RocketLord

@Kaede Kimura I'm going to assume that you continue attacking Omegadrone 2. Fort save vs. DC23: 12 Ow! It is staggered and dazed! Reflex Saves vs. DC20: 29 29 DC15 Will saves vs. Stun: 15 15 Just enough to make it, but they got a weakness to Will effects, putting them at -2, so 13. Both are dazed 27 - Paper - 2HP - Unharmed 25 - *Shadowborne - 1HP - Unharmed 23 - Outrider - 2HP - Unharmed 19 - *Chelone - 2HP - Unharmed 18 - Omegadrone 1 - Bruise (x1), Dazed 18 - Omegadrone 2 - Staggered, Dazed 14 - Nightscale - 2HP - Unharmed

Nevermore II Nevermore never more? --- Alright. This wasn’t Charlie’s first rodeo. This was Freedom City, but it looked different from the Freedom City he knew. That meant either a dimensional shift or time travel. He was standing at a rooftop in the middle of the city, wearing the pants he had slept in and not much else, so it had happened in his sleep. The sky was bright, the air tasted clean, the entire place seemed futuristic. So, the future or a more advanced dimension? The rooftop was clean, empty. A little building with a door to let people in and out, nothing else. No way was Charlie being here just a random thing. Was it the Mesa messing with him? Something else? “Are you gonna stay out there the entire day, or do you wanna come inside?” Charlie reached for a utility belt that he was not wearing. Muscle memory kicked in while he turned around and saw… nothing? The voice had come from a speaker that he could see. Someone had to be watching him, right? But he couldn’t see any cameras. Of course, this whole place seemed pretty advanced… “The door. Try the door. Come on, I’m not gonna hurt you, you’ll be home before you know it.” All alone on a rooftop in the future or some other world, a voice asking him to try the door, in just pants and nothing else? Yeah. Charlie didn’t like that plan at all, but what choice did he have? He didn’t have any of his gear, scaling the building would be difficult at best, probably suicidal, but he cou- “If you wanna spend the little time you got here on a rooftop, be my guest. I’m kinda busy anyway. But you will probably regret. Come on, Charlie.” Charlie froze for a second. Alright, mystery guy from another world or the future knew his name. That was… something. With a defeated sigh, he relaxed his stance and moved towards the door and… it didn’t have a handle. “Really? Is this your idea of a joke or something?” The voice was quiet for a second. Charlie could swear he heard a chuckle from the other end. “Put your hand on the door, then follow the stairs down. I’ll be in the command center.” Yeah, alright then. He could do that. Not much choice, besides freezing out here anyway. The moment Charlie’s hand touched the door, he felt a slightly warm sensation under his palm, like a head lamp moving over it. As soon as it had started, it was over, and the door opened. “Stormcrow identified. Note: Chronological irregularity. Chronological safeguards overridden.” “Stormcrow?” Alright, alternate world, then. Maybe. Why did this place identify him as Stormcrow if not, right? The door slid to the side, revealing a staircase. The walls on the way down were covered with pictures of heroes. They were not publicity shots or anything like that, but seemed more like the work of an amateur. Candid shots, like someone that looked like a giant dragon scarfing down a whole cake, with a robot behind it pulling at its tail. A man that could look like Alek, but much older, scowling from behind an armored cowl. So many more. Men and women flying. A man in a sleek armor, holding his hand out to create some kind of shockwave. A woman with shadows. Someone that looked like Callie. Older than Charlie knew her, but younger than the headmistress. A group of heroes standing around a man in a cowl with a bird on his chest, his arms crossed. If anything, the last one seemed like a bunch of friends posing together. He recognized more than a few from the previous pictures. At the bottom of their, he reached a larger room, filled with screens. A man was standing in the middle of the room on a small podium, he turned and moved, looking at different screens, talking to a number of people all at once, from the sound of it. The screens were showing conflicts. The dragon man from the picture fighting some larger, black dragon to a standstill. Someone manipulating paper to grasp around a shooter’s gun, pulling it away. A large woman barreling through a wall. Some were together, some were in different locations. The man in the middle of the room was wearing a cape and cowl that hid his eyes behind stylized light blue glasses, with a large bird, a raven or something like it, on his chest. His mouth was visible, and despite how he switched conversations almost constantly, Charlie could see that he was smiling. It was a confident smile. “The dragon’s left wing has a small tear, aim for that. He can’t do anything without the gun, get it away and get the hostages out of there. The red wire. They’re coming in from the West, there’s an exit to the South, so get the data out of there. No, you do not want to try the Atlantean Dragon Tail, its too spicy for you. I said the red wire.” The man was obviously coordinating or assisting a bunch of operations all at once. It was kind of overwhelming, to be honest. How could he keep track of it all? Charlie stood still and stared. Should he interrupt? Say something? “Hey, don’t worry. You’ll be gone in a moment, but wanted to give you a look first.” He froze when the man spoke. He was looking directly at him now, smiling. “What is this place? Who are you?” He knew already. Of course he knew. “C’mon, you know that. We’re perceptive like that, right?” The older Charlie tapped the side of his head and grinned. “I call it the Crow’s Nest. Pretty cool, right? Don’t worry, this isn’t all we do now, but we’re kinda good at it. Nothing like a helpful little guide in the ear to help our friends, right?” Charlie crossed his arms. “So what is this, the future? You’re who I’ll end up being?” The older man grinned, then shook his head. “Maybe? Time’s weird, man. To me, you’re the past that’s happened, there’s no changing that. To you, I’m the future that might happen, but you can make any kind of choices and it won’t end up that way. I’ve studied all that, spent some time with some people from Atom Academy trying to map it out, but everything just kept branching. I remember coming here and meeting me, but who’s to say that you’ll make the same choices as me? You’ll be the one that get to find out about all that. Exciting, right?” He was cheerful, at least. He was happy. “You got about 30 seconds, then you’re gonna go back to your own time. Got a question, now’s the time.” Charlie looked up at his older self. The Crow’s Nest. Helping his friends out like this. It was… It was a lot. “Is it everything I wanted it to be?” The older Charlie’s grin widened. “Oh yeah. That and more. You got good times and bad times ahead. Focus on the good, don’t let the bad bring you down, and you’ll do just fine.” Charlie blinked, and he was back in his room at Claremont.

Chelone remembers that they tend to be weak to effects involving powerful magnets or electricity. Their wills are crushed by Omega, so emotional and mental effects might work too.

Reroll is a miss too! @Electra is up together with @Kaede Kimura, then I'll make a move! 27 - Paper - 2HP - Unharmed 25 - *Shadowborne - 3HP - Unharmed 23 - Outrider - 2HP - Unharmed 19 - *Chelone - 2HP - Unharmed 18 - Omegadrone 1 - Bruise (x1) 18 - Omegadrone 2- Unharmed 14 - Nightscale - 2HP - Unharmed

Alright, opposed Feint: 17 Just beating it, which means you miss. @Nerdzul is up!

Sorry @Cubismo, but Bluebird isn't swayed by Arrow's good looks, so that's just a +11 from Bluff. Also, you don't have Challenge [Fast Feint], so that's a -5 for doing it as a move action, for a total 16 on the Bluff. If you want, I'll let you roll for the Bluff instead of using Skill Mastery. Guessing you mean to attack Bluebird too?

Nightscale hits: 24, nope! And Paper hits: 29, nope! @Kaede Kimura and @Lone_Star is up, followed by @Electra 27 - Paper - 2HP - Unharmed 25 - *Shadowborne - 3HP - Unharmed 23 - *Outrider - 3HP - Unharmed 19 - Chelone - 2HP - Unharmed 18 - Omegadrone 1 - Bruise (x1) 18 - Omegadrone 2- Unharmed 14 - Nightscale - 2HP - Unharmed

"Card tricks are easy." Pan moved the cards between his hands, they were a blur, showing one card, moving his hands, then it was another, while he kept talking. "I do not ask you to play nice. A little trick or prank is good, but there is no need to antagonize those that would be your friends. The people here are good. Let them in." The cards kept dancing in his hands, he smiled and shook his head. "The future is easy: Adventure." He paused for maybe a quarter of a second. "And please do not call her that."

That was good. Really good. Full stomach for once was nice, cleaned up (somehow he didn't get any stains on his white suit despite the greasy hotdogs), so it looked good with the goggles and everything. He looked a the camera, back to Hologram, and then... "Oh, yeah. Sure. I was around back in '13. I've been doing this whole thing since... 2003 or 4? Somewhere around there at least? All blurs together a bit." He scratched his chin while he thought about it. "Yeah, it was 2003. Did a few television things with my powers before deciding I should use 'em to be a hero." He crossed his arms and leaned back as he thought some more. "I, uh, guess I don't really specialize in anything? Bad guys show up, I do my best to get there and stop them, right? Keep people safe and everything, nobody gets hurt if I can help it. So, uh, yeah, I guess I just help out where I can? I'm just the friendly neighborhood Ghost."

GM There he was. Luke finally spotted Matt, his face illuminated by Judy's light, up near the front of the group. He seemed almost enraptured as he listened, standing so close to the Jaycee. A man spoke up. "How can we help, Miss Jaycee?" Another joined him. "Yes, yes! Let us help you make the world better!" The crowd was starting to get more rowdy, others joining them. "What can we do?" "Tell us!" "Lead us!" "We believe in you!" They did not seem violent, but rather, they were almost europhic.

Give me some notice checks.

Alright, @Cubismo feel free to take your turn.

GM Shadows, paper and hammers had little effect. The attacks passed by their targets or simply bounced off the Omegadrones' armors. Little spectral toy-sized turtles, however? Stuck at the first Omegadrone's neck, Chelone's turtle caused it to trash about, surprised by the sudden attack and losing control as it tried to get the turtle off. The other drone stared directly at their target, punching down towards the Outrider. It smashed into the ground where she stood just before, quickly pulling its hand free again.

That's a hit. TOU: 23, he tanks it. Omegadrone 1 gets rid of his daze. Omegadrone 2 attacks Chelone Outrider: 12,that's a miss! @Nerdzul and @Spacefurry is up, followed by Kaede Kimura. 27 - *Paper - 3HP - Unharmed 25 - Shadowborne - 3HP - Unharmed 23 - Outrider - 3HP - Unharmed 19 - Chelone - 2HP - Unharmed 18 - Omegadrone 1 - Bruise (x1) 18 - Omegadrone 2- Unharmed 14 - *Nightscale - 3HP - Unharmed

Forever Boy "Eira! Micah!" Pirates still around them, Pan's attention was drawn towards the sky as Micah's lightning struck the ship and it tossed and turned wildly towards the rainbow portal. And then, from below, he could feel it almost as much as he could hear it. The ticking. That horrible ticking sound. His features froze for a moment, as he looked at Lulu, and the parents. He looked apologetic. "I have to help them!" Then, he was gone, a trail of golden dust behind him as he flew straight up, as fast as he could, towards the glowing rainbow that were swallowing his friends and the ship whole!

GM And behold their judgement the pirates did. The lightning bolt coursed through the sky, towards the ship. As it collided with the ship, the shock surged across the deck, pirates and Eira alike being hit by the shock as it struck! The ship was sent spinning wildly about, swinging widely from side to side, heading straight towards Micah at rapidly increasing speed. The ship was out of control. The stars around it began to seem to stretch into long lights, their colors changing into a brilliant rainbow that surrounded Micah and the ship, as it hit into him, throwing it and him into the rainbow portal that was opening before them! Both Eira and Micah could hear a faint ticking sound from the other side of the rainbow portal.

Yup, that's worth a HP, but only to you instead of everyone, leaving you at 2HP. That's a hit and a crit. Rolling TOU vs. DC30: 21 Fail by 9, he's dazed and bruised. Just @Kaede Kimura up before I go with the Omegadrones! 27 - Paper - 3HP - Unharmed 25 - *Shadowborne - 3HP - Unharmed 23 - Outrider - 3HP - Unharmed 19 - Chelone - 2HP - Unharmed 18 - Omegadrone 1 - Dazed, Bruise (x1) 18 - Omegadrone 2- Unharmed 14 - Nightscale - 3HP - Unharmed

"Sure, I guess. Still, gotta catch the reruns instead." Ghost fidgetted a bit in the seat when they gave him the tiny mic. It took a few tries, but he got it to stick. "Sure, sure, makes sense." He was down to his last hotdog by now, but alright, alright. He shouldn't chew when they were recording him anyway. "I appreciate that. Most tv people tend to be either love or hate me, so nice to get someone unbiased for once." He pulled his mask down in front of his face and adjusted his goggles to cover his eyes again. Hidden as well as he could be, alright. "So, whadda ya want me to call you on air? Hologram? Mrs. Cline?"

And please tell me if you attack Omegadrone 1 or 2 with your rolls from here on!

Alright, give me an IC and rolls of what you do.

Give me a Stealth roll for that.

Both miss!

Which power are you using to attack?

That's a hit. TOU: 15 Oooh, that's a bad hit! Give me an IC, then I'll do a GM post with the effects!

GM The Omegadrones were silent, following closely behind as they chased the young woman through the wreck. If they were intimidated by her shout and massive hammer, they didn't show it. If they cared anything about anything else that was going on around them, it was the same. Their sole focus was on the Outrider. Nothing else mattered at the moment. As Danica and others found out, their phones seemed unable to find any kind of signal. It would not be as easy to call for help as she had hoped.