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Need to keep this moving. @Thunder King Will move to Sever. As I mentioned above, there are no immediate threats near him and Torpedo Lass. There is the mysterious robed figure that Spaceman is trying to attack (but is being blocked by what looks like a temporal barrier). Then there are most of the others near Lawrence, towards the middle of the park.

Okay, Bernadette will leap to a spot between Maestro and the band and unleash her duplicates (her targeted 60' radius AOE selective Melee attack). Rolls terrible at first with a 10, so will spend a HP for a reroll: 21 (after the +10 for rolling a natural 3). For those that hits, DC 27 toughness save.

NPC/Lynn Lynn once again regarded Jack as he spoke in a foreign language, which the blond teenage boy seemed to understand, as he responded to whatever Jack had said, clarifying that it was not his native language. The blonde girl seemed about to say something, the stopped, her bright blue eyes narrowing ever so slightly. But that was only for a moment, before a more neutral expression returned. "Well…we were just about to start with one of the galleries." She said to the newcomer. "I'm Lynn, and this is Jack." She stated by way of introduction and pointing down the block to one of the stores nearby. Now that he was closer to the pair, Alden could see that the blonde girl that seemed to be a mix of various conflicting emotions (not exactly an uncommon thing among humans of this age). However, what was perhaps a bit different was that she seemed to be working very hard to keep in an overwhelming sense of sadness.

Multi-Girl gets a 21 for initiative.

Velocity Megan smiled at Mattie’s excited description of her first experience flying, but had a slightly concerned look when the teen inadvertently changed her hair and eye color in her excitement. Glancing around to ensure no one really notice, Megan gave Mattie another smile. "It's alright, people here are rather accustomed to the unusual. But, still good to be careful." Lynn seemed a bit surprised at Mattie's asking permission to hug her, but then gave the other teen a faint smile. "We hug here too." The blonde teen replied, she then opened her arms to hug Mattie. Watching the two teen girls hug, Megan gave another smile. "Mattie, if you have everything, we should head out to the car so we can try to beat the worst of the rush hour traffic."

Multi-Girl The crowd had gotten loud and energized with the last song, which as if finished Bernadette walked over and took the microphone stand and moved it back to the center of the stage. As she did so, the three backup singers (her disguised duplicates) moved their microphone stands to the center of stage as well, spacing themselves out around Bernadette. There was a brief moment of quiet before the next song began. Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want As Bernadette sang out the first lines of the classic pop song, Summer and the rest of the band began playing the accompanying beat, but with a much more energetic rock edge. One of her disguised duplicates took the return response. So tell me what you want, what you really, really want I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want So tell me what you want, what you really, really want I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna really, really, really wanna “zig-a-zig”, ah While Bernadette took the lead vocals, she and her disguised duplicates alternated parts, while at other times singing in pairs or all together. All the while, giving an animated delivery and managing to blend the pop song lyrics with the rock tempo of Summer and the rest of the band. If you want my future, forget my past If you wanna get with me, better make it fast. Now don’ go wastiiiiin’ my precious tiiiime Get your act together, we could be just fine I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want So tell me what you want, what you really, really want I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna really, really, really wanna “zig-a-zig”, ah If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends (gotta get with my friends) Make it last forever, friendship never ends If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is Oh what you think about that? Now you know how I feel Say you could handle me love, Are you for real? (Are you for real?) I won’t be hastyyyy, I’ll give you a try If you really bug me, Then I’ll say goodbye Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really, really want So tell me what you want, what you really, really want I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna (hey!), I wanna really, really, really wanna “zig-a-zig”, ah If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends (gotta get with my friends) Make it last forever, friendship never ends If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give (you’ve got to give) Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is So here’s a story from A to Z You wanna get with me, you gotta listen carefully We got Em in the place who likes it in your face We got G like MC who likes it on an- Easy V doesn’t come for free, she’s a real lady And as for me, haha, you’ll see Slam your body down an’ wind it all around Slam your body down an’ wind it all around If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends (gotta get with my friends) Make it last forever, friendship never ends If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give (you’ve got to give) Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is If you wanna be my lover (You gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta slam) Make it last forever (slam, slam, slam, slam) Slam your body down and wind it all around Slam your body down and wind it all around (hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Slam your body down and wind it all around Slam your body down and “zig-a-zig,” ah Bernadette and the backup singers stopped for a few moments as Summer and the rest of the band continued playing the heavy rock version of the cords for the beat of the song for a few moments before Bernadette and her disguised duplicates finished the song. If you wanna be my lover

Multi-Girl With the ninjas backstage dealt with, Bernadette's duplicate continued to lead the rest of the band away from the stage and to safety. Turning back toward the stage, the original Bernadette moved over to get a better view of what was going on. She found the hall cleared, with Leon facing off with one remaining Ninja. Looking up she saw Charlie and Neko were facing off with another, red-clad ninja that was up there. Still not having changed into costume or otherwise able to conceal her identity, Bernadette remained where she was, waiting to see anyone needed her help, but feeling they mostly seemed to have things in hand.

Okay, so what Charlie knows; Mind-Fire: she had a long list of crimes back in Emerald City, then back in early 2013, was captured in Freedom City by first Velocity and Voltage, then, after briefly escaping by Velocity and Young Britannia. Charlie figures she was probably being transported back to Blackstone after being taken downtown to the federal courthouse for some legal proceeding associated with her prior crimes that are still working their way through the legal system. Legion: used to be involved in petty theft when in her late teens. Back in late 2013, was busted at Millenium Mall by Claremont students Tsunami, Glamazon and Crimson Tiger. Was broken out of custody shortly after by Visor and has worked with him since in various variations of a group of supervillains for hire. Visor: Mainly been operating leading a group of supervillains for hire, so far has managed to keep himself and most of the group out of custody. Big-Horn: Been the muscle for Visor's group for several years. Sureshot: Long history as a mercenary, often working for various organized crime groups up and down the East Coast. Has tangled with Foreshadow II in the past. Not previously affiliated with Visor or his group.

NPC/Lynn Lynn gave Jack a sympathetic look as he mentioned the traumatic attack he had told her about days before at the park and how that had made his grandparents somewhat overprotective as a result. "Yeah, she has good intentions, and understandable reasons, as well." The blonde teen paused, seeming uncertain about something herself before Jack changed the subject to food. His comment about building up an appetite earned another slight smile. "Oh, that won't be a problem. There are a number of good places nearby that I thought we could consider." The blonde teen stated in response. "But in the meantime, there should be plenty of appetizers at the art galleries so we can start with a few of those." It was then that Eòghann had approached the pair, politely interjected. Lynn looked over at the blond teen who was about her height. For a moment she seemed slightly at a loss for words. "Oh, hello." She finally managed to reply. "I…don't really mind, if Jack doesn't." She added, looking up at the tall teen.

Velocity Megan had noted that Lynn was seeming to get impatient as they waited, something the older woman was all too familiar with given the very different perspective of time they both had. While Megan was not letting herself grow impatient, she had started to feel a slight bit of concern. But then Mattie arrived, very apologetic for taking so long. Megan gave the teen a wide smile. "So very nice to meet you Mattie, I'm Megan. No need to apologize, sounds like you were delayed for a very good reason." Lynn had actually seemed to brighten up some when Mattie arrived, even managing a slight smile. "Hi Mattie, I’m Lynn." The blonde teen responded. "I am so glad to finally meet you as well. I hope the flight wasn't too long."

Jordan International Airport Freedom City, New Jersey Monday July 15, 2024. 3:35 PM Ever since Matilda ("Mattie") Hopper had accepted the invitation to attend Claremont Academy the coming fall, there had been a stream of communication from the school, providing her information to help her prepare for the coming year. This included the big change of leaving small town Rumblefall and coming to the big city. To help some with that, the school put her in touch with the girl who was assigned to be her roommate at the start of the school year, Lynn Conners. Mattie and Lynn had traded a few emails, quite a few text messages and even spoke on the phone a couple of times. Ultimately it made sense for Mattie to come out and spend a bit of time in Freedom City over the summer, to help her get accustomed to the city so it would be one less thing to adjust to when school started. So, Lynn’s family offered to host Mattie for a week. So, a little over six hours ago, Mattie had departed Witchita, Kansas, flying across half the country to Freedom City. She had gotten off the plane a little bit ago and was making her way to the main terminal, where Lynn and her mother should be waiting to greet her. ---------------------------------------------- In the arrival waiting area outside of security, Megan Howell-Harrow was waiting with Lynn Conners, the temporal refugee who was her daughter in another timeline. The blonde teenager was wearing a grey, white and black plaid skirt and white short sleeve blouse. While Megan could tell Lynn was looking forward to meeting Mattie, there were no easily visible signs of exactment or anticipation that one would normally expect. But of course, that was not unexpected, given the recent traumatic events Lynn had lived through. In many ways, she had made great progress. There was just more to go. Lynn looked up from her brand-new iPhone. "Her plane has been deboarding for about twenty minutes, hopefully won’t be much longer."

Sorry, I missed that it was Continuous. Have a HP as something shut it down.

Okay, with no nearby targets, the duplicate will continue getting the rest of the band to safety.

GM Several Khanate troops go down under Eclipse's fire. But those still gathered around the plaza do not seem fully willing to surrender or retreat. Out to the north of the town, Star Khan regarded the Hunter that was headed towards the plaza a moment before glancing to where the transport was withdrawing with the unconscious Justicar aboard. After a momentary hesitation, the young Khan flew off after the transport. As he drew near, he aimed one gauntlet at one of the wings of the aircraft, the one that was trailing a bit of smoke. A powerful beam of energy lanced out and tore the already damaged wing off the transport. With the heavy damage, the vessel started to drop from the sky towards the rocky ground below…

Star Khan will fly over and make an attack on the retreating dropship (-2/+2 for Power attack), hitting with a 22. DC 31 toughness save for the damaged dropship: this time is fails badly with a 12, so is going down. Then it is Rock's turn (after his toughness save) @Gizmo

Timeout Lawrence frowned slightly as Aquaria mentioned things possibly being difficult because of a war between the Deep Ones and Atlanteans. He simply gave the Deep One hero a small nod and moved over near Parker and Vueriz. "This may go south pretty quickly if Michael isn’t able to calm tensions with the Atlanteans." The blond teen stated before listening to Vueriz describe what she was working on. "That sounds like a good plan Vueriz, hope you can have it ready in time." He then made his way back over to Aquaria and Ms. Harcourt. "Hopefully Michael and Daniel can defuse things with the Atlanteans. If not, we will try to keep everyone safe and prevent either side from getting injured."

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Multi-Girl After seeing it was clear outside the building, Bernadette had leapt down to the ground and stealth fully started to make her way in the direction of the vibrations that seemed to be shaking the entire campus. Spotting Maestro, the redhead crouched in the shadow to watch him and his entourage of punk musicians (why were all the punk musicians Bernadette had met lately so eager to jump into supercrime). And that was when Michael showed up. The Irish teen had no idea what Michael was saying, other than his clearly being upset. And then she heard Maestro speak, and him clearly being able to hear others, even if they could not hear each other. There was a part of her that wanted to just use the distraction Michael had created to attack Maestro and his punk band. But, while he was causing property damage, no one was in imminent physical danger, so that tactic felt a bit…more extreme than needed. So, she stood up from where she had been crouching and started forward into plain view (hoping she did not come to regret this right away). Although she was unable to hear, she figured Maestro could, so she called out to him. "I am pretty shoor that destroyin' a buildin' an' other property damage still qualifies as 'somethin' wrong." "So, how about ya stop tearin' ta place up."

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It will go down then, go ahead with an IC post.

Well, that will require an attack roll to grab it, a grapple check to be able to throw it, and another attack roll to throw it, then each gets a saving throw. If he uses mind blast on one, he will automatically take it out.

GM The living lightning that was Network watched the giant skeleton form and then proceed to attack the Annihilist. "Nice one." He commented to Neko before looking up at some of the other threats facing the group. There were several of the red colored Omegadrones closing in as sell, and Network took to the air as he flew up and sent a bolt of electricity arcing through the air. The blast caught four of the approaching Omegadrones, three of which seized up and then dropped out of the sky, their armor blackened in multiple spots from the damage. The fourth managed to take the hit and remain in the sky. Further down the block, the more than a dozen Omegadrones that had been caught in Neko's illusion were suddenly freed as she shifted her power to summoning the giant skeleton. Turing back towards where the Claremont students and Force Ops were battling, the armored figures flew back toward the fighting, swarming into the area. A number of the Omegadrones focused on the giant skeleton, blasting at it with their forcepikes. Most managed to land attacks on the massive foe, though whether or not they would be effective was another matter. Other Omegadones focused on the various heroes, some diving down to engage in melee with them, while others simply fired energy blasts from their forcepikes. El Gato and La Puma both managed to dodge the attacks of Omegadrones that flew down to try to stab them. When a drone flew over to try to impale Neko, Owain was there, a blur of fur that distracted the drone and made its attack miss. Network dodged two energy blasts aimed his way. However, Starshine was hit by a blast from one of the flying Omegadrones. While another dove down and stabbed its weapon into Bruiser's back as the large hero was just trying to get back to his feet. The weapon pierced deep, driving Bruiser back down into he pavement as he let out a yell of pain.

Okay, Network will send a lightning bolt through four of the flying normal Omegadrones (with a -2+2 power attack), taking 10 to hit, DC 27 toughness saves: only one makes the save, so three go down. With Neko changing her array to the stunted summon, the 15 Omegadrones that had been locked up in her illusions are now freed. So they will turn to come engage. 8 Omega drones are going after the giant summon: Seven hit (with one somehow finding a way to miss the giant target). @Avenger Assembled that is 7 DC 22 toughness saves for the giant. The other eight make their attacks: El Gato: just missing with a 21 Kismet: missing with a 19 Starshine: hit with a 23 @Tiffany Korta DC 22 toughness save for Starshine! La Puma: Missed with a 9 Bruiser: just hit with a 17, DC 22 toughness save: 12, ouch, staggered, disabled and dazed! Network x2: both miss Neko (interpose by Copper Knight): miss Archer recovers his daze. @Dracostern Cerebellum is up!

@Ecalsneerg Galvanic is up!