Nerdzul

I'd gladly keep playing, but I am not sure when I can restart posting seriously.

While teleportation would have certainly been faster, plus it was apparently the arrival mode of choice of most of his classmates, Diego was not the type that could miss the chance to take a spaceship and visit an actual real space station with fancy superhero tech. In fact, while he did try to play it cool as much as he could, so not much admittedly, the young man had spent every moment of his short visit in a state of awe… Now of course he was not exactly allowed to look at the inner workings of the orbital structure, but that hadn’t prevented him from asking questions about it to anyone who would give him an ear, animate or otherwise. The young man was almost sad when it was finally time to leave and for a tropical beach vacation, unfortunately his attempts to sneak a few more hours at the station had been thwarted by the attentive eyes of much more senior heroes. Admittedly though, that had given him the chance to admire another marvel of technology, the Pegaus was perhaps not as extraordinarily awesome as the lighthouse, but was badass nonetheless. In fact, the young man had submerged his consciousness within the shuttle, his mind exploring the craft, occasionally manifesting in minor, but fortunately non-threatening glitches, that he was not sure would have escaped the attention of their pilot. Admittedly while he did enjoy focusing his attention on the vessel itself, its engine and its perfectly designed systems, the void of space that surrounded them, or even the rarefied atmosphere, felt so immensely empty against his borrowed skin, it was even… scary perhaps, although he would never admit it, the sensation still prompted him to eventually let go of his psychic communion, visibly shivering. “You, have flying cars in your timeline?… cool. This though… this… you were freakin’ awesome…” He complimented Lynn as soon as they got to landing. “By the way… next time… promise you’d let me drive, ok? I’m gonna be in debt to you for freakin’ ever...” He had added playfully shortly thereafter, admittedly he had absolutely zero training on how to pilot a shuttle, although given his knack, he was confident that it would not really be an issue. “Diego by the way… Sorry I didn’t introduce myself earlier, but I mean… Spaaace!” He waltzed outside the vessel, although regretfully so (in fact he had already decided he would pay a visit at the airstrip by himself later). His hands were tucked in the pockets of his colorful board shorts with an Hawaiian motif, whose pattern matched the one of his shirt, sunglasses on, and headphone hanging on his neck, while the duffel bag with his stuff dutifully followed him floating a few feet behind, apparently by itself. Diego rolled his eyes as he saw the big Russian guy first foray in the tropical heat. “Hey dude, chill out.. we all noticed you work out already…” He teased as the fellow hero pretty much ripped off his hoodie. Not that he was jealous of Jack’s athletic build… of course… definitely… not at all… Yep… Still, for the time being, Diego decided that he would keep his own t-shirt on… yeah… "Hell Yeah!" He yelled back and quickly began running after Renee.

"Cowards..." Nightscale scoffed, he would have to admit, though, that the sudden retreat of their new friends could actually simplify things a bit. Although he was sure that assuming that the giant anaconda doesn't eat them alive, Filth and his rat friend will likely show up again... "You're a big snake aren't you? And I bet you have no sympathy for a fellow reptile... am I right?" Yep definitely none whatsoever, in fact the beast seemed determined to make Nightscale and his new friends into a meal a future that Luke was not exactly looking forward to. The young dragon dashed forward, placing himself between the monster and the rest of the team and swiping at the creature with his claws, they didn't seem to do much against Corconda tough hide, but at least the same could be told about the creature fangs when they tried to pierce Luke's own scales.

toughness 29 Paralyze 18

Admittedly, Diego had struggled to get into the proper Christmas spirit that year, perhaps deep down he did miss his family, well, his brothers at least, or maybe he just was not the type to attend big formal events. That said, an invitation to the Freedom League Christmas Gala was not exactly something that happens every day wasn't it? Still, he had procrastinated a lot before getting there, wasting time until he had convinced himself that staying at his dorm room was gonna be lame anyway and had managed to arrive only with the party well underway. There he was, strolling through the festive halls, dressed in an expensive looking suit (one that he might not have paid with money that did not exactly belong to him), doing his best to conceal the awe in his gaze as he spotted all the big names among the super-hero world in attendance like it was the most normal thing in the world.

As his claws dispelled Purple Haze mist, Nightscale roared triumphantly, his golden gaze surveying the fight. It was a mess, but at least now everyone could see properly they finally had the chance to actually deal with the biker gang from hell. "I am on it." He growled as he closed the distance between himself and the skull-faced villain, propelling his massive frame across the battlefield with the help of his wings. He turned to face Shadowborne with a playful grin on his lips when he realized that she already had things under control with the villain now blinded, while the situation was still tense, the young dragon had to admit that he did in fact enjoy fighting together with her again. With another roar, he lounged toward the villain, fangs bared and and used all the momentum and weight (of which he had a plenty, thanks to being a a bus-sized lizard after all), to try and keep his target pinned down.

Sorry for taking so much again... Nigtscale is not going to be particularly original and I think he is just going to test his claws on Croconda with a 24 using his rending claws. (DC 25 Tou, Damages + Drain Toughness (DC 20)) He will also interpose if the monster tries to attack King Cole or Armitage if the professor hadn't already left.

Luke didn't stop laughing until Leon found the time to properly introduce the group to his new co-star, although a smirk never left his lips as his friend explained what was actually going on. "That was somethin'..." He chuckled. "You got lucky that VIk decided to give you just a mean look..." He continued. "I mean..." He was about to add something about his friend's battle prowess, but then again, they were in front of strangers so it was better not to elaborate. Chaz would kill me... "You got the villain part after all?" That would have been kinda ironic wouldn't it? "or run of the mill bad boy?" He grinned. "Luke. Nice to meet you Cassy." He saluted her with a playful smile"And Jeff." He nodded when Leon mentioned him dating Muirne. "Indeed I am afraid my heart is already taken." He teased as he gently circled Muirne with one arm. "Speaking of which... there is something I'd like to tell you... once we have a minute just for the two of us." His gaze shifted to meet the one of the girl he loved.

Nightscale is going to go for Angel with his claws using all out attack (+2 to hit -2 to defense). It's 22 (27 with the +5 I forgot) to hit if it does the damage has DC 27 vs Tou, plus Drain Toughness (DC 22). He also tries to grab as well with improved grab but he rolls a 1 (it would be a 29, but I can't remember if 1 is auto fail anyway).

Nightscale 2 a small problem 1 crowd control 1 Animist 1 Pizza Party 1

23 Initiative for Luke, who has dark vision.

Diego was late, although he would have loved to say that it was by choice, one must be fashionably late after all, the truth was that he felt a little on edge. Not that he was ever gonna admit it of course, but this was his first time getting a pizza with his classmates, or actually having classmates, like ever... In fact, it was his actual first time having friends that were not his twin brothers and even while far from something unwanted, he definitely had yet to grow accustomed to it. In fact, he had actually arrived before everyone else, but instead of going inside, he had just parked his motorcycle in a back alley nearby and waited for everyone else to arrive. He had allowed his senses meld with Pizano's Pizzaria, his mind sinking into the building, so that he could become aware of anyone that arrived and have a 'taste' of delicious pizza while he waited, at least in spirit, while his real self kept shifting the balance on his feet from a back alley nearby. Forza Diego... (Come on Diego) It was only when everyone got there that he gathered the courage to waltz inside, he let the engine of his bike roar a little, like if he had just arrived and walked in with a confident pace, clad in a pair of ruined blue jeans, sneakers, leather jacket and t-shirt. He chuckled as he got the tail end of the conversation between his classmates conversation. "Definitely not gonna explore any of those Gook..." He grinned. "And not for the mutant crocodiles... You know..." One day he had decided he was gonna teach his goblin roommate about double entendres... With time though, right now it was funny enough as it was. "What's up people?" OOC - I thought that having Diego join in would work better than Luke if it's fine for you.

Luke was all smiles when meeting his friends, he playfully chatted with everyone, gave his girlfriend one of his trademarked bear (dragon?) hugs as soon as she joined the group and winced very visibly when Muirne mentioned Chaz's training regime. Admittedly, the young dragon didn't really mind, he did enjoy pushing himself after all, but it certainly did complicate his already crowded schedule. He did consider Eira offer of a job, still, while he had definitely appreciated the Christmas adventure together and still was committed to take his job as 'Christmas dragon' seriously, well as seriously as a role named like that could be taken at least, he was still on the fence about profiting of his heroics, so he just answered with a pretty uncommitted, but still friendly "Thanks..." The young dragon had joined the rest of the team when he noticed what seemed like an aggression, although it seemed like Vik had everything under control. He clenched his fists and did his best to look threatening, although the angry expression only lasted until the young man realized what was going on and was quickly replaced by a smirk, soon after he could not stop himself from bursting into laughter. "Really man?" He did notice the tension in raising in Murines' voice though, which prompted him to close the distance between them, offering her his arm and an 'hey...'

If Nightscale can find a group of villain clumped enough that he can hit with his breath of fire and turn them into gold with this: Goldfire - Transform 10 (Anything into one result [Anything into Gold]. Extra: General Area [Type: General; Shape: Cone; Size: 180 ft with area 1] Feats: Progression 1 [Area], Flaws: Distracting, Range[Touch] Drawbacks: Full Power) - Save DC 20 Reflexes to half DC 20/15 Fort not to be transformed into gold Even if maybe he need to fly on top of the group so that he can aim his cone down, he will do that. If friends and foes are too mixed up to do that he will just attempt to claw Purple Haze again, if he can he will use the move action to startle as well (I am not sure if you can startle a cloud of gas though hehe). The intimidate roll isn't that great though with a: 4+17 = 21 He will also all out attack to get +2 to hit and -2 to defense until his next turn as his chance to hit isn't great. To hit is: 30! Wow. which means that the +2 wasn't needed, but well. Damage DC is DC 27 or 32 if a crit can affect a mist.

While Luke didn't exactly mind some company when navigating the sewers, at least the chatter did manage to distract him from the overwhelming stench, he certainly did not seem to enjoy the way the conversation was going. He was there on a mission after all and that did not entail dealing with sewer politics, his little 'bro was sick, his people were sick. "I don't care where it belongs..." He growled. "That thing is hurting m-... people." "All that matters is that it stops spewing freakin' poison." He remarked, growling again to show his fangs threateningly. In truth, he wasn't even sure if the egg was the source of the problem, but if it was, there was no way he was gonna let it sit there, especially in the end of someone whose intention were certainly unclear. "You both can make a damn omelette out of it if you like after it's gone..." He was about to punctuate the urgency of the matter by exhaling a small jet of flames, but he stopped in his tracks. What the hell was that? His muscles tensed as Luke assumed a fighting stance, clenching his fists and trying to peer into the darkness with his dragon eyes for the source of the movement.