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Well, he goes down, only got a 5 on his toughness save. You send him flying a good ways as well.

The news of the large army dinosaurs was troubling, but at least it was not currently heading into the Roman territories, but towards where the Serpent People dwelled. "This could be the 'Great Army' the Serpent People shaman was talking about, or at least part of it." Giang stated. The Asian teen agreed that the need to warn the Roman’s in the city known as Nova Celio was likely the paramount concern at the moment. Soon the group was back on the march, heading towards the Roman city. As Subito tried to pass the time by talking a bit, the Asian teen gave a small smile. "My favorite book is likely the Romance of the Three Kingdoms." She replied. "As far as my favorite person from history, that is not an easy question to answer. But, perhaps I would choose Mencius, a Chinese philosopher and sage and one of the principle interpreters of Confucianism."

Hmm, where is he moving? Moving that far would require moving him away from the fight.

Yes, sadly that is a miss.

Cubist, Well, MRE’s main meal usually has meat (check the link I provided, further down the page there is a drop down list of the menu choices for MRE’s, figure there are options from the 2011 and 2012 list). Asking Edge IC about his comment could be some good interaction over lunch. As for scouting, well, the plan is for everyone to help get things unpacked before the next transport arrives. But, Jube can certainly go scout around instead if he wants, though, I would like to avoid everyone just wondering off (least at this point, plenty of time for that to come!) I don't plan to spend a whole lot of time with these scenes.

Tiff, I will leave it up to you whether Velocity had an angle that would allow her to see the video Merge showed Asad (though of course she could not hear anything). So, like we talked about the other day in chat, when you have Merge leave the building, I will have Velocity confront her to learn what Merge is up to

SC, while Velocity follows along with Fenris (at this incredibly slow pace ) she is going to start using some free actions to Take 20 on notice checks (thanks to a LOT of quickness ) on the area in front and behind them as they go (and to the sides if they come to any side passage ways and the like.

As the Baron started off at a fast job to "escort" her to the lab, Velocity could only hesitate for a moment. Really? Is he serious? She thought to herself. This is just going to slow me down. But, he has been very receptive to what I have had to say, not questioning me at all before trying to lock everything down and protect his employees. And, I just may need his technical expertise. So, not reason to insult him or anything. And with that, she started forward as well, her "hesitation" likely unnoticeable to anyone else, given it lasted a fraction of a second. The yellow clad speedster appeared just ahead of the Baron. "Well, okay. But…" She was then back ahead of him a short ways further down the hallway. "this is just going to slow me down." "I can run through walls by the way." She added as she appeared once again a bit further down the hallway. But even as she made short bursts of speed down the hall to follow along with the Baron, the speedster was already starting to keep a close eye on the area around them as they went. She was not sure who could have been impersonating the Baron, or why they were after the stopwatch, but she certainly was not going to take any chances.

Okay, this will give everyone a chance for a bit of social interaction, unless the consensus is that we want to just move ahead. I am going to try to put a list of the members of the DI relief team along with a few details on them here so we have it in one accessible place.

GM Lieutenant Lidimo greeted each of the newly arrived heroes with a friendly smile, though he was clearly a bit surprised by Jubatus' appearance. After Edge and the lieutenant greeted the civilian members of the DI team, Dr. Conte, the senior member of the DI team, suggested they all move over near the base camp that Edge and the advanced team had put together to finish the introductions. Several members of the DI security detachment had made their way over the Hip and unloaded some equipment the US based DI team members had brought with them, taking it over to the base camp as well. Once everyone was clear, the old military helicopter lifted back into the air, turn slowly around to being the trip back to Pemba. The other members of the DI advanced team all gathered around the new arrivals, and a new round of greetings and introductions began. Once those were finished, Dr. Conte called for everyone’s attention. "First off I would like to thank the members of the advanced team for all the work they have done thus far in setting up our base camp, though I understand that thanks to our UNISON representative," he indicated Edge, "that went much quicker than it might otherwise have." "I would like to thank everyone for volunteering for this mission, as short as that may be. I know there are some of you who have a lot of questions about what you will be able to do to help, and rest assured, those will be answered soon enough. But for the moment, we are on a bit of time table. Another supply transport should be arriving in about an hour and a half. Before that, I would like to try to finish unpacking and organizing the base camp as much as possible, so we can unload the transport, get those supplies sorted out and then use the rest of the afternoon to get down to the affected villages and start taking stock of the work we have in store for us over the next few days." "But first, I would imagine that like me, most of us who just arrived are likely rather hunger as it has been awhile since we last ate. And I am sure those of you working all morning are getting hungry as well. So we will take a short lunch break first, though as the kitchen and other food supplies have not been unpacked yet, we will all have to settle for MREs for this meal. So let's go eat!" He was about to turn away before he paused and turned back towards the group. "And one last thing, particularly for those who have not been in a tropical climate such as this," he regarded some of the heroes that had just arrived from Freedom City with him, "be sure to drink lots of water."

Okay Cubist, sorry about missing your post where you spent the hero point. (and your actually bruised and DAZED (per house rules), but still miss your turn this next round) And +1 hero point back to Jube for triggering one of his complications So... Round Five: Jubatus (bruisedm injured and dazed, 1 HP) Neospell: 24 (unharmed, 1 HP) Red Lion 1: 22 Gang Member 2: 21 Cartel 2: 19 (bruised, injured) Cartel 4: 18 Red Lion 2: 13 Gang Member 5: 11 (entangled) Cartel 3: 2 (bound & helpess) Neospell is up!

Cape, the street Mr. Chen mentioned is one east of where Mess and Hound currently are. So they can start that way as well.

GM Giang and John stopped by a small food stand that was selling a variety of dim sum dishes. Giang bought a couple of taro cakes, explaining to John that like many Buddhists, she refrained from eating meat on the first day of the Chinese New Year, a practice that was generally believed to ensure longevity. The pair then continued along the street, taking in more of the sights and sounds of the celebration, Giang explaining a few other traditions as they went. Elsewhere: Harry and Freddy had decided to stop along the side of one street for a bit and were watching as people came and went, waiting to for any word from Mr. Chen. They had not been stationary too long when Harry's phone rang. "She is here Mr. Hound." Came Mr. Chen's voice over the phone. "One of my associates spotted her on 83rd Ave, heading north towards the center of the festivities. She is in a red shirt, black jacket and jeans. In addition, she is also in the company of a teenage boy, Caucasian about six feet, short blonde hair and wearing a bomber jacket."

GM The aquarium personnel were very relieved to see the other Deep One infants, moving over to them and opening the nets to let out the crying creatures. The police officers nearby seemed a bit troubled by the Deep Ones, and instead focused their attention back on the two teenage superheroines. "A submarine?" One said, looking at the portal Warp still had open. At that moment, water began to lap through the portal. "It was taking on water." Tsunami replied. "It appears that it is getting higher. Perhaps it is best to close the portal now. We managed to get all the criminals we knew of off save the leader." The Asian teen looked over to Warp, her look suggesting it was likely time to hand over the captured mercenaries to the police.

Megan looked at Amir with a slight frown. "Really? I thought my dad had learned his lesson about trying to clandestinely butt too much into my social life back when I was a Junior at North Bay. And I will spare you the embarrassment of having to hear the story behind that." She grinned slightly with the last. The blonde then gave a small nod. "Yes, the interns and junior staff do like to get out when they can." Her grin broadened as he mentioned having difficulty adjusting to her being an adult now. "Again, you're a bit behind the curve there, seeing as Samantha is in her residency in Seattle and Jason is half way through law school at Stanford. Never mind me." Megan then paused a moment, before she continued. "Well, maybe I can ask you a question. What is it like being a publicly known superhero?"

The cat-man that had managed to avoid Jubatus' duct tape wrapping once again lashed out once again at the man he had clawed three times already. Once again his claws racked across the man’s chest, and this time the man fell to the ground unconscious and bleeding. The gang member who had also avoided being duct taped took the opportunity to take a shot at the partially bound cat-man who was still standing (the one who had taken down three of his fellow gang members thus far). But even with his target partially bound by the duct tape, the gang member’s shot went wide. The man with the sub-machinegun that had been shooting at the cat-man Neospell had just knocked unconscious now found himself without a target. It was then that his gaze fell on Jubatus, and he leveled his sub-machinegun and fired a burst at the cheetah-man. He manages to strike the hero with one of his rounds. The other man with the sub-machinegun, who had been shooting at Neospell thus far, open fired on the white clad hero once more. But like the pervious times, his burst missed. But the bullets were much closer than the prior attacks. The other cat man, who had been partially bound by duct tape uses his claws to quickly shred the duct tape on him, freeing himself. The gang member who had been partially bound by some duct tape tries to struggle against it, but is unable to do much to get himself free.

Okay, quickly resolving attacks and only writing some highlights. Cartel 2 shots at Jubatus: 20. That is just good enough to hit, so Jube has a DC 19 toughness save to make. Cartel 4 keeps shooing at Neospell: 18 another miss. Okay, after Jubatus makes his toughness save (baring any really bad rolls) we will be starting the next round with Jubatus up (though he will be fatigued, unless you want to use your hero point now Cubist)

Giang gave a small smile as Kristin mentioned trying to find her a hobby or something to do for fun. While the Asian teen did not particularly feel the need to develop some sort of hobby, particularly one that involved watching movies or playing video games all the time, she knew the other girl as just being friendly, and did not wish to insult her. "Dancing or an instrument might be something enjoyable to learn." She offered. "I have also considered studying Chinese calligraphy." When Kristin mentioned her frightening experience on riding on a motorcycle with Mali, Giang ginned as well, giving a small nod. "I could certainly see that with Mali, she is not afraid to take risks. I have only ridden on one a few times with John, and while it was a bit frightening at first, but I had confidence in his driving skills. And I am not certain I would want to own one myself, it just seemed to be a useful skill to know."

Tsunami frowned ever so slightly as the armored mercenary spotted her. "I am going to be releasing the water in a moment." She said quietly in her comm. as she stood up to her feet to face Devil Ray. "My name is Tsunami." She replied simply. "I was investigating reports that there was some illegal cargo aboard this ship. Your presence here would seem to confirm that." The Asian then shifted her feet further apart as her hands came up in front of her, palms facing towards the armored mercenary. A blast of water shot forth from her hands, streaking through the night air towards Devil Ray. However, the teen's aim was off, and the twisting jets of water flew harmlessly by him and out over the water. Tsunami shifted into a defensive stance as she prepared for the supercriminal's counter attack.

Velocity had not been completely sure what was going to happen when Baron Katastrof regarded her for a moment that seemed to stretch to eternity for her. But when he walked over the intercom and sounded the lockdown quarantine on the stopwatch, she inwardly sighed with relief. Well, this might be easier than I thought. She thought. I only need to figure out what I’m going to tell him is all, and I have got plenty of time to do that in the few minutes it will likely take him to get to this situation room. But then the intercom system sounded again with the Baron's voice, though he was not the one saying anything, calling off the lockdown and disabling the comm. system. Yeah, should have guessed. It couldn't be that ease. The speedster thought to herself as she turned to face the direction the Baron and his group had been heading when she had stopped him. "Where is the lab the stopwatch is in?" She asked.

He only gets an 8 on his toughness save, so he is now unconscious. Go ahead with the IC post CC

Megan was slightly disoriented, for a fraction of a second, as memories of her conversation with the older Robert (what she could remember) came flooding back to her. That last bit about the whole conversation taking place in a virtual reality simulation threw her slightly. But as she reoriented, she realized she was still in her Velocity costume, though how she was not sure, and was not going to think about right now. Starting to kick into full speed, the speedster glanced ahead of herself, spotting Baron Katastrof and a group of people with him making their way towards a building from a helicopter pad. Not quite what I had in mind when I said "near" the facility. She thought to herself. She still was not quite sure what she was going to do, but figured she might as well try talking with the man who owned this facility, and was a scientific genius. *WOOSH* Velocity sped by the Baron and his group with a gush of wind and a blur of yellow before coming to a halt out in front facing them. "Baron Katastrof, I am Velocity from the Freedom League. I have reason to believe the stopwatch Lord Harrow is currently in possession of represents a significant threat to…well, everything."

Megan slid in closer to Kyle as he gently put his arm around her, his close presence both relaxing and exciting at the same time. "The view was certainly a major selling point for me." She replied. "Well, that and the large walk in closet in the bedroom." She then added with a grin. Looking up into Kyle's blue eyes for a few moments, the blonde young woman then stood on her toes to kiss him as she wrapped an arm around behind his neck. After a few moments, she lowed back down onto the heels of her shoes, still looking into his blue eyes. "So, care for a glass of wine or cup of coffee?" She asked.

When the helicopter had touched down on the dirt runway, Giang had picked up her pack as she started towards the door John had been sitting at during this last leg of their long trip. The Asian teen waited as Jubatus exited ahead of her. Where in the past the humanoid cheetah hero would have been rather shocking to her, Giang's perspective had been somewhat changed in her rather eventful short time at Claremont, which had included encounters with the Serpent People in the Lost World. She gave a small smile as Edge greeted her, shaking his offered hand. "It is very nice to see you again as well Edge." She replied, moving on to make room for the others and wanting to get out of the dust kicked up by the wash from the helicopter's rotors. Waiting at the edge of the runway as the rest of the passengers disembarked and the initial greetings were made, Giang scanned the area around them, taking in some of the scenery and studying the base camp Edge and the others present had been working on all morning. While she was not immune to the hot climate, she had also lived in a similar climate for the first seventeen years of her life, so she was not unaccustomed to these conditions.

"Yes, it was something like that." Giang stated when Kristin mentioned some of the parents she had seen when doing gymnastics. The other girl then turned the conversation to the subject of what Giang did for "fun." The Asian teen gave something of a weak smile. "To be honest, when I was still living in Vietnam, I did not have much in the way of free time, so I did not do much for 'fun,' at least, as I understand you to be using the term." "But since coming here, Mali, Kat and some of the others have been trying to get me to do more, I believe the term is 'just hanging out.' Though for the last few weeks I have not left campus much. John is also teaching me how to ride a motorcycle."