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Claremont Academy, Jasmin Summers Administrative Building Freedom City, New Jersey December 1, 2023, 9:00 AM Callie Summers, the headmistress at Claremont Academy led Vicki Adams and her father into the main entryway of the administrative building after their meeting this morning on Vicki’s first day at the institution. This had come about rather suddenly and followed her father’s discovery about the nature of the teen’s former school, the Atom Academy. "So, I am confident Claremont will provide all the opportunities Vicki would need to obtain the quality education you expect for her." The headmistress said in continuation of the general conversation they had been having for the last half-hour or so. "And now we have an orientation tour scheduled for Vicki, and arrange what I understand is a familiar face to act as her guide." The headmistress continued, indicating a figure that was staining in the entryway, apparently waiting for the trio. Both Vicki and her father quickly recognized the waiting figure as Lawrence Harrow, the sixteen year old son of Lord Robert Harrow. With short blond hair and handsome features, Lawerence had a very close resemblance to his father, save for his bright blue eyes, which almost seemed to burst with energy. Those were the very image of his mother, Megan Howell-Harrow. Lawrence was dressed in a pair of grey slacks, with black shoes. He was wearing a white dress shirt with a red tie, over which was a navy blue sweater, which bore the Claremont Academy crest over the left breast. "Mr. Adams, Vicki, so wonderful to see you both again." Lawrence offered in greeting with a charming smile.

Back to the start of the order, will update tonight when I get home

Timeout Lawrence gave a small chuckle as Michael mentioned Bernadette and Neko were giving him his tour. "I'm a bit surprised there isn't a small army of redheads around then." The blond teen tensed slightly as Michael began asking Baz about his antenna. Lawrence was fairly aware of just how much his roommate was bothered by his own appearance. Baz tried to play it off, but it still seemed to bother him. "Baz's has much cooler powers, I mean, he shoots laser beams from his eyes." Lawrence stated, turning to one of Baz’s main go-to statements about his abilities. Being rather skilled at navigating social engagements, Lawernce took the pivot to other topics. "Neko is partially correct, my father is British, and we skip back across the pond several times a year, but we spend the majority of our time here in Freedom City, up in North Bay." He stated. "As for extracurriculars, so far mainly some of the science clubs, but I am sure there will be others that pique my interest. Sounds like you have some in mind already?"

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That just barely hits (so no benefit from Autofire). She gets a 20 on her toughness save (and it is actually a DC 22 toughness save, base 15 + 7 ranks of strike), so she will take a bruise.

Mutli-Girl gets a 22 and 25 on the reflex saves. And a 21 and 28 on the fort saves, so all good.

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Makes it by the by the skin of her teeth, this time

Timeout As the trio made their way through a passage in the building to the open quad in the middle, Bernadette’s phone rang and she pulled it from a pocket to glance at the screen. "Sorry, need ta take this, I'll catch up." She said as she slowed down and Michael and Neko continued on into the open space beyond. As the two teens entered the quad, there were a number of other students visible within, some talking in small groups or making their way to or from a class. A trio of students were walking in the direction of the passage and came upon Neko and Michael, stopping as they came upon the pair. All three were male, although….one appeared to be a humanoid insect. One of the three, a blond teen who appeared to be about sixteen and was wearing a pair of jeans and a deep blue sweater regarded the pair a moment before giving them a charming smile. "Oh, sorry." He said as apology at the trio almost walking into the pair, a faint British accent noticeable as he spoke. "Neko right?" He asked, regarding the cat-girl, before he looked at Michael. "Not sure we've me, Lawrence Harrow." He stated, extending his hand.

@The Sailor with one of the bad guys dazed, Torpedo Lass is up!

Strand gets a 19 on the toughness save, so takes a bruise. She gets a 34 on her grapple check, which is not nearly good enough.

Hmm, doesn't look like her Bluff got updated when I boosted her Charisma recently (should be +10/+14 /w Attractive) Anyway, she gets a 25

@RocketLord So after Huck posts the IC for Rot, it is Spaceman's turn!

Yeah, no worries. Incendiary: Bombs his Reflex save, but makes his Fort Save with a 24. Only gets a 18 on the Toughness save (vs DC 24), so he is bruised and dazed. Widowmaker: Also bombs his reflex save, and misses his Fort Save with a 14! So, after the -9 Toughness, he has +2, and bombs the tough save with a 4! Sooooo, the projectors will show him being atomized (in simulation)

Multi-Girl As she started off towards the coordinates Leon had shared, Bernadette regarded Luke's initial responses in the group texts. Shaking her head slightly, the redhead sent off a reply. Once she was off campus the Irish teen focused on picking up speed as she ran down a trail off the main roads for a bit. Later, she had met up with both Leon and Luke as the trio stood atop a building near the coordinates provide in the messages. "Well, that looks real invitin'." The redhead commented as she looked at the other two. "So, we want ta just storm in, or sneak in…with a diversion?" As she spoke, one of her duplicates appeared beside her, who regarded the original a moment before sticking her tongue out.

Veronica Danger Vernonica had taken out her smartphone and was typing something as she glanced up to look at both Davyd and Lulu as they commented about Rex ending up in the Lost World. "Well, I said it was 'similar' too portal to the Lost World I previously encountered, but it is different. I am not certain this one goes to the Lost World as well, but it certainly goes…somewhere." She stated as she finished whatever she was typing and put her phone away once more. "Only one way to truly find out." She stated with a small smile. "I have sent a pin and message to Prudence, so she will have record of our last location and what we are planning to do." At Lulu's offer, Veronica gave a small nod. "Sure, a lift would be great."

@Huckleberry So, you have five 5x5 cubes for your shapable area (nine if you use extra effort). For simplicity sake, I will say given their current spacing, you can catch any two of the three in the area effect, but not all three. As far as the effect of Disintegration, that would be true, unless they are immune to fort effects. But more seriously, as this is a simulation and given the technology, it is not like a punch or energy blast is actually hurting any of the light constructs, more the sensors are registering what is happening, and altering the program for the opponents to correspond (ie one is hurt, knocked out, etc). To the extent Rot's powers disperse any of the energy for a particular opponent, the projectors just recompensate based on the altered conditions and add energy back in as needed. (in other words, handwaving that they get a fort save, that way any power that has such an effect (Dazzle, Stun, etc) can "effect" them within the simulation)

Multi-Girl The Bernadette duplicate glanced over at Summer as she ran near the other young woman and made a disgusted face in response to the Duke's comments, nodding in agreement to Summer’s response. Meanwhile, a little further back, the original Bernadette let a slight grin come to her face as the musical note "anti-bodies" began to circle around her. Just where I wanted ya. She thought to herself. Then, in a flurry of movement, Multiple Bernadettes sprang into existence as the original began moving forward as well. As they went, all the Bernadette where either punching or kicking at the musical notes, creating a flurry of fist, feet and knees all around where the redhead had originally been standing. The sudden swarm of Irish teens managed to strike each of the pursuing musical notes in the process. Two were knocked back and to the ground, apparently out of the fight. However, the other two bounced back and recovered, apparently still prepared to pounce. Bernadette and her duplicates all braced themselves as she scowled. "I think ye bit off more than ye can chew."

Mulit-Girl Bernadette gave a small sigh of relief as everything seemed to more or less be back under control. She knew Consuelo could not really help it, but the girl seemed to spread a wake of chaos wherever she went. Luckily this time things seemed pretty minor. "See you Suelo, stay out o' trouble!" The redhead called out as the green haired girl started back at her task and the tour moved on to the main quad ahead of them. Now that they drew closer, Michael could see that the main building really was several buildings all interconnected. The entire structure was of similar architectural style as the other building on campus, three stories high. Sitting at the corner nearest them, that section of the building was slightly taller than the two wings that extended out from it (one to the east, the other to the south). It also had a small turret located at the southwestern corner that rose above its peaked roof. "So, this is ta library." Bernadette stated, indicating the building with the small turret in front of them. "Pretty much what ye would expect fer a library. Lots o’ books, study rooms, other research resources." "So, ta classrooms are all in ta wings that make up most o' ta quad." She continued, pointing to the wings that extended out of the library. "They go much further beyond, which you can see better when we go inta ta quad in ta middle."

Not one of Bernadette's strongest suits, you sure you don't want Perform: Singing? She will get an 18 after taking 10 with Skill Mastery.

GM The twin beams of energy shot from Gamma Buzz's eyes, but his target was already anticipating a counter attack and dodged to one side, avoiding the attack. The beams struck the floor of the room, which seemed to absorb it with little issue. The mirrored goggled opponent then started into action, becoming a blur of movement himself, as he sped into the maze to pursue Lawrence. Although he seemed to move slightly slower than the blond teen, there was still an audible *WOOOSH* that followed as he sped away and out of sight. Inside the maze, the copy of the superpowered mercenary known as Blur followed a similar path for traversing the maze as Lawrence had head of him, and in moments he was closing in on the blond teenager. Acting in and out of time, Lawrence caught sight of Blur's approach, easily dodging aside as the tactile hologram tried to punch him with a superspeed punch. Blur speed past the teen, looping back around to be ready to follow after the teen if needed.

Yes, unfortunately that will miss Strand. So, Blur is up, with the drop in PL, he has dropped from Speed 8 to Speed 5, which is still enough (for the moment) for him to catch up with Timeout and try to punch him: and he misses by a mile with a 9. @HuckleberryAnd now it is Rot’s turn! YAY first combat post!

Multi-Girl Bernadette had giggle along with Consuelo when the two had finished their drinking game (even if it was just soda), ducking down slightly as Ms. Tift called out about the other girl’s mild curse. But then the ride turned back into the boring slog through the extra heavy morning traffic. When they finally arrived, Ms. Tift began her roll-call, causing the Irish teen to roll her eyes as she whispered over to Consuelo. "Ye would think she would'a done this BEFORE we left, if someone isn' here, not much ta be done about it now." Letting out a small sigh, the redhead began waiting for her name to come up in the order. But then Consuelo mentioned needing to go to the bathroom and Bernadette looked over at her and frowned slightly as she suddenly realized she needed to as well. "Bloody hell, ye had ta mention that, now I need too as well." She whispered back as she looked about, realizing that Ms. Tift was likely going to take far, far too long. "Ye got us inta this, so ye can help get us out." Bernadette whispered again. "Time ta pull a bit o' Senior privilege, just play along." She added before the slipped out of her seat and started toward the front of the bus, making a gesture for Consuelo to follow. "Mrs. Tift, a moment." Bernadette said aloud as she approached the teacher at the front of the bus. Once she drew close, the Irish teen lowered her voice as she continued. "We 'ave a small issue, Consuelo is havin' ah . . . 'feminine' emergency." "As one o' the Seniors on the trip, I can go with her ta a restroom ta take care o' it an’ then make sure we catch back up with the group."

Ah, sorry. The initial attack roll is an abysmal failure with a 8, so I'll use one of those HP to roll again! This time it is a 18