting distance counts as "staying together"

>>39012476
We've got means of tracking down any hints of Jack, so no point in spreading ourselves thin.

I mean covering extra ground is great if you're under attack from multiple fronts or you don't know where enemy is.

However, we've got means of finding them 1 by 1 and forcing them to break into small enough groups that they'll be weak enough to be picked off by desperate muggers, which makes paying for jack pointless.

>>39012662

They don't like him having too many hobbies, but they're okay with the shitload of powers?

Plus the idea is just prime material for a flashback or two.

>>39012476
>>[ ] Yeah that’s efficient you wanna roll with [insert].
JJ, Laura and Gabby could scout around solo, and get back to the group easy enough if they find anything. Maybe Rahne, too, but I don't want to take too much manpower from the core group.

>>39012673
All we need is a side kick who fucks up psychics with his mere presence and could make paint peel from his BO.

>>39012713
That's entirely different though. JJ was 13 when he became a hobo, there's only so many things he could've been interested in.

>>39012719

So... Leech?

>>39012713
Having too many hobbies just ends up being silly, considering the age he was forced out of normal home life. Piano is normal, D&D is fine, but after that your really scratching the barrel for time or suitability for an 11(?) year old.

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>>39012673

Holy shit, that really fits.

>>39012719
>All we need is a side kick who fucks up psychics with his mere presence and could make paint peel from his BO.
We might not need a sidekick for that. We already have eye lasers and lizardbutt, so we probably distract nearby psychics anyway.
Then again, our BO problem isn't as bad as it used to be, so eh.

>>39012745
>>39012758

Piano, cooking and swimming when he was younger. Occasionally D&D when his sister needed a 5th player.

Gambling/Magic tricks, and cooking after he left for New York.

Hey Crusty, does Leech even exist in this universe?

>>39012821
We really need someone who can deal with magic and psyonics.
Xavier, or any magic user can fuck us up badly.

>>39012854
Eh, cooking as in "I helped mom and sis bake once" sure, i doubt it was a full blown hobby.

Gambling and magic tricks we picked up with creeps and more recently gambit.

Cooking becomes not a hobby but a necessity after leaving home.

Couldn't JJ just do an invisible fly over of the scar? It would be MUCH faster. Although less thorough.

>>39012908
>implying any psychic who tries to get into JJ's head won't get a headful of Wing of Beleth
Everyone is susceptible to wizards, which is why you geek the mage first.

You gave us Cyclops' old shades didnt you Crusty? Sunglasses with a blue tint to them, stylish, dont think im not onto you

I'm really wondering why we got eyebeams in the first place. They're so... random.

I've spent most of my time reading through the Archives but Phasing Honestly seems like a really good idea, simply because it would make us perfectly capable of no-selling even the most powerful physical attacks.

>>39012908
Remy might be a help with magic.
As for psychics, short of another psychic, or Magnetbro and Juggs with their ridiculous helmets, or bullshit level mages like Strange, they can fuck most anybody over.

>>39012933
Inside the houses, and underground.

We should still fly, I already voted for that.

>>39012958
Umm mage 101. Enchant a spell "bomb/cursed item" give it to a disposable minion, that sneaks/trows it to your enemy.

>>39013010
You know we should get a magneto hat. We already got wrecked by this once.

>(1/2)

>[X] NO splitting the party is bad.

…Has niqaab girl never seen a single slasher flick? Does she not realize that your life basically is a gigantic, overly-long, teeth-grindingly terrifying horror movie?

Half an hour and one very short argument later, the seven of you are trailing along through the outskirts of the Scar. You and Laura take up the lead, with Rahne close behind, looking pensive and occasionally growling. You can hear Lucas and niqaab girl talking in hushed tones, and Noriko & Gaby behind them. The night around you is silent save for the crunching of your footfalls and the occasional, distant movement amidst the rubble.

“Gabriella seemed unnerved by your horns.” Says Laura, suddenly.

You sigh quietly, and keep your voice down when you answer: “Yeah, I thought so.”

Behind you, you sense Rahne shuffle awkwardly as if to say something, but she doesn’t follow through. You’re about to turn around and ask her what’s up when a new scent uncoils under your nose, and you find yourself gagging slightly. Smells like… rotten gums and damp fur.

You note the tiniest hint of disgust pass through Laura’s expression, and she sniffs testily at the air. A second later, Rahne sputters a little and Gaby heaves out a long, surprised cough.

Man you guys must look weird to all the non-supersensed-up people.

>>39013000
Mutants we've met seem to develop JJs abilities like a less harmful Rogue, meaning we unlocked the laser tree.
As a kid he met Cyclops and immediately pegged him for the pleb he is

>>39013000
you do no we can't get phasing anymore right?

>>39013000
Keep reading.
Eventually you'll get to a comment that reads something along the lines of being sick of sonic shit, would even vote for optic force blasts.
Kind of just rolled on from there.

>>39013000

Really, Phasing has so many useful applications.

Immense battlefield maneuverability, invulnerability to Brutes, allows us to bypass most defenses, etc.

>>39013042
Trick is getting one that'll let our horns out.

>(2/2)

“Rank.” You note. Rahne nods her head in agreement.

You follow the scent a few yards, into the shadow of an old, broken café. The roof is caved in straight down the center, allowing a slim shaft of moonlight to slip in from above, giving the impression of an immense blade cutting the building in twain along its midsection. Lying just outside, its breath rising and falling in shallow rasps, is an old Jack Russell. A pool of warm, unsavory liquids – some of it blood, some of it something else – extends from its belly. Someone’s drawn a huge, smiley face beneath it in red paint, its mouth set with awkward, overly-long teeth.

Its ears twitch minutely, and one eye rolls toward you.

>[ ] Check its injuries.
>[ ] Stay away, it’s clearly diseased.
>[ ] Put it out of its misery.
>[ ] Write in.

>>39013099
>>[ ] Check its injuries.

>>39013099
>[ ] Check its injuries.

I guess its time for the AA time.

>>39013099
>[ ] Check its injuries.

>>39013099
Looks like a trap.

Inspect from distance. No touching.

>>39013099
>[ ] Check its injuries.

If they're really serious, then.

>[ ] Put it out of its misery.

>>39013099
>>[ ] Stay away, it’s clearly diseased.
Gee. This doesn't look like a trap at all.
Blood, smiley face, massive blade thingy... pls no Carnage.

Heat vision?

>>39013138

You don't want Symbiote!JJ?

Secure the perimeter FIRST, then check his injuries. Get Noriko, juiced-up Lucas and maybe kebab girl if she has ranged powers to a vantage point to rain death if shit goes south, Rahne inspects, Laura covers her and JJ covers Laura while stealthed. OtterLad also hidden, she's to bum rush if and only if it's entirely necessary.

>>39013166
Any of the other Symbiotes would be better than Carnage

>>39013099
>>[ ] Check its injuries.

>>39013138
THE HERESY!!!!!

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>>39013166
We don't want the nurgle disease.

Are seriously touching this?

>>39013166
We already have hunger problems, anger control problems, and a weakness to loud noises and fire.
I'm starting to suspect we might already be symbiote!JJ, and I definitely don't want to compound the problem.

>>39013242
Going to have to be one hell of a disease to incapacitate a healing 3 level mutant.

>>39013099
>[ ] Write in
Make we are the only ones here before running into some kind of trap

>>39013166

If it was Toxin? Sure. Toxin is a bro.

>>39013265
Actually it does not create new weaknesses. As long as we carry a fire extinguisher, and possibly get the silence field we get massive profit. As long as it does not eat our brains.
>>39013284
Do you even worship nurgle?
Also it might be a bomb, mutagen or magical curse.

>>39013099
>[ ] Check its injuries.

put them detective skill to use

It might just be a dog with the shit beaten out of it, you know. Intended as a message for those fucking with the jack dealers.

>>39013099
>>Have the others stand guard in case this is an ambush
>>[ ] Check its injuries.

>>39013372

If they wanted to send a message, then why not beat up one of the mutants patrolling the area instead?

>>39013099
>[ ] Stay away, it’s clearly diseased

Masque is fucking around with animals isn't he?

>>39013372
It has overly large teeth. This is a bad thing and CJ well punish us for being stupid.

GUYS! We have Animal Empathy!

Just ask it what happened.

>[X] Check its injuries.

“Poor thing…” Mutters Gaby, her face aghast – what can be seen of it, anyway. She’s covering her mouth with her hand.

You approach the thing, its eyes – its one good eye, you note, as you get closer – following you as you close the distance. Making sure to stay clear of the blood and… stuff… you kneel down beside it. The smell is overpoweringly bad; despite the thing clearly being alive, it has the scent of something long dead and left out in summer. You immediately notice that there’s something more than just a normal injury here – its belly is soaked in blood, but the wound is like nothing you’ve ever seen.

You frown deeply when you realize what you’re looking it.

It’s full of teeth. Poking through the soft fur on the underside of the dog’s belly is a mesh of twisted, mutilated flesh, pockmarked with ragged, protruding teeth. They twist and curl in strange patterns, flexing as it breathes in and out, as though attached to some partially-formed net of jaw muscles somewhere inside the dog’s skin.

It whines quietly, its eye rolling slowly in its socket, and shifts its head, as though trying to convey some element of its predicament.

And you think you sort of understand.

Three men, but with not-men faces. Hurt its master, took its master, stabbed it with something. Now everything hurts and it can feel itself growing all the wrong things in all the wrong places.

>[ ] Maybe you can get it to a vet or something? Or, like, a lab…?
>[ ] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…
>[ ] Write in.

>>39013448
>>[ ] Maybe you can get it to a vet or something? Or, like, a lab…?

>>39013443
ANON
JJ don't know hes got that yet.

>>39013448
>[ ] Maybe you can get it to a vet or something? Or, like, a lab…?

>>39013448
>[ ] Write in.
Call Chat, she probably knows a good place for it

>>39013423
>overly long teeth

That's the smiley face drawn in red paint. The dying dog is otherwise normal aside from an unidentified liquid thats mixed with the blood.

>>39013448
>[x] Put it out of it's misery, then take it to a lab.

>>39013448
>[ ] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…

Looks like it got stabbed with roided up street jack. Very much not going to survive.

>>39013448
>>39013462

Well we do now.

>[ ] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…

Put it out of its misery. It's the humane thing to do.

>[x] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…
It's the humane thing to do.

>>39013486

Seconded

>>39013448
Just mercy kill it. No wet can fix stomach mouth.

Stay the fuck away from the liquid. Warn others.

>>39013448
Call Chat. Even if she can't do anything to help, she'll want to keep an eye out.

>>39013448

Clearly, we have to hunt these fuckers down.

>[ ] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…

>>39013448
>[ ] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…

>>39013494
he knows he can glean info. Might take a while to realize hes actually communicating proper.

>>39013448
>[ ] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…

>>39013448

>[ ] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…

I'm guessing this is a new form of Jack or something...

>>39013448
>>[ ] Maybe you can get it to a vet or something? Or, like, a lab…?

Thugs probably getting "supplies" for MGH and tested it on the dog

>>39013448
Call Pete and ask if his friend who's looking into the sample could drop by and pick up this dog.

>>39012933

This would be a much better option if JJ had Telescopic Vision. Getting a bird's eye view is still good, but imagine a bird's eye view with the visual range of an eagle/hawk.

>>39013553
Not-man faces seem like Mr.Negatives boys, seeing they all wear masks.

>>39013557

Also seconded.

I really wish we'd pick the healing thing at some point...

>>39013543
If i had to take a guess, it was a jack shipment stolen before it got processed into the street variant, so it still has allot of the nasty stuff in it and not allot of the actual jack drug.

>>39013557
>>39013448
>Supporting

There are several important things here, one of which is that a substance that mutants the fuck out of people is a very dangerous thing, also Metagame knowledge below I'm pretty sure animal cruelty is the kind of thing spiderman would be pissed about

>>39013557
Call Pete, and tell him to warn Chat about people mutating animals.

>>39013625
Holy shit yeah, someone with animal affinity would be PISSED at this kind of shit.

>>39013625

This.

>>39013625
I don't think they are mutating random animals just for shits and giggles. I think they took his owner and the dog resisted in some way. Crap, we should ask him to talk about his owner so this doesn't turn out to be a fucking dead end.

>>39013448
>animals being mutated

So are we gonna encounter some Parasite Eve styled animals?

>>39013691
O yea, asking who is his owner would be good idea.

Otherwise its a dead end.

>>39013448
>>[ ] Maybe you can get it to a vet or something? Or, like, a lab…?
>>Call Chat and ask for her thoughts

Guys, we can bring this poor thing to the Phantom as proof that Jack is made out of people.

>>39013715
>we can bring this poor thing to the Phantom as proof that Jack is made out of people.

>"But JJ..."
>"Yes?"
>"That's a dog."

>>39013448
Seconding >>39013486

>>39013715
Is it jack tho? We know how jack smells, but we don't know what is this liquid.

>>39013715
Not really anon, for one we don't know if its jack.
(it probably is, or the waste from its production).
Even then, it is still not proof it was made in a human. Lots of drugs are made in animals these days, or at least cultures of animal cells.

>>39013448
Supporting:
>>39013486

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>>39013715
Jack doesn't give non mutants powers

Mutant Growth Hormone does though and the main ingredient is mutants (their blood IIRC) and there's a lot mutants in the scar that nobody would miss just ripe for the picking. sick fucks probably tested it on the dog.

either way its bad.

>>39013730
>>39013743
>>39013745
My bad, I should have said it is EVIDENCE that jack is made out of people, as the dog is suffering the same manner of debilitating mutations that mutants undergo. Not proof, but tangible physical evidence that backs the story we gave her.

>>39013808
can animals be mutants?

>[X] Alternatively, it’s clearly in a lot of pain…

It looks at you, its throat mute but its eyes full of everything you need to know. You recognize that look – that swarming, utter sense of hopelessness. You understand.

Reaching out, you stroke your hand along the soft fur around its neck, and for a moment in closes its eyes. And, in a single, smooth motion, you extend your claws into scimitars of dark keratin and snap them together. Its head slumps free of its body, eyes the breath fading from its lungs.

You hear people gasp behind you.

“It was in pain.” You explain, not looking back. Your claws hiss slightly as you pull them back into their sheathes, and you note the ring of teeth protruding from the insides of the dog’s neck. Had they continued to grow like that it would have suffocated long before it bled out. “Stay away from the blood. I think someone pumped a whole load of raw Jack into it.”

Making a mental note to warn Peter about this (seems like something his girlfriend would want to know about), you pull yourself up, and notice the dashes of red pain scattered along the ruined counter to the café.

“THE DRAGON HAS TEETH”

“AND THERE IS”

“JUST ONE KING”

“IN THE FOREST”

You feel the hairs on the back of your neck begin to rise.

>[ ] Okay show’s over, time for everyone to go home.
>[ ] Kinda distasteful, but it might be good idea to burn the body.
>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.
>[ ] Write in.

>>39013849
>>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.

>>39013840
All mutants are animals anon

>>39013849
>[ ] Kinda distasteful, but it might be good idea to burn the body.
>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.

>>39013849
>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.

>>39013849
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.

>>39013849
>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.

>>39013849
>>[x] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.
Always science!

>>39013796
Remember the mutated corps that JJ wanted to eat? I think this dog might have had a bite of that.

>>39013905
Crusty specifically stated the dog said it got stabbed with a needle anon.
Reread the posts.

>>39013910

Seconded.

>[x] Okay show’s over, time for everyone to go home.
>[x] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.

>>39013910
Jack only works on mutants for the power effects. The raw stuff would just give rats cancer and kill them.

>>39013849
>dashes of red pain

FUCK should be 'paint'.

>>39013849
>[ ] Kinda distasteful, but it might be good idea to burn the body.
>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.
Blood sample, burn corpse (so we don't get Jack'd rats or something breeding in the Scar), and sweep for scents.
Accidentally namefagged when I didn't need to. Whoops.

>>39013849
In this order
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.
>[ ] Kinda distasteful, but it might be good idea to burn the body.
>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.

Guys, we should totally go full Abe Lincoln in our look. At least when we're on duty with BP.

>>39013849
>>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.

>>39013849
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.
>[ ] Kinda distasteful, but it might be good idea to burn the body.
>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.

Does anyone else want to be Knighted by King Oberon?

>>39013954
See
>>39013942

>>39013956
With horns, sunglasses, and a hoodie. It could work.

>>39013956
Stove pipe hat won't cover the ears

>>39013849
>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.

>>39013849
>[ ] Kinda distasteful, but it might be good idea to burn the body.
>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.
>[ ] Okay show’s over, time for everyone to go home.

Anybody got any ideas on who did this? It seems kinda Typhon-y but that's a pretty big stretch

>>39013988
But MGH'd rats doesn't roll off the tongue as easily.

>>39014011
We don't need to hide the ears or back scales. we need to be Abe Lizard.

>>39014049
>but that's a pretty big stretch

How? It's totally Typhon and/or his followers.

>>39013986
>Becoming a Fae Knight

Way too much hassle, you think human paper work is bad you can't even imagine how horrible and convoluted otherworldly law is.

>>39013849
>>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.

>>39014049
guessing Mr Negative goons and MGH involved

I really doubt the dog was injected with Jack

>>39013849
>“THE DRAGON HAS TEETH”
>“AND THERE IS”
>“JUST ONE KING”
>“IN THE FOREST”
Ah shite.
>>[ ] You want to check around a bit longer for whoever did this.
>>[ ] You should take sample for Peter’s friend.

>>39014139
Raw unprocessed street jack is a massive carcinogenic soup of nasty.

>[X] Lots.

You think for a moment. The smell curls in your nose.

You glance over at the painted words again. Your head hurts a little.

“Man… this is… entirely distasteful…” You feel your shoulders slump, and turn towards the others. “But could you guys hold this down for a bit? I think we should get a sample of this stuff. And then we should burn it.”

Nobody seems all too enthused at the prospect of hanging around with a disfigured dog corpse for an hour or two. Eventually, Noriko speaks up:

“What’ll you be doing?”

You sigh. “I think I’ll have a quick look around for the guys that did this.”

An uncomfortable silence passes through the group, before Lucas huffs quietly and sits down.

“Whatever. I can watch it.”

“A-and I can get the container!” Volunteers Gaby, obviously very eager to be away from the smell.

The others settle in quietly while Gaby vanishes in a burst of electrical distortion.

Moving swiftly, you dart out into the ruins.

The red words reverberate through your skull, like a mantra torn from the walls of some forgotten kindgom.

“JUST ONE KING”

>Sensory Check
>DC18
>+5 mod

Rolled 17 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>39014273

Rolled 2 (1d20)

>>39014273

Rolled 1 (1d20)

>>39014273

Rolled 19 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>39014273

Rolled 3 (1d20)

>>39014273

Rolled 2 + 5 (1d20 + 5)

>>39014273

>>39014316
thank god for level 5 anti-crackbitch

>>39014316
I'm sorry Mr. Crack-bitch, but we have level 5 senses.

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>39014316
SUCK IT DICE GODS! YOU CAN"T FUCK US OVER NOW! WE HATH ASCENDED FROM YOUR POWER!

>>39014416
>>39014360
>>39014347
Maybe one of the final tier utility powers will be Anti-Crackbitchery and it allows us to ignore one critfail per thread.

Maybe this is wishful thinking, since I highly doubt we'll ever overcome true crackbitchery.

>>39014416
Taunt not the dice gods, they will eat your heart at the precise moment of ultimate pain.

>>39014273
Hey crusty, if we were to roll triple nat 1s would you just immediately bad end us or what?

>>39014416
Two ones can still do it, anon. We'd need what JJ had in music (because he practiced since he was young for YEARS) to do that.

>>39014467

>JJ's senses go into hyper-drive, allowing him to perceive beyond the boundaries of reality.
>He immediately goes mad from revelations that no mortal mind was ever meant to know.
>Quest over.

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>>39014508
>JJ's senses go into hyper-drive, allowing him to perceive beyond the boundaries of reality.
>He immediately goes mad from revelations that no mortal mind was ever meant to know.

>>39014287
>unnatural 20
>horrific success

It doesn’t take long for you to encounter signs of struggle.

You follow the unfortunate animal’s scent through the rubble, sprinting easily across slopes of rubble and ducking through the shells of broken tenements. Eventually you come to a slight dip, where the ruptured belly of some old novelty store has made a little cubby in the ground. There are traces of fire, and a few loose strips of food packaging scattered about, hinting at habitation.

You can smell the residue of gunshots in the air, and taste the coppery fragrance of blood. You don’t think anyone got shot, though. There are long, thin splatters along a few of the old bricks that suggest someone was simply beaten about the face, probably while being held down.

Kneeling, you run your eyes along the ground, and pick out a few dislodged pieces of tough, dark green matter, almost like loamy bark. It takes you a moment to realize that they’re scales. They don’t appear to be bloodied, though, so you doubt they belonged to the victim here.

You can also smell the dog. Its scent is different back here, more natural. None of that lingering, living decay.

Aside from that, there’s nothing else you can find. Everything just shuts down as you move further away from the site – scents trail off into nothingness.

Grimacing, you turn back.

Rahne is the first one to spot you (technically, smell you) as you make your way back. You hear her head jerk in your direction as you approach the torn-up café. Five pairs of expectant eyes turn towards you as you emerge into the moonlight, and you just shake your head.

>[ ] Head home for the night. Sleeeep.
>[ ] You still want to try [insert].

>>39014555

What the fuck am I looking at?

>>39014625
>[ ] Head home for the night. Sleeeep.

>>39014625
>[ ] You still want to try [insert].

Telling Jono and Julian about the deal with Silvermane.

>>39014625
>[ ] Head home for the night. Sleeeep.

I got nothing

>>39014625
>[ ] Head home for the night. Sleeeep.

We will just have to remember the smell of the scaly person.

We could probably ask the YXM to ask around to see if a scaled mutant with a dog lived around that store/area and who he was, but without a trail we are out of luck.

>We need to discuss this cult thing, like right now

>>39014715
>It takes you a moment to realize that they’re scales. They don’t appear to be bloodied, though, so you doubt they belonged to the victim here.

>>39014625
>>[ ] Head home for the night. Sleeeep.

>>39014745
the scales should have a scent, so there is indeed a scaly person. Then again, with the apparent copy cats running around...

as for the victim, anyone with a dog living around the area should have been noted.

>>39014625
>>[ ] Head home for the night. Sleeeep.

>>39014625
>[ ] You still want to try [insert].
Telling Jono and Julian about Silvermane deal.

>>39014625
>[ ] Head home for the night. Sleeeep.

Eat a bunch of food too

>>39014625
Make sure that sample is somewhere safe. The sooner we can get it analysed, the better.

>>39014625

This:
>>39014696
>>39014800

>>39014625
>>39014820

Seconded. JJ can take it to Peter's.

>>39014625
Seconding this >>39014800
Also tell them about what we just found while we are at it

>>39014625
>[ ] You still want to try [insert].
"Let's all go out for frosty chocolate milkshakes!"

>>39014906
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jdtIcd3hk0

>>39014625
>[ ] You still want to try [telling Julian about Silvermane and giving peter the sample].

>>39014625
>[ ] You still want to try [insert].
Why haven't we been practicing Echo?

>>39014800
Didn't we promise Julian control of Creeper's territory in exchange for his and the Hellion's help?

>>39015116
We said we would help him vs creeps. Not our territory to promise. If someone decides to try muscle in its not our problem.

>>39015136
Thank fuck for that.

>>39015116
>>39015136

Yeah, we just said that we'd help them fuck over Creeper and give them an opportunity. Not actually promising anything.

>http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/29661902/#p29663938

>>39015136
>>39015116
We offered to not directly oppose him were he to claim other gang property or deal in this area, we said nothing about supporting him, it just means when the mutant hammer falls it wont fall on them.

>[X] Sleeep.

It doesn’t take Noriko long to get the corpse burning. You watch it flicker and roar from afar, a plume of dark, noxious smoke rising up through the night, seeming to evaporate out into the dark. You imagine it as a soul expanding into a vast void, dissipating until it cannot be told whether it vanishes into the emptiness, or becomes a part of it.

You ask niqaab girl to make sure Jono gets your message. She doesn’t look all too thrilled about it, but she promises to do so. Remembering Julian and his lot, you send him a quick text.

The night is clouded over when you return. Gaby is curled up with Layla, apparently having ‘ported back shortly after returning to the scene with a jar. Your sample of noxious fluids – the second you’ve collected this week – sits beside the ashes of the fire. You hear Noriko stretch and yawn as you descend the last few steps into the station, and then, everything is a blur.

You crash down into your tent, barely aware of Laura nestling in beside you. You fold your arm over her, but it’s more reflexive than anything else.

Sleep takes you.

You dream of red words and redder skies. A grove opens out in the forest, and over it, the moon hangs in sacred silence, watching impassively as the world below struggles and starts and grows.
The next morning, you awaken feeling strangely energetic.

You emerge from your tent early(ish), and quietly rummage through your dwindling supplies for something to eat. As the stove bubbles, a thick miasma of chicken and herbs rising from the mixture within, Layla crawls out of her tent, her hair skewed across one side of her head like an errant glacial formation – undoubtedly the result of sleeping in some awkward position.

She nods to you, mumbling a little sullenly, and asks you if she can have some of what you’re eating. She can.

>Hunger Level: 5
>Present Time: 10:10 AM

>[ ] Talk to [insert] for a while.
>[ ] Go out, you’ve got to get stuff done.
>[ ] Write in.

>>39015224
>[ ] Go out, you’ve got to get stuff done.
>[ ] Write in.

Eat first.

>>39015224
>>[ ] Talk to [insert] for a while.
Layla. We haven't been spending much time with her lately.

>>39015224
>[ ] Go out, you’ve got to get stuff done.

Talk to gabby
We need to calm her down about our horns

>>39015224
>head out to Blondie's for work
>grab food-like items along the way
>no, children don't count.

>>39015224
>>[ ] Talk to [insert] for a while.
maybe we should ask Layla and Gaby about stuff like mutant powers and dealing with flatscans?

>>39015292

Seconded.

Layla has really grown on me.

>>39015224
>Talk to Gabby & Layla.
Gabby's freaked out by our dragon horns and it's been forever since we've talked with Layla.

>>39015224
>>[ ] Talk to [insert] for a while.
Layla
Shoot the shit for a short time while we eat.

>>39015224
>She can.
But may she?

>>39015224
Eat, text Peter, chat about things the Tunnel Snakes might need, and call ahead to a restaurant on the way to Peter's. Give him the sample (and one of those scales if we grabbed one.)

>>39015365
Actually, lets talk to Layla and Gabby.

>>39015330
>>39015397

I am >>39015321 and I change my vote.

>[x] Talk to [Layla] for a while.
How's she holding up after yesterday? It's unlikely they had time to capture her face so she should be alright outside. Noriko is the one that got the most attention right after Oberon tho.

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>>39015224
>[ ] Go out, you’ve got to get stuff done.
>[ ] Write in.
Train with Laura. We need Basic Pugilism at the very least. Some punch to go with out kick.

>>39015224
>>[ ] Talk to [Layla] for a while.
>>[ ] Go out, you’ve got to get stuff done.

>>39015512

I'd rather have Laura teach Layla some martial arts.

>>39015538
We could literally just sit and watch and learn even better than Layla, while Laura trains Layla.

>>39015224
>>[ ] Talk to [insert] for a while.
Gabby and Layla.

>>39015538
But she doesn't have Task master powers.

>>39015821

So? She'll still learn martial arts.

>>39015821
does she retain the memories of her clones?

she might learn faster if so?

>>39015512
>Taekwondo
>Boxing
>jiu-jitsu

Almost every mixed martial arts fighter knows some variation of these three. But Laura won't be able to teach us jiu-jitsu because some of the moves (if done right) would put JJ into a position where he can't actually see what Laura is doing. And muscle memory only works when JJ can see it with his eyes.

>>39015821
Better have everyone learning martial arts in marvel and IRL stop, then.
>>39015538
Sound good. Everyone should do basic classes with Laura.

>>39015947
Laura can use someone else or we can buy/make/find a dummy.

>>39015968

Mainly Layla, 'cause then we can have like 50+ trained martial artists at our disposal.

You guys think Laura knows pencak silat? If so we should definitely learn it and just start going all Raid Redemption on bitches.

>>39015968
>>39015994
>>39015947
Laura teaches everyone something different, all we need to do is watch and we will pick them all up.

>>39015877
You watched yu yu hakusho didn't you. The bad guy had 7 kinds of multiple personality disorder so he learned martial arts 7 time faster.

The clones might help with parallel learning. As in each clone learns a different thing. But I doubt it would do anything if they all tried to learn the same thing.

>>39016118
yeah, lets go with that shonen and not the one I regret watching

>[X] Talk to Gaby and Layla.

Things are mostly quiet while you munch down your food. Layla nibbles at her chicken in silence, her eyes downcast. You sense that something’s amiss.

“Hey. You okay?”

Starting slightly, she glances up at you, before taking on a surely, cross-legged posture and returning to her meal.

“Fine.” She answers, clearly determined to keep to monosyllables.

“Okay.” Hmmm. You think. What kinds of things does Layla like? “I learned I can speak Dog yesterday.”

She pauses in mid-bite.

“…Really?”

You nod sincerely.

“You sure there isn’t something wrong?”

She seems to think about it for a moment, her eyes squinting slightly, before she sets down her bowl. Her hands move up to her arms to hug them close, like they used to do when you first met her.

“I dunno.” She mumbles, pulling her knees in, hiding her lower face behind them. “I guess… I mean, you said that people would hate me if I was like you, but I didn’t… I didn’t think it’d be like that.” She bites her lip slightly and rests her head along one knee. “You think anyone saw me? My face?”

Ah.

“You know, I’m pretty sure they didn’t.” Shifting along, you move beside her. She hugs her knees tighter. “I’m pretty sure they were looking at the guy beating them up.”

She doesn’t respond for a while. When she does, her voice chokes slightly.

“I didn’t think anyone would just… tell on us like that.” She sniffs quietly. “Is that what it’s always like?”

>[ ] No, but you have to assume it will be.
>[ ] Yes, basically, always be on your guard.
>[ ] Eh, she doesn’t have to worry, she just looks like a kid.
>[ ] Write in.

>>39016118
I think it's all one subconscious, but learning might be quicker. Post it on Crusty's ask.

>>39016118
Damn now I wanna rewatch Yu Yu Hakusho.

>>39016215
If we don't look human then it's always a risk. I mean JJ looks weird as fuck nowadays

>>39016215
>>[X] No, but you have to assume it will be.

>>39016215
>>[ ] No, but you have to assume it will be.

>>39016215
>>[ ] Eh, she doesn’t have to worry, she just looks like a kid.
So long as she doesn't do anything especially obvious she should be fine, although she should definitely avoid getting arrested or hospitalized.

>it is for electric elf lizards like me
>[x] Eh, she doesn’t have to worry, she just looks like a kid.

>>39016215
>>[ ] Yes, basically, always be on your guard.
Welcome to Marvel Universe, kid.

>>39016215
>[ ] No, but you have to assume it will be.

"But you'll be fine for the most part. You don't look cool like Gaby or I do."

>>39016215
>[ ] No, but you have to assume it will be.

there are a small few who don't suck but you generally can't risk people not being shit

>>39016215
>[ ] No, but don't take to many chances. Besides, they only thought it was me.

>>39016215
>[ ] No, but you have to assume it will be.

>>39016215
>>[ ] Eh, she PROBABLY doesn’t have to worry, she just looks like a kid.
>>[ ] But assume it will be. Just to be safe.

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>>39016267
kek

>>39016215
>[ ] No, but you have to assume it will be.

>>39016345

Man, what're the Brotherhood up to right now? You'd think they'd have some presence in New York.

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Animal Affinity will help our detective skill excel to new heights

worth lv 3 imo

all mutant shot for shot remake of Dr. Doolittle

>>39016431
Joyce is working with them, sooooo...

>>39016454

Yeah, but they showed up once. In the middle of nowhere. I guess they may have been tracking Joyce to recruit her, but why haven't they done anything in New York since there's a ton of shit going down now?

>>39016443

AA is taking a backseat on my priority list. I'd like to get Telescopic Vision, just to round out the whole super-senses package. Being able to fly over and see nearly the entirety of the city from any point above it would be pretty great.

>>39016554
I'm guessing they'll show up when she does, for maximum drama

>>39016554
All extremely good points that (even if Crusty didn't think of them) Crusty will most-likely throw out there.

>>39016554
They caused the Scar IIRC

>>39016608

I Thought that was the Skrull?

>>39016608
>>39016628

No. The Scar was caused by many super fights, one of which happened to have involved Magneto.

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>>39016554
>implying they aren't already working in the shadows

>>39016579
Gotta get Wings and Photo (along with eating a LOT more food).

>>39016656
> phantom detectives are secretly brotherhood, saving kid muties and taking them in

Max shadowruns

>>39016691
>The Young X-Men are secretly Brotherhood.
Who would have guessed?

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>>39016664

Wings 3 would be nice too, but I'm bankin' for those sweet hawk-eyes.

>>39016753
>>39016691
>Everyone is secret Brotherhood cells and don't realize everyone else is as well, including the Hellions.

Maximum secret mission

>>39016764

Rename that "Eat Your Heart Out, Cyclops" and I'll get behind it.

>>39016784
Tunnel snakes would work with them easy if they bring joyce
Hellions are already very pro mutie
I can see them trying that and seizing the city...

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>>39016784
>Implying they're not pic related.

>>39016827
Mutant New York Free Zone when?

>>39016764
We would also need Eye beams 3 if you want to take down a Sentinel. If you need both why would you buy telescopic first?

And we need electrostatic touch 2. Only being able to taze 3 people before starting to lose charge is incredibly inconvenient.

>>39016827

>Seizing the city

Sentinels would crack down almost immediately. There's no real counter for those aside from sufficient force.

>[X] No, but you have to assume it will be.

“Well, no… not exactly…” You scrabble furiously for the words. To be honest, you’re not sure they exist – sometimes, most of the time actually, it is like that, and you just have to suck up and deal with it. But you’re not sure you want to be saying that, not just now. “But you kinda have to assume thing will be. Because if they are, you have to be ready.”

The troubled look on Layla’s face doesn’t ease up.

“That sounds hard.” She says.

You nod. “It is. Buuuuuut”… You grin slightly, and rest a palm on her shoulder. “…it should be a lot easier for you. You don’t look awesome like me an’ Gaby, after all.”

She smiles slightly, and you feel her head come to rest under your arm, near your ribs. You just sit there for a little while.

“Thanks.”

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HMQ111: END

>Congratulations! X-Point!
>Congratulations! Your relationship with LAYLA MILLER has increased!
>Congratulations! THERE IS BUT ONE KING OF THE FOREST

A little earlier than I’d like, but I have to clock off soon.

This week I can do more questing than usual.

>>39016884
I'm imagining what happened in worm
Gangs from the scar taking over sections of the city, backed by the brotherhood

>>39016827
>Implying JJ wouldn't maximum-over-rage at seeing his sister brainwashed and push Magneto's shit in, and all of his cronies as well! JJ doesn't care who the Juggernaut is, bitch.

He wouldn't, of course, but hey.

>>39016646
I could've swore Kang caused it in a fight with the Avengers

>>39016904
aa2

thanks for running

>>39016904
>This week I can do more questing than usual.

Fuck yes.

>>39016904
Baaaaasnk

>>39016904
>This week I can do more questing than usual.

that's good to hear.

>>39016904

Adhesive 2

>>39016922

That was one of them, yes. Might also be the one that Magneto got involved in.

>>39016904
Thanks for running crusty.

Bank for now, unless we can get Telescopic.

>>39016904
>This week I can do more questing than usual.
HYPE
Thanks for running Crusty!

>>39016886

>If you need both why would you buy telescopic first?

Because there are many more useful applications for having eagle vision than there are for having more powerful eye beams. One of JJ's greatest strengths are his perceptive powers, and Telescopic Vision quite literally magnifies that by several orders of magnitude.

That's crazy talk CJ. Everyone knows the mighty Bear is the king of the forest.

>>39016920

There's really no organized Hero Presence in New York itself for that to work. You just have random vigilantes all over the place and the vague threat of the Avengers for when things get really out of hand.

>>39016904

Thanks for running, Crusty.

Bank.

>>39016921
Suffice it to say, Joyce was a lost cause long before she got picked up by the brotherhood.

Taser Hands 2, it's your time to shine.

>>39016970
why would you want Adhesive?

>>39016904
Tasers 2, if that's alright.
Thanks for running, Crusty

>King of the forest
O-o-oberon? EHHHHHHHHHHHH???

>>39017045

Because I'd like for JJ to stick to walls better.

Plus, Mark of Kaine.

>>39016904
Bank

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>>39016904
>>Congratulations! Your relationship with LAYLA MILLER has increased!
Daww.
>>Congratulations! THERE IS BUT ONE KING OF THE FOREST
I don't know what that means but I am both interested and unnerved.
>This week I can do more questing than usual.
Pic related
Bank. I want some back-wings.

>>39017045
Makes life easier plus it has some fun extraps and high level would let you rip someones face off?

>>39017069

JJ doesn't really seem like the kind of person to "Mark of Kaine" people.

>>39016989
Was the bear a slave before he took up arms?

Did the bear slay his predecessor and scatter him across the grove?

Is the bear reborn with the turning of the moon?

Does the bear [bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-]

>>39017055

Typhon.

>>39016904
Thanks

Also Electrostatic touch 2 would be nice.

>>39017083
you sir, are my nigga

Wing brothers

>>39017045
Have you seen the Extrapolative Mutations it allows?

Electrostatic touch 2 please

>>39016902
>>39016989
>>39017092
>>39017093

I don't know what's going on. Can someone fill me in?

>>39017026
Poor Joyce, poor JJ. I doubt we'll be able to rehabilitate her, she would probably think we were some shapeshifter pretending to be her dead brother if she saw us looking normal, if she saw us all horns and shit she'd not recognize us.

Kinda shitty, bro.

>>39016902
Actually, telescopic vision + top tier optics =
Fly up high and shoot everything to bits from several miles away.

JJ can become serious cheese with that combo.

>>39017134

Typhon's a creepy stalker, nuff said.

So, I have an idea for what JJ could do to help get support for the mutant cause.

>http://ask.fm/CrusyJones/answer/127582103211
>http://ask.fm/CrusyJones/answer/127598445995

I'd love for him to become a counter culture icon.

>>39017170

JJ does not need any publicity involving showing his face.

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>>39017045
To leave our mark on the world.
Also climb better. And grapple boosts.

>>39017170
fucking how?

>>39017084
I like the extrapolatives. But they're just too expensive. you could buy both wings 3 and OFB 3 with the same X-points it would cost for Repulsion when you include it's requirements.

>>39017170
>>39017204

Spider-man doesn't show his face and he's a cultural icon.

If JJ got a mask he could pull it off.

>>39016904
Bank

Okay so, numbered voting.

You guys remember the rules right? Those rules I go over every time? If you post anything except the number Mr. Darcy will visit you in your sleep and touch your hair and lick you.

Post,

>1 for ELECTROSTATIC TOUCH
>2 for ADHESIVE TOUCH
>3 to BANK

1

3

He hides it already.

Plus if people can't fucking recognize someone wearing a domino mask, then JJ can easily hide his identity.

>>39017212

Posters & videos at the Tabbycat. They'll get a good cut of the profit.

>>39017240

JJ doesn't swing around hitting people in the face all day.