Thevshi

Total fail at trying to be stealthy for Tsunami. She got a 7.

Once again the guy with the SMG misses Neospell. So, on to Round Three: Neospell: 24 (unharmed, 2 HP) Red Lion 1: 22 Gang Member 2: 21 Cartel 1: 20 (2 bruised, 2 injured) Cartel 2: 19 (bruised, injured) Red Lion 3: 18 (staggered, dazed) Cartel 4: 18 Red Lion 2: 13 Gang Member 1: 11 Gang Member 5: 11 Cartel 3: 2 And now we will get an initiative roll from Jubatus so he can join the fun

Neospell's attack managed to knock the cat-man off his feet completely, sending him flying at least five feet before he disappeared from view as he fell to the ground behind the car. Meanwhile the chaotic scene around the hero continued. The cat-man to the left slashed the man he had attack before once again, creating more deep gashes. But the man once again remained on his feet. He tried to counter attack, but once again missed. The man with the sub-machinegun who had been attacked by the cat-man Neospell had just blasted turned towards where the cat-man had fallen and fired his sub-machinegun. Though whether any of the rounds hit their target or not the hero could not see. The man who had previously shot at him did not heed Neospell's comment about focusing on the cat-men, and once again fired a burst at the hero. However, his aim was no better than before and the attack missed. The cat-man to the right rushed up towards the gang member who had retreated to shot, slashing out with his clawed hands, once again catching his target in the throat. The gang member crumpled onto the pavement, blood evident on the cat-man's hand. The three still standing gang members around the car on the right all fired at the cat-man, but missed.

Okay, Red Lion 3 fails his toughness save: 15. So he is staggered and dazed.

Okay, not posting links to all the stuff happening But here is the miss against Neospell. We will go through one more round of combat, then have Jubatus show up Round Two: Neospell: 24 (unharmed, 2 HP) Red Lion 1: 22 Gang Member 2: 21 Cartel 1: 20 (bruised, injured) Cartel 2: 19 (bruised, injured) Red Lion 3: 18 Cartel 4: 18 Red Lion 2: 13 Gang Member 4: 13 Gang Member 1: 11 Gang Member 5: 11 Cartel 3: 2 Neospell is up!

Having moved to the end of the alleyway Neospell could not see more of what was unfolding, as well as the other two individuals whom he had spotted that had radiated magic. Both were similarly dressed to the one he had tried to attack and were similarly magically altered with cat-like characteristics. One of the cat-men was off to his left, at the front of the car the other was standing on top of. That cat-man was facing off with two men similarly dressed to the one that had pulled a sub-machinegun out of the car, both armed with pistols. A fourth man was next to the driver’s door of the car, also armed with a sub-machinegun. As Neospell watched, that second cat-man clawed at one of the two men he was facing, the claws tearing through the man’s shirt and leaving deep gouges as the man cried out in pain. However, he remained on his feet, and focused on the cat-man. Up ahead, one of the two gang members Neospell had first spotted glanced at him and then focused back on the cat-man on the roof of the car. Raising his pistol, the gang member fired a shot, but missed his target. The man who had just been clawed swung his pistol at the cat-man in front of him, but the mystically enhanced thug managed to dodge the attack. The man with the sub-machinegun that Neospell had initially spotted aimed the weapon up at the cat-man on the roof of the car and fired a burst. But the mystically enhanced thug managed to dodge that attack as well. The cat-man that Neospell had tried to shot turned back to glance at him a moment, then jumped down next to the man with the sub-machinegun who had just fired at him. The cat-man’s claws racked against his side, hurting the man, but not putting him out of the fight. The other man armed with a sub-machinegun looked over at his companions at the front of the left side car, engaged in melee with the cat-man there. Glancing back at Neospell, he spun and leveled his weapon at the hero, firing a bust at him. The rounds whistled by, missing the hero and impacting on the wall of the alleyway behind him. Off to Neospell's right were two more gang members, engaged in melee with the third magically enhanced thug. One of the two swung a knife at the cat-man, but missed as the enhanced thug dodged aside easily. The cat-man lashed out in return with his claws, racking them across the gang member's throat. The young man spun slightly and crumpled to the ground, not far from another prone gang member that lay closer towards the alley entrance where Neospell was standing. The other gang member that had been facing that third cat-man took a step back and brought up his pistol, firing a shot. However, the cat-man once again nimbly dodged aside. Two more gang members located near the car on the right side also shot at the third cat-man, but both their shots missed the target as well. The second man facing off with the cat-man in front of the car to the left also tried to hit the magically enhanced thug with his pistol, but like his companion, he failed to hit the agile cat-man.

CC, that is just fine. When NS moves up, he will be able to see more of the combatants, including the two other magically enahced cat-like guys). Sadly, a 12 is a miss (and the cat guy isn't a minion, so you could not have taken 10 to hit him (like you can with any of the other guys there)). So, go ahead and make a IC post with your actions.

Giang listened quietly as Elias apologized and then explained his perception of things in more detail. "No, I think it does make a bit more sense now." She replied. "On a base level, emotions are the same, fear is fear, the intensity and how they cope with it may vary from person to person, but it is still fear. Perhaps you connect with others' emotions on a basic level, without the filters of coping mechanisms the individuals have in place? For example, there are those who can be effectively paralyzed by their fear of something, while others might be able to routinely overcome some fear they have. But for you, both examples are simply fear, from your prospective equal in intensity and no different from the other."

"Fernando the Furious?" The Latino man, presumably Hector, replied with some amusement in his voice as he glanced over at Freddy, looking him over for a few moments before looking back to Harry. "Sure, you can have your boy entered. But like anyone else, he has to prove himself before he gets a shot at the main matches." Looking down at a clipboard he had for a moment, he took out a pen and began to cross something out and then started writing. "You boy will be in the second bout. So he might want to start getting warmed up." With that Hector turned and walked away, followed by his large bodyguard.

Tsunami was still hidden in the shadows of some of the mechanical equipment on the roof of the aft section of the ship, focused on holding the water away from the ship’s propellers. As she did so, the Asian teen sensed something moving in the water, closing in towards the ship, and more specifically headed towards the propellers. While maintaining her control over the water below, she tried to get an idea of what it might be that was moving, and realized it seemed to be someone swimming in the water rather quickly. "We may have a problem." She whispered into her comm. for Blodeuwedd. "There is someone swimming very fast in the water towards the ship’s propellers. There is not much I can do about it without releasing the water I am keeping away from the propellers, but they may not be able to do much about that anyway."

Round One: Neospell: 24 (unharmed, 2 HP) Red Lion 1: 22 Gang Member 2: 21 Cartel 1: 20 Cartel 2: 19 Red Lion 3: 18 Cartel 4: 18 Gang Member 3: 14 Red Lion 2: 13 Gang Member 4: 13 Gang Member 1: 11 Gang Member 5: 11 Cartel 3: 2 Gang members initiative rolls Cartel Members Initiative rolls Okay, Neospell only used about half his movement to get to the point I just described. He can still move up to another 50 feet as part of his movement action (and still have his standard action, as well as able to take some free actions, such as what weapon he might want to summon). It is about thirty feet to the end of the alleyway and where the large space opens up where the fighting is taking place.

At the sound of the gunshots, Neospell wasted little time before running down the alley to find out what was going on. As he moved a short way into the alley, his Darkvision allowed him to see the chaotic scene unfolding in what appeared to be a larger open area among the buildings. There were two cars partially visible ahead of him, one on either side of the open area as he was looking at it. At the end of the alley, just before it opened into the larger space, he could make out a body lying on the ground, though it was too far away to tell how badly injured the person might be. There were also a number of other people visible in his field of vision as well. Two were to the right side of the open area, near one of the cars. Both appeared to be in their late teens, dressed like gang members. Both had pistols out in their hands. One was looking off to the right, at something that Neospell could not see from his angle. The other was looking back to the left, towards another figure who was visible. That figure was crouched on top of the roof of the car that was too the left, and was one of the three figures Neospell had spotted earlier radiating some magical aura. The figure was also a young man, possibly late teens, early twenties, dressed in jeans and a black jacket with dreadlocks. But he had something of a feral, catlike appearance to him that Neospell believed was related to the magical aura surrounding him. The last figure in Neospell's line of sight was a Latino man standing near the car on the left, dressed in casual clothes. He was currently pulling a sub-machinegun out of the back of the car as he looked up at the feral figure on the roof of the car with a slight expression of fear.

Okay, going to need an initiative roll for Neospell now. (Jubatus will be cued up soon!)

Speeding up to follow the trail of the three individuals, Neospell quickly covers several blocks. The area around him started to look more and more rundown as he followed, and after covering about a dozen blocks, he was in a part of Southside that had a number of empty, boarded up homes and shops among occupied, but rundown buildings. The trail was still very evident, and he was just starting down an alleyway between some boarded up buildings he heard several shouts echo from down the alley, followed quickly by several gunshots and then more shouting.

Megan listened to the older Robert as he began explain more. "You mean you kidnapped my from my time stream." The blonde corrected at one point with a slight irritation in her voice. "Again, not the best way to get me to believe anything you have to say." And I certainly don't plan to let me keep you here for however long you might feel is necessary. She thought. When he finished, she closed her eyes and rubbed her temples again, a part of her wishing this was just some bad dream. Damn it. Didn't Katastrof mention Robert having some strange 'artifact?' She thought to herself. That must be this stopwatch thing. Opening her eyes, she looked back at the older Robert. "Okay, so, this 'Stopwatch' thing, that gave you some sort of powers or something. Who made it? Our son?"

While things may have been slow to start, Southside did not disappoint for long. As the white clad hero was making his way down the dark streets, waiting to come across some sort of trouble, his mystically enhanced sunglasses picked up three figures that crossed an intersection about two blocks ahead of him. They were each moving pretty quickly, a bit faster than he could go in fact, but what really stood out about them was they each radiating magic. The three were too far away to make out much details, even with his Darkvision, and they were out of sight down the street to the right quickly as well. While they were moving too fast for him to overtake them, his sunglasses probably would allow him to track them.

"Wow, you're just a bit too late with that advice, seeing as I am almost at the end of my time as an undergrad." Megan replied with a small smirk of her own. Of course, she had only rarely over indulged in alcohol at parties and the like. Though, given that she had had her powers during all that time, it took a fair bit for her to really over indulge anyway. But the blonde young woman otherwise added little more, not planning to compare partying history with Amir, her ultimate boss and someone who knew her parents well, not that they were oblivious about that or anything. When the waitress came over, Megan also ordered some tea and egg flower soup before glancing at the menu for a few moments.

OOC for this thread, for when we need it.

Tuesday, March 12, 2013 10:25 PM A thick cloud cover hung over Freedom City, intensifying the gloom of the already dark night. On the other side of the South River, the lights of downtown Freedom City glistened against the dark sky, seemingly alive with energy. Along the southern bank of the river, there were the bright lights and neon of the casinos of the Boardwalk, attempting to entice new patrons. But stretching out from the glitz of the Boardwalk were the dark streets of Southside. Long a middle and lower-middle class section of the city, Southside had for years struggled with the encroachment of crime in its neighborhoods. Despite the efforts of a number of costumed crimefighters, there still appeared that the bad areas were slowly expanding. As such, there often seemed to be something happening in Southside that would warrant attention, even from someone new to crimefighting.

Grats on having Neospell approved! So, things have slowed down a bit for me, and though I have another thread or two I am starting, I believe I have the time to GM a thread for you CC. (Something has come to mind based on what you posted above). So, do you want to have it be a Meet & Greet with Jubatus? (as Cubist has volunteered ) Thev

While Warp went to secure three men unconscious on the walkway, Tsunami had focused on those floating in the water, using her power to create a current that brought them all together. At the same time, she had brought over all the mesh nets containing the Deep Ones, and corralled a pair that had managed to claw themselves free. As Warp opened her portal and mentioned leaving it open, the Asian teen considered all of the men she had gathered up. "That would be fine. You might as well take all of them as well." She stated, indicating the unconscious men. "Otherwise I would have to send a lot of water through the portal to move them all."

"It is a true holiday in several Asian countries." Giang started in answer to John’s questions. "Traditionally, it would last over fifteen days, but most countries have now shortened the holiday to a three or four day period." "There are a number of traditions and practices followed over the days of the New Year. They often involve an attempt to start afresh and seek to ensure prosperity and happiness in the coming year." The Asian teen continued. "Many are more private or personnel, such as visiting family and elders, attending certain ceremonies at a temple. There are prayers and ceremonies for the Jade Emperor and Guan Yu, as well as to others. But as for celebrations such as this, they are a public way to recognize some of the traditions, such as trying to frighten away bad spirits and the Nian." She gestured off to one side of the street as a string of firecrackers was set off, giving the clone a small smile to hopefully put him a bit more at ease. "There will also be Lion and Dragon Dances, which are also performed to help frighten away the Nian and other bad spirits." "Consuming alcohol is not a specific focus of such celebrations. Though, like with any festivity, there are likely those who take the opportunity to engage in such behavior." She added, glancing over at one person passing them who appeared to be a bit inebriated.

Tsunami looked around the room for a moment, the looked back over to Warp. The water level was already lapping at the two teenagers' feet, and rising quickly. "We need to get those three men out of here." She stated, indicating the three men who had come from inside the submarine. "They do not have their breathing apparatus on." "We also need to get them back to the aquarium." The Asian teen added, looking over towards the Deep One infants. "If you can carry some back after getting those men clear, I should be able to bring the others, along with those men who have their SCUBA equipment on."

GM Plunged into darkness, there was little sound in the room that could be heard over the splashing of water that was pouring in through the two holes Warp had made in the submarine's side. Then, some emergency lights began to flicker and then provided some faint illumination in the room. The mercenary leader was nowhere to be seen. All the unconscious mercenaries were still where they had fallen, and the mesh nets were still floating in the water, some of the Deep One infants having started to tear their way free of them at this point. The pair could feel that the submarine was no longer moving, and then, the entire vessel shook as it settled onto the river bottom.

GM Over along the grated walkway, the mercenary leader had pushed himself up into a sitting position as he looked over towards Warp and Tsunami as they went about breaking more of the submarine. "Well, if you two are so instant on sinking this boat, let me give you a hand." His cold voice echoed through his mask, pain still evident in his voice. In his hand he held a small cylinder device with a button on the top, which he pressed down on with his thumb. Somewhere inside the submarine, there was the sound of a muffled explosion. But the two teenagers barely had time to consider where it might be when the lights in the room flickered, and then went out all together, plunging the room into complete darkness.