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GM Barry returned, two pairs of rather heavy protective goggles on a platet in front of him, held gingerly on his flippers. He held it out to Blackstaff and Oz, waiting for them to take it. "Well, we have not moved yet, but knowing the two, Neil would look for some area with a lot of people. The Yellow Brick Road shopping district, perhaps? Travis would be somewhere up high. As high as he could get." He paused briefly, and started searching his pockets. "Ah, yes, yes. Treats." He finally found something in his pockets, pulling out a pair of small brown paper bogs. Each had the name of one of the pets listed on it. "These should do just fine!" He held them out, waiting for Oz and Blackstaff to take the bounty he held in his hand.

GM Oh no, oh my, these party crashers were causing quite a stir, disrupting the lovely little Tea Party. What was worse, they were actually hurting Bill the Lizard! And he was such a nice lizard too, all happy and smiles, helping the party goers find their way to the party! That simply would not do! As if by one, the people trapped in the White Rabbit's thrall swarmed towards Bill the Lizard, or, more accurately, towards Protectron and Visionary. They moved quick, far quicker than they would have thought, and then they were on them, grabbing and tearing and holding and just generally getting in the way of the heroes. A few even tried to jump towards Justice as she raced along the wall and the flying Waverider, but they were out of reach!

The Tea Party guests swarm the area, trying to get hold of anyone on the ground! Treat is at a Rank 10 Area Snare! @Dr Archeville @Growth Spurt Give me a DC20 Reflex save for the Area effect, then a DC20 or DC15 Reflex Save for the Snare effect, depending on whether you make the first save or not. @EternalPhoenix you're up As a general note: The Tea Party Guests are now swarming around Bill the Lizard, Protectron and Visionary. It might making hitting Bill harder. 25 - Waverider - 2HP - Unharmed 22 - Bill the Lizard - Bruise (x1) 21 - Dormouse - Unharmed 19 - Protectron - 4HP - Unharmed, Fatigued 18 - Emerald Spider - 1HP - Unharmed 18 - Justice - 4HP - Unharmed 11 - Visionary - 2HP - Unharmed 6 - Tea Party Guests - 1 Snare Applied

That's a miss. Give me an IC of what you do and I'll follow up with the tea party.

Yep, don't have to ask, just say what you wanna do and roll for it, then I'll say what happens. So, give me an attack roll for that.

Justice Everyone was going straight for the Lizard, and the Mouse just disappeared. This was weird. They looked like Wonderland rejects or something, but then again, that made a certain kind of sense for someone calling himself the White Rabbit, didn't it? Taking down the Lizard and the Mouse had to be priority, no question there, but still, all these people around them were starting to look really unhappy with the party crashers. They couldn't hurt them, they had just been trapped by whatever the White Rabbit was doing to them, but they had to do something before they hurt themselves. Fortunately, Robin had many useful devices. Reaching into a portal she pulled out a Snare Grenade. She turned her bike up towards a wall of a nearby building, quickly driving up it as she dropped the grenade behind her. It didn't explode where it hit among the ground, instead a wire mesh rapidly expanded from it, quickly growing larger and ever more complicated, trapping anyone caught in it. "Everyone, watch out for people here! We gotta keep 'em safe!" Maybe the others would listen? She hoped they would, at least.

Justice throws a Snare at some of the Tea Party Guests to try and keep them out of trouble: 22 That's a hit, with some of them getting snared. She drives along the wall to get out of reach and closer to bad guys. As a reminder: The guests are more of an effect than an actual enemy to combat. Applying effects to them will affect what their effect can do. @Growth Spurt you're up 25 - Waverider - 2HP - Unharmed 22 - Bill the Lizard - Bruise (x1) 21 - Dormouse - Unharmed 19 - Protectron - 4HP - Unharmed, fatigued at the start of next round 18 - Emerald Spider - 1HP - Unharmed 18 - Justice - 4HP - Unharmed 11 - Visionary - 2HP - Unharmed 6 - Tea Party Guests - 1 Snare Applied

The latter appeared every bit as pleased as the former, though any trace of glow-in-the-dark lipstick that might have found its way to Pan were already gone by the time they walked past the billiards room. He waved after Eira as she walked past, before continuing into the room with the others. "So this is where we will be sleeping, yes?" he asked, directed at Micah or Eira's parents. He did not seem to acknowledge how long he had been gone with Eira, or what they had been doing. He quickly moved towards the billiards table, feet leaving the floor and leaving a golden glitter trail behind him. "Now what is this?"

"None taken." Pan made a slight bow, turning his face slightly up to flash a devilish grin at Judy. "I do not need a boy around to have a good time, either." He winked at her. "Give it some thought, at least." He wagged his finger at Ashley and grinned at her response. "Nice, sure, but not nearly as fun!"

GM Alice looked at Micah over Felix's shoulder. Fear practically radiated from her very being, only the top of her head visible. She shifted. Ever so slightly, for a brief second, she looked like she had when Micah last saw her, then she was back to the appearance she had all the time. "I'm scared, Felix. Don't leave me alone with him." Her delicate fingers held on to Felix's shoulders, kept him close, and then... "Look out! He's going to attack us!" She was panicking! She pushed Felix forward, towards Micah, with more strength than her form should have you think. Not enough force to actually make the two collide, but clearly, Felix was moving towards Micah, and clearly, Micah was starting to throw lightning at Felix and Alice!

Justice Robin nodded at Salvo and moved towards the other evil Justice. It was so creepy to see herself knocked out cold like that, and then... things happened way too quickly. "Wait!" Robin called out, already grabbing a gun out of a portal, already getting into position to take a shot and then... they were just gone. She was left standing for half a second maybe, then she leapt at the USB key and the papers, quickly grabbing them before someone else could, before turning frantically towards Salvo. "We gotta get out of here before. How are you with portals?" She didn't exactly feel good about this whole situation, but it seemed pretty clear how Max Mars had gotten his hands on her tech. The other question was why, then. But they could try and figure that out, right now, they needed to bolt before someone showed up to figure out what was going on. A light touch to the amulet in her belt, and Robin created a bright rainbow colored portal, a doorway in the middle of nowhere, large enough to fit Salvo, if necessary. "C'mon."

GM The moment the pressure was applied and Salvo asked her question, the girl was gone. Everything shattered about her. Before Justice could reach the other evil Justice, the girl was by her, kneeling and touching her. "What do you think?" There was a bit of an arrogance to her tone that hadn't been there before. "I don't need this kind of trouble!" Then, they were gone. Salvo's enhanced sensors could maybe grasp at whatever happened, as they broke through reality, a quickly filling hole through reality before they were just gone. A few papers and the USB key that the girl had dropped was still left behind...

That triggers her teleport! She disappears, reappearing next to the other fallen Justice and then they're gone. There's a HP for them getting away. Returning to IC.

REBELLION All of it was almost too much to process, even over the process of months. Dark spells, darker designs, plans to create another Terror, another monster to stalk the night. Was one not enough? Did they really need two at once? Or had something happened to the Terror that had visited Elliot? Elliot dove into the files and books, he was caught. This was more than he had ever found before, the greatest breakthrough yet. He wandered through days at the academy. Rebellion was barely seen during this time. His family rarely saw him, even when he returned. Independence Day was coming up. His father would be home for once. Elliot didn't care much, he had more important things to do. But... Elaine was coming home. That was something. He hadn't seen her for way too long. Elliot was brought out of his studies by the sound from the window. He looked towards it, then finally stood up and approached, looking out for what could have caused the noise.

@angrydurf, you're up.

Reflex vs the Box: 13 16 You catch them both. @Cubismo, you're up. 25 - Ultio Suit Users - KO:1, Trapped: 2 --- Ultio Red: Unharmed --- Ultio Blue: Unharmed 17 - Carnifex - Unharmed 16 - The Dreamer - 0HP - Unharmed 9 - Ultra Girl - 2HP - Unharmd

GM "GAH!" Jonathan stumbled back, grasping at his forehead. He was bleeding from his forehead, grasping at it while he let got of Ms. Bright. "Someone stop her!" "I got her, I got..." Crimson Cross blasted again, part of the wall collapsing next to her. "Ah! Where is she!?" She sounded like she was panicking now, like she didn't need what to do. She wasn't used to being blind, wasn't used to not leading a fight. The Preacher kept chanting. His words made no sense. Under his robes, he was starting to glow with a strange, sickly green light.

Alright, Preacher is still chanting. He is starting to shine with a weird light from under his coat now. Jonathan recovers. Crimson Cross tries to recover: 9 Nope, you're up 23 - Ms. Bright - 1HP - Unharmed 20 - Jonathan - Bruise (x1), Dazed 19 - Crimson Cross - Blinded (1 turn), Staggered 14 - Preacher - Unharmed

"Please, like having a complicated story would bother me." Pan's smile shifted, like he just had an idea that he just couldn't hide anymore. "So, now the three of us, Leroy and Mia know? Interesting. Not exactly a tight knit group of people to tell." He rubbed his chin for a moment, and looked over at Ashley. The look in his eyes, the curl of his lips, there was something there, a bit of a challenge, perhaps? Mischief, certainly. It was there for just the briefest of seconds, then he seemed thoughtful and like he was thinking all of this in again. "So, is there anyone else you might want to tell? What about Micah? He is trustworthy. He probably would not mind joining you in some of those zoos to keep the weather nice."

Pan put his arms around Eira and raised an eyebrow. "Really? That is the surprise?" He felt cool to her touch in the chill evening air, but it did not seem to bother him. He leaned closer, stealing a brief kiss. "Or maybe I will be the one distracting you."

Magical Fairytale Soldier Little Mermaid They were too late. Again. The mirror shard had wormed its way into yet another heart, amplifying a man’s feelings of loneliness, until his heart had broken… and the mirror shard had taken over completely. His name was Lasse, he was a nice guy, but he didn’t really have a lot of friends. He was too busy with his studies. He had just pushed everyone away, they had given up on him, and it was just getting to be too much for him. Mette had tried to stop the transformation. She had walked around, trying to cheer him up, she had sought out his old friends, she had brought them back together, and they had even reconnected. Muirne had helped out too, and Eira? She had been there, snarking about it all the time, wondering why Mette even bothered. “Just let him transform already so we can kick his ass and get him back to normal,” was one of her more memorable quotes of the day. Not that it helped. Once Lasse’s old friends left, he was right back to despair. He really needed some professional help, and then, it happened. The mirror shard started the transformation. Even though she had seen it many times before, Mette was still horrified as the ice broke out of Lasse’s chest. It spread from his heart, covering his body, growing in density and size until it covered the ground all around him, and it still kept growing. This was a big one Mirror Monster. “Finally!” Eira was next Mette, cracking her robotic knuckles. “I knew it was just a matter of time!” “You don’t know that! It could have worked! We can’t stop trying just because you want to get home to your boyfriend.” Muirne stood back and shook her head, then immediately covered her mouth in response to Eira’s death glare. She was ready, but she had hoped that their efforts would have worked. “Yeah, yeah. Alright.” Mette stood her ground and put her feet slightly apart. Eira had a point, of course. Their attempts to stop a transformation before it happened rarely worked. The Snow Queen’s magic was just too strong for regular, positive emotions to change things. Sometimes, it worked, and that made it worth the effort. Not that Eira agreed. She just wanted to get it over with and go back to doing whatever she was doing before the mirror shard got inside Lasse. The ice shattered. Pieces fell all around the shape that had been Lasse moments ago. Now? A wolf man that stood on two legs, with a massive jaw that took up most of his upper body. His fur was black with red and white specks mixed in, his eyes strangely human-like. A Mirror Monster, an emotion gone wrong, stood before them once again. “Is it time yet?” Eira was impatient. “We gotta do it now, right?” Muirne too. Alright, Mette had to agree with Eira here. This was the best part of their gig. “Yeah!” Mette turned her right side towards the wolf-like monster. It snapped its massive jaws at her, releasing some sort of corrosive spit. Mette thrust her right hand forward, clenched fist pointing at the wolf man. “Let’s go!” Eira and Muirne mirrored her movement. Brilliant light shone from the three young heroes, all but destroying the corrosive spit before it reached them. Once upon a time… Muirne closed her eyes, stretching her arms out to the side. She looked serene, calm. Muirne smiled, she danced, made a pirouette. Mid-spin, a dark shadow appeared on the ground beneath her foot, surging up along her legs and across her body in uneven, jagged patterns. Muirne kept dancing, spinning, and she leapt. When she landed, the shadow cracked and fell away. A dark grey dress with jagged black patterns spilled out. Parts of her arms and backs were bare, the shadow whirling around her on the ground in a spiral. Taking a few more steps, Muirne spun one final time and pointed towards the monster with her right hand, the shadow on the ground whirling across her body, a black domino mask finally appearing over her eyes. Cast your shadow! Magical Fairytale Soldier Shadow! Fire erupted from Eira’s fist, spreading out across her body, burning away clothes and fake skin, revealing her robotic form underneath. She pulled back, crossing her arms across her chest and grinned, cold robotic eyes staring straight ahead, only her hair left behind. As she threw her arms out to the sides, Eira’s back erupted in burning wings, while a dark red knee-length dress appeared, burning across her form. The dress had silver accents at all edges, a somewhat militaristic style, broken by spikes and studs. She threw her right hand up into the sky as the final flames burned dark red opera gloves onto her arms. Her heavy red boots left burning imprints behind as she took a few steps forward, a dark red domino mask finally appearing over her eyes. Burn bright! Magical Fairytale Soldier Little Matchstick Girl! Mette stood perfectly still as rain started to fall all around her. She was drenched, water pooling around her feet, a veritable flood, until it whirled up, water all around her. The water hit her, again and again. With each splash, her posture changed and more of her bright green dress appeared. It was slick, with a scale like pattern and white accent. Like the others, the dress reached her knees. Her boots were knee high and white with red accents and soles, her short fingerless gloves were the same green as her dress. Her arms were bare from the shoulders to her gloves. The shoulders of her dress were big, puffy and white. A single white line ran down the middle of her dress, stopping at her belt. Water whirled in the air around her, covering her face for a brief moment, a white domino mask finally appearing over her eyes. Make a splash! Magical Fairytale Soldier Little Mermaid! “Magical Fairytale Soldiers!” Muirne took a step forward, standing to the left of Mette. Mette smiled at her. Shadows swirled around Muirne’s outstretched and open left hand, her eyes glowing faintly. “Standing ready to fight!” Mette looked to Eira on her right, flames blazing brightly around her right hand, raised in a fist into the sky. Her eyes were burning. Mette raised lowered both her hands to her side, bent at the elbow and her hands tightened into fists. Water erupted in a half circle behind her, as she stared directly at the Mirror Monster. They could do this. Her eyes glowed a faint greenish-blue. “Until happily ever after!” Behind them, a massive grey, red and green explosion rocked the scene.

"We could always fly above," Pan mused to Eira's statement, his voice turning Swedish before he even opened his mouth. "But where would the fun be in that?" His face cast in shadow by a light, he remained standing for a moment while Eira posed and asked him about the sights. "Well, I tend to be distracted by one specific sight." He stepped forward, and slowly embracing her, his hands on her hips. "Anything in particular you wanted to find in the hedge?"

"Thinking and planning is overrated, my friend. Some time you just have to take a chance, no? And I have no idea what other head I would think with," Pan just managed to respond to Micah with a wide grin before Eira walked up to him and pulled him into a kiss. When the kiss broke, he let out a breath. "And hello to you, Eira. I am happy to see you too." His smile was genuine, returning Eira's own. "Lead on, then. I look forward to all the sights!" He took Eira's hand in his own, and waved back at Micah with the other, looking back at his friend with a raised eyebrow while he let Eira lead him away.

Pan did not seem to give Micah's question much thought before he opened his mouth to reply, only to be cut off completely by Mia's sudden appearance, explanation and disappearance. He blinked twice, then laughed lightly. "Micah, you are a good friend. I know you are just trying to look out for me in this strange world of yours, but Mia is right." He placed a hand on his friend's shoulder. "There is much more to Eira than what she shows. I have only seen glimpses, but she is more than just the hard exterior she shows the world. She is much softer and more vulnerable than you would think." He stepped back and grinned, the genuine emotion and care in his voice replaced with his usual devil-may-care tone. "Besides, we are having fun. Is that not important, too?"

I'm still in, posting is a bit delayed till the end of the week though.