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Slipstream Lynn caught sight of Vueriz's look and brief shrug (likely all to brief to anyone that was not able to process information at several times normal speed). The blonde speedster gave her own small shrug in return before turning to watch as Parker flew up into the air to speak with the former Freedom League member. The response from Captain Thunder (or possibly the entity appearing to be Captain Thunder) did little to put Lynn's concerns at ease. This was not at all like the man she had met, even if he might have acted a bit more formal while operating in his official role. Indeed, it did not even seem like a normal person, or at least not one under some sort of outside control and not operating on their own accord. But the younger member of the team waited to see how the others might react before choosing a course of action herself.

Multi-Girl Bernadette had been ready to move in to help Neko when suddenly the ninja facing her backed away slightly and pulled off his mask to reveal a feline face similar to Neko's. Sightly stunned by this sudden revelation, the redhead hesitated, only able to watch as he made accusations at Neko, who seemed equally taken aback by the ninja's similar appearance. Although the Irish teen could not understand Neko, she could see her roommate was upset. Bernadette just hung back, watching, ready to move in to help Neko if needed.

@RocketLord Sorry for the delay in responding, go ahead with a power check.

GM Spore’s toxin struck the man in the face, but was mostly stopped by his glasses. He slightly pulled back, and then reached up to wipe his face off. "While I am generally for spitting in the face of the man, that was rather un-groovy." He stated before being plunged into Gookgak's darkness. The darkness covered a large section of the town square, making the other heroes unable to see either the man seemingly behind all those, or several of his followers. Then suddenly, there was s distorted blur and the man appeared outside of the darkness, focusing back on Spore. "Now, where were we…." Suddenly, Spore felt something slam into her back, as a large rock seemingly appeared out of nowhere and arched a short distance before striking the teen….

@Supercape Okay, Tick Tock Doc will move out of the darkness and hit Spore with his perception range attack. DC 25 toughness save please. @Tiffany Korta Daphne is up! (She is slowed, so can only take a standard or move action)

Multi-Girl In the kitchen…. The duplicate Bernadette focused on Neko for a few moments, seemingly considering her carefully. "This is a mansion ya know…more than enough space ta have all the privacy ya might need." She replied initially, pausing for a moment before continuing, "but I will do what I can. But, several o' the others do live here, so might want ta go ta their rooms ta sleep at some point. I can try ta coerce them inta pullin' an all night movie marathon." She added, giving her roommate a wide smile. In the living room… The original Bernadette was in the middle of the discussions about what to watch next, shrugging with no real opinion (beyond supporting avoiding anything that might be upsetting to Muirne. "Sounds like tha first Ghostbuster then." She stated. The redhead then glanced over to Vik as she started talking about the holidays. While Christmas was more the six months away, Bernadette could understand why Vik might feel uncomfortable about it. Giving Vik as smile, the Irish teen replied. "Oh, I expect many o' us will be around fer Christmas. As fer parties…the Freedom League often has one, several o' us were at last years." She glanced slightly over to Charlie at that, not bringing up that last year's party was where they had moved forward in their relationship.

@EternalPhoenix Sure that works, go ahead with the IC post.

Slipstream Lynn followed alongside Jack as they left the zookeeper and moved further into the zoo. They had not gone far when they came to a fork in the path, with one direction leading towards the primates and other exhibits, the other towards the section of the zoo that housed the wolf enclosure. When Jack stopped at the crossroad, the blonde teen stopped as well, turning to regard him as he seemed momentarily lost in thought before admitting he was a bit curious about what might be going on with the wolves. Lynn shrugged slightly at the suggestion of trying to avoid more trouble. "From all the stories I have heard over the years, the one thing I am pretty sure of is that there is no real way to avoid trouble." Even as she spoke, the teen felt a pang of emptiness as she thought of her parents again. Thankfully she was able to quickly push past that thought before it made her start to cry, instead turning to regard the path that led to the wolf enclosures. "So, I guess we might as well head straight toward potential trouble." "But, if we are lucky, it will just turn out that zookeeper is a bit overworked and seeing things that are there."

No worries. So, not going to worry about Tick Tock Doc's reflex check, as he is immune to the effect. Will say you get six of his followers in the area of the Emotion Control: Reflex saves: all but one make it, meaning 5 have DC 14 Will saves, the other is the full DC 18 Will saves (first five at DC 14): The five at DC 14 all make their saves, the last one does not.

Hits, but he gets a 26 on his Fort save, so is fine. (which by my read deals with the Poison effect as well, as it says it only happens when the target fails the first roll)

Hmm, I will think about it, but not sure just foregoing attacking at the outset of combat is quite being limited by the complication @Poncho Golden Star is up!

Yeah, @Supercape is Spore going to initiate combat? If not, do you at least want to post something reacting to Tick Tock Doc before Gookgak starts combat? @FlyingFresh We will see what Cape says, but, one issue, your Emotion Control is purchased as a General burst area, meaning not targeted (but is selective), so no attack roll, just the standard Reflex save to avoid the area before the Will save to resist the effect.

The Fens Freedom City, New Jersey Wednesday November 6, 2024. 9:40 PM A light rain fell on Freedom City, making the dark night even darker. The section of the city was a combination of cramped, dark alleyways and buildings to crowded narrow streets light with various bright neon signs for seedy bars, pornography stores and the like. On a dark rooftop of a four-story building toward the middle of the Fens, a temporal distortion formed in the air, expanding out to a doorway sized portal. Stepping out of it was Lawrence Harrow, dressed in the Claremont training uniform of blue and yellow. In one hand he had the black domino mask he wore when openly operating with his powers (at least most of the time). Things had been rather busy since the start of the year and the formation of the teams, and while Grey team had worked together some in the Wreck Room, they had not spent as much time together as Lawrence might have liked. So, he had gotten authorization from the Headmistress to take the team out on a patrol in the city. Turning back, he looked over the others on the team as they emerged from his portal that had brought them from the Claremont campus. "Welcome to the Fens." He said in his refined British accent. "One of the poorer and more troubled areas of Freedom City. There have been efforts to revitalize parts of it, but those have only been small areas. And crime is still a major problem. So, that is what I thought we might try to help with some tonight."

GM There were mixed reactions among the other bystanders to the various events out on the training grounds. Some were clapping, thinking it was part of the show. However, others appeared concerned, or at least uncertain what was going on. Meanwhile, the armored men that she had tossed aside, were helped to their feet by others. None of the participants in the staged melee seemed sure what to do and none moved forward to engage the young woman. This seemed to annoy the young woman, who looked around at the crowd. "You should not be celebrating these symbols of an oppressive past, free your minds from the prison of time!" She then flew over to an empty section of stadium seats and lifted them up into the air and then throwing them over towards the archery targets in the nearby archery range. This led to scrams and panic among the bystanders, many of whom started quickly moving away from the area…

Here is what the order is looking like, will start rounds when someone starts combat: 22 Spaceman 4 HP (unharmed) 21 Golden Star 2 HP (unharmed) 20 Gamma Buzz 1 HP (unharmed) 18 Wildflower (unharmed)

@Dracostern Still need an initiative roll for Daniel. No one seems to be initiating combat, so we are not going to go to that rounds yet, but here is what the order is looking like: 24 Spore 2 HP (Slowed pre-combat) 16 Gookgak 4 HP (unharmed) 15 Tick Tock Doc (unharmed) 10 Mz Grue 2 HP (Slowed pre-combat) 9 Counter-Clock Culture members (minions) 5 Smaurg (unharmed) (Paralyzed pre-combat) Daniel (Paralyzed pre-combat)

GM The wave of time distortion froze all the bystanders in the area, stopping them fully in time. Daniel had just a moment to consider that what he was observing was similar to what he had seen of Lawrence's powers before the temporal wave struck him and froze him in time as well. Gookgak's great dire wolf was similarly frozen in time, while the small Gobbelyn himself managed to shake off the effect. Harper and Daphne were not quite as lucky, feeling some effect from the time distortion that slowed their movements and made them feel sluggish. The man looked over to Gookgak and Harper, a wide smile on his face. "Time is a prison created by The Man to control you. This whole event is a celebration of an oppressive social construct that was part of that control. It is to distract you from your current oppression. Set yourself free!" While he spoke, the men and women that had appeared shortly after him continued to spread out, smashing things around the area…

Slipstream Lynn had looked over towards the robed man when Mattie pointed him out, but did not recognize him, or who he might be dressed as. But before she could reply to the other girl, the man apparently ignited the faux throne on fire as he stood in the center of the main room and people began running in fear. For a moment the blonde teen tensed, preparing to zip away to change into her costume. But she hesitated, not wanting to leave Mattie there alone, especially as the other girl started trying to talk the man down. Carmen moved over as well, yelling at the man as well. So, Lynn decided to wait and see what happened, just standing beside her roommate and watching for any sign the man might attack. The man turned towards the teenage girls a calm expression on his face. "Greetings sisters. I am not looking to harm anyone, but these trappings celebrating the oppression of the past must go." He lifted his right hand, still covered in fames out to the side (away from any of the Claremont teens or any of the other bystanders) and sent a jet of flame flying that struck a tapestry hanging from the faux stone wall, causing it to catch fire. "I would be happy to discuss the true way of peace and love, as soon as I am done destroying this edifice."

Okay, as no one is initiating combat just yet, we won't start using initiative order, but just to get it up here it is: 40 Slipstream 2 HP (unharmed) 19 La Puma Negra 3 HP (unharmed) 14 Bounce 3 HP (unharmed) 14 Day-Glo (unharmed) 8 Iris 2 HP (unharmed)

GM As Iris and Gookgak both took in their strange surroundings (in rather different ways), Mattie and Jack were the next two to step out onto what appeared to be a studio set. Mattie came out of an open doorway between the kitchen and the dining area. She was dressed in a pair of jeans and wearing a forest green sweatshirt that said Michigan State across the front, with a small Greek helmet underneath the letters. In one hand she was holding a pair of car keys and had a small backpack slung over one shoulder. Jack came from the opposite direction stepping out from the hallway near the fireplace. He was wearing a pair of athletic shorts and a basketball jersey.

Slipstream "There are plenty of parts of the city that are not fancy." Lynn responded with a serious expression. When Mattie indicated she did not really have a preference, the blonde teen became a blur of movement as in moments she had moved her bags from the middle of the room and moved them off to the left side of the room, mostly unpacking many of them in the process. She then slowed back down to normal speed as she carefully picked up the violin case that she had placed on one of the tables and Mattie asked her about whether she would be practicing in the room. "Not sure." Lynn replied, looking at the case. "I mean, I would be happy to play for you, but…our neighbors might not be so happy about that. And who knows how many students there are in the building that have extra sensitive hearing or something similar."

Slipstream Lynn whipped more tears from her eyes as Lulu talked about her own experiences with therapy. The blonde teen gave a faint half-smile and a somewhat self-deprecating laugh when the Southern redhead mentioned medications. "Oh, I am on plenty. Don’t think I would be able to function at all without them." When Lulu mentioned the support Lynn had, the teenager gave a small nod, though looked slightly downcast. "Yeah…she seems so much like my mother." She responded. "I mean, there are differences, but…deep down they seem so similar in core values." She then let out a deep sigh. "This…is not quite how I expected to be starting at Claremont. I…" She seemed about to choke up again but got past it to continue, "had a group of friends that I was going to start with. Now..I won't know anyone." But then Lynn seemed to brighten up more as Lulu mentioned she was there as well, and the blonde teen had another faint smile. "That…means a lot Lulu, thank you."

Slipstream Lynn did not try to pull away when Lulu moved over to give her a hug, instead, the blonde teen seemed to almost let herself collapse into the hug, sobbing as the Southern girl held her. The sixteen-year-old hugged Lulu back tightly for a few moments before letting go as the older redhead did. Sitting back, Lynn brushed away tears, as she took a deep breath. "No..I am fine." She replied when Lulu asked if she could get her anything. "It…it is hard to talk about. I have started therapy to help, but it still is so..fresh, I guess is the best way to explain it." "I am still trying to….come to terms with everything, everyone, I knew being gone." She said, tears running down her cheeks again.

Hehe, sure, you can always choose to auto-fail. Thanks for requesting the clarification, only his Shrinking is not shut off, the other Innate abilities are (Quirk is PL X)

Okay, Spore and Mz Grue slowed so far and Daniel Paralyzed (for the moment) @Dracostern Mind Shield would not help in this instance, as the paralyze is not a mental effect (although is uses a Will Save), it is actually a Temporal effect (like Lawrence has). People are basically being frozen in time.