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Trafalgar Square was filled with traffic at this time of day, passing around the intersection towards various parts of the city. A black car was heading up Whitehall Road towards the square, having left the area down near the House of Parliament just a few moments ago. As the vehicle approached the square, a man walking along Whitehall opened his cellphone to place a call to others waiting up at the square. The black car reached the square and started off towards the right to make its’ way around the Eastern side of the square. As it pulled up into the traffic, just ahead of it, a garbage can that was by the side of the road suddenly exploded, the force of the blast knocking over a taxi cab and blocking the street. The cars that had been moving around the Eastern side of the square all slammed on their brakes, several slamming into the backs of others as traffic came to a very sudden halt. Near the entrance to the Charing Cross Tube Station, Sean Riley pulled a submachine gun from a backpack he had in his hands. “Move in now.†He said into an earpiece he was wearing as he started moving towards the stopped traffic, his primary focus the black car while he kept a look out for any police. Other members of Overthrow near him also drew weapons and started forward, as did others that were over in the square. Down Northumberland Avenue, Megan, Lisa and Janet were making their way towards Trafalgar Square from the Embankment Tube station when they heard the loud boom up ahead and saw smoke starting to rise in the air. “What was that?†Lisa asked, nervousness in her voice as other people on the streets began to start reacting to the explosion as well.

Hey, its no worry, I had been way to busy until now to get anything done anyway (took the last part of the NY bar exam today! Yay!) Anyway, I had tried to have Velocity take some time with tying the guys up, so she would not rush into other things too quicky. Thev

The three girls spent several more hours in Soho after eating, visiting some of the coffee shops and getting a bit of a feel for some of the night life of the area. After deciding to come back the next night after going to the theater, they returned to their hotel to get some sleep as they planned to start off early the next day. The following morning had the three girls up right with the rising sun. After grabbing a quick breakfast, they were on the tube and made their way to the Tower of London, arriving before the famous fortress opened for the day. This allowed them to get in right as the doors opened and make their way quickly to the section of the Tower known as the “Jewel House†so they could be among the first in line to see the Crown Jewels before the lines got insanely long. After making their way through that exhibit, the girls made their way back to the entrance to the Tower to join one of the guided tour groups that formed there. That had them spending much of the morning in the tour and then just wondering though some of the other parts of the Tower. Finally, they left and made their way back towards Trafalgar Square, planning to find a place to eat and then pay a visit to the National Gallery.

Velocity just listened as the others began talking a bit about themselves. She arched an eyebrow some as Grim transformed into a duplicate of her. She smiled at the other girl when Grim returned to her normal appearance. "No worries. That does seem like a useful ability."

Velocity reached the Freedom League’s headquarters ahead of Emissary. By the time he arrived, she had already read over the manual for operating the Wreck Room and was waiting for her teammate to start looking over the controls. “Here you go.†She said with a smile as she handed him the manual.

After dropping their bags off in their hotel rooms, the girls were back out into the city, heading into the Green Park underground station and taking a quick rider over the to Leicester Square station. Taking the long escalator ride up from the deep underground station, the soon emerged out on the busy London Streets and crossed over to the bustling Leicester Square. The square was the home of several of London’s movie theaters, as well as numerous vendors for discount tickets to theater shows at the dozens of theaters that were located in London. At this time in the late after noon, the discount ticket vendors were still busy with customers as the three girls made their way through, looking for deals on a theater show that they might like to see. “What about this one?†Lisa asked, holding up one of the many small fliers for theater shows. “Nah, that one doesn’t look too interesting.†Janet replied with a shake of her head. Megan just shrugged as Lisa put the flier back down. The process continued, with several other choices being rejected. Finally the trio agreed on Les Miserables, getting tickets for the next evening. “I’m glad that is finally done.†Janet said as they purchased their tickets and headed further into the square. “Now lets go get something to eat!†“Alright, just this way.†Lisa replied as they headed towards the Northeast corner of the square and then entered into Soho. The area was filled with clubs, bars, coffee shops and restaurants, as well as seemed to be a residential neighborhood, with the several very trendy looking condos visible from the street. At this time of the day, the sidewalks were starting to get pretty busy, “Wow, this place is pretty cool.†Janet replied. “Yeah, its pretty busy, lots of these places stay open pretty late, so we can spend a good bit of time here if we want.†Lisa replied. The girls continued on until they reached a restaurant called Yo! Sushi. Making their way inside, the found it was a large open room, with booths and tables gathered around a central space that had the chefs preparing the various dishes, which where then placed in clear top containers and on a conveyer belt which took them around where customers could pick the items they wanted. A small multi-wheeled robot, looking a lot like one of the Mars landers, with a tray holding drinks on top, was moving around to booths delivering customers’ drinks. “This place looks pretty good.†Megan replied with a smile as she took in the scene. “Yeah, it does.†Janet agreed, as the three made their way in to find themselves a table.

“Thank you.†Velocity replied. Her stance then became more casual, as it more normally was. “Now, shall we make our way to Freedom Hall to get things ready for when the others arrive?â€Â

Velocity looked at the now unconscious young men. Is this really going to be this easy? She thought to herself, but was not about to believe that it would be so. A split second later, she was off, quickly searching for something to tie the three up with before she would head off to look for more of the groups.

I think only being inactive for two weeks or less is a bit short of time to even be considering a person for archiving. Some people have had nowhere to post because their threads have not been moving very quickly (like Seren). Archiving some's character two weeks after it was approved is hardly a way to make someone want to be involved on this site.

"Well, I would hate for you to have to create a reason to keep my parents busy at the event. The park is pretty big, so it is easy enough to make my way off in the crowds." Velocity replied. "Having a private place to change and keep my dress is really the more pressing issue. But if you want to arrange something, I suppose it wouldn't hurt."

Velocity had remained quite during the early part of the discussion about a name for the team and who should be the leader, not feeling it was really her place to interject on the subject. But at Hub's question about possibly getting pagers she spoke up. "That or cellphones. It is not actually that hard. Under the law, costumed identities are afforded legal status, sort of like a corporation, only without the annoying need to incorporate. So you can actually engage in commerce under your super identity, which includes entering contracts." "Course, it can be a bit more difficult when you aren't exactly well know to the public, but I can vouch for everyone with the store where I have my cell service with. They will allow you to operate on a cash basis."

Thank you. I never intended to go any higher with the ranks (and not just because of PL caps). And as to the part about her attractiveness being sometimes overlooked in the threads, that is something that just happens, don't really expect it to change much. I was more mentioning it as an example of how little effect the increase would likely have (Diplomacy doesn't even work on PCs as well).

Velocity smiled broadly, letting Emissary know she did not mind the description. "Oh believe me, my parents are quite use to me making my way off into any one of the many functions they have me attend with them. They are quite use to not seeing me for hours at a time. Its just that I'll need to make the occasional appearance to be on the safe side, considering my mom is rather involved in organizing this event."

Velocity smiled more broadly as Emissary thanked him for trusting him with the information. "Well, we are both part of the Freedom League now." She replied. She then looked away slightly as he asked about some general detail of her parents. There was really no way she could generally talk about them without him likely figuring out who they were, particularly given her mother's involvement in the event. But, as she said, they were both part of the Freedom League now, and they had worked together several times before. She felt she could trust him with her identity. "Well, you know my mother very well actually." She said, as she looked back at Emissary. "She's Erin Howell."

While Megan and her friends were busy checking out the shopping of London, not too far from where they were trying on various outfits, a man with a very different objective was busy. Sean Riley was standing at the corner of Whitehall and the Mall, looking across Trafalger Square at the National Gallery at the other end. Traffic passed through the busy intersection of more than four streets, making it rather chaotic. People were making their way along the sidewalks and filled the square and the area in front of the National Gallery. The dark haired man frowned. The crowds could possible be an advantage, or it could cause more problems than they needed. Glancing towards the East, he noticed a parked police car, with several armed police officers nearby. That could be a problem if they were there tomorrow. A larger armed force was likely not far away. Taking one last look around, Sean started towards the Charing Cross Underground Station, nodding to his fellow Overthrow members that were also looking over the area. They started to follow after him. Tomorrow they would strike a blow towards the birth of a new order.

And Velocity would still be below Student Body. You saying I can't move beyond just being speedy? Velocity got her powers from exposure to some chemicals. Perhaps that added a bit of boost to her looks? I just want to play a speedster that happenes to be movie star good looking, is that really too much to ask?

Velocity gave Emissary a small smile after the others had left. "Not like I need to leave first or anything." She then continued. "But actually there was something I wanted to speak with you about alone. I need to talk to you about arranging for a place to change during the event. I'am going to have to arrive with my parents, and will need to be doing some changing between my normal self and Velocity as the event progresses."

People do get better looking as they age, particularly when they are leaving the younger teenage years and going into late teens and 20's. Its just normal. As for being higher than any of the NPCs in the book, why does that matter? I don't recall any of the NPCs having No-save attacks, but Icraus does. To me that seem far more unbalancing than an extra rank of attractive. And actually, look in the Hero High Sourcebook, Student Body has 4 ranks of Attractive!

I made the explanation above, that she is just getting older and settling into her looks, not so youthfull bur more a young woman. Why is a 3 too high to justify by just truning 18? It is well within the power caps, and does not overly effect things. IN fact, many PCs just seem to ignore that she has any ranks of Attractive, you included!

She is getting older, turning 18 in the Summer, moving from being just a teenager to being a young woman.

Okay, ready to spend Velocity’s 3 pp’s: One will add to the Attractive Feat, making it 3 ranks, and increasing her Bluff and Diplomacy skills to +19 with the feat active. Another will be spent on Dex, making 17/27, which doesn’t change anything right now. The last will be added to her Will save, making it 5 (+6)

"Okay, sounds good." Velocity replied. But, rather uncharacteristically, she does not speed right off. Instead she waits for the others to leave so she can talk with Emissary alone.

Hey MarkK, I wanted to point out that Velocity is now also a member of the Freedom League She was invited by Raven after uncovering a plot by Johnny Speed from Anti-Earth.

Megan, Janet and Lisa headed away from their hotel, making their way down Piccadilly towards its intersection with several other major streets. The trio were busy looking at the buildings along the way, which was much like Bath, with much of the architecture being a hundred years old or more. As they went, the passed by St. James’ Church, and stopped briefly to take some pictures. A short while later, they reached Piccadilly Circus. The girls stopped as they reached the traffic turnaround, looking about at the area that was something like a miniature Times Square. To the North end of the circus, were six large neon signs mounted on the building located there. “Well, where to next?†Megan asked. “We can hit Regent Street for some shopping, or head over to Leicester Square and see about getting some tickets for a show sometime later this week.†Lisa had out her map and was studying it, she then replied, “How about we head up Regent Street, then cross over at Oxford Street, and from there can make our way back down to Leicester Square?†“Sounds good to me.†Janet replied. Megan nodded in agreement as well and the three girls started on their way. Like much of the streets in London and Bath, the buildings all seemed to blur into each other and stretch on for long distances. The girls did not go far before hitting the first of their stops. It was the flagship store for the well know London clothing store, Aquascutum. From there they went on to other stores, stopping at Benetton, Burberry, Jaeger, Karen Millen, and Oasis. They even stopped at Andrews Ties London to look for some possible gifts for their fathers. Soon the girls were carrying a number of bags from various stores as they reached the end of Regent Street as in intersected with Oxford Street at Oxford Circus. “This is the one problem with taking this route.†Megan said with a smile. “We have to carry all this stuff all the way back around.†“Yeah, hadn’t really thought that through.†Lisa admitted with a grin. “We can always just cut through Soho and get back to the hotel to drop things off. Or take the tube back. Then we can head out to Leicester Square without any of this to slow us down.†“Sounds like a plan to me.†Janet replied, shifting her bags slightly to rebalance the weight. The girls turned right and started down that section of Oxford Street, find scores of more stores awaiting them. By the time the girls reached the end of the section of Oxford Street than ran along the Northern end of Soho, they had added a few more bags to their collection and found they had spent almost all the afternoon on their little shopping spree, leaving little time to visit any of the nearby museums. Taking the underground back to the Green Park station a few blocks from their hotel, they dropped off all their bags in their rooms and set off once more to stop by Leicester Square and then to get some dinner in Soho.

Sorry, I was on a bit of a mini-vacation. I am fine with either really.