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  1. Casey nodded thoughtfully, doing her best to focus on the issue at hand and not smile at Miss Grue's adorable notebook. A thought occurred to her; maybe her high school journalism skills could come into play to get to the bottom of this mystery "Okay, how about this; in addition to being contestants, we're doing on article for our school paper on the contest. I can ask questions while you write down the answers, but secretly you'll be trying to scan their brains to figure out which one is the thief! Does that work for you?"
  2. Mm, does that make Grim too high at PL13? For what it's worth, Miracle Girl will be PL10 shortly.
  3. I'd be happy with either, but I always enjoy a good team-up. If you're up for Claremont threads, Casey hasn't had much interaction with several of the new kids (Riley and Jimmy, for example).
  4. Lynn was talking to a pair of young girls who were delighted by her costume, though very concerned for her health; they were visibly relieved once she let them touch her hands to confirm she was in fact quite warm. When Terrifica made her entrance, Annacicle!Lynn politely excused herself to make a call in her office, when in fact she actually contacted her assistant mentally. -'Cindy', can you distract Terrifica, Warrior Princess for a second while I do a quick costume change? Grimalkin invited her, so she should probably greet her.- -Your wish is my command, milady.- -Don't get weird on me, kid.- 'Cinderella' sort of spun her way over to the overencumbered super-genius, like a little girl pretending she was a ballerina. Gretchen then pulled off an awkward curtsy that made her gown crinkle. "Greetings and welcome, brave traveller. Might this princess take away your burden?" Meanwhile in Lynn's office, Anna of Arendell crumpled down to nothing, whereas Grimalkin suddenly appeared on the roof of the building. She quickly adopted the dress of Elizabeth Swann, complete with tricorner hat, shrunk herself diwn to pixie size, and then flew in from the direction of the backyard labyrinth. And that is how you maintain a secret identity! Wee Pirate!Grim zipped over on gossamer wings to hover in front of Terrifica, a huge grin on her tiny face. "Oh my God, are you Fa Mulan? I love it! Welcome to the party, T!"
  5. With EP back in action, what say we revive this? I also forgot the ball was back in my court! Casey's Notice was only +3 back then and she didn't have IR yet, so let's see how she does. Extended Vision Notice check: 1d20+3=22 http://orokos.com/roll/338974 Way to go, Casey!
  6. Heritage

    Brain Drain

    Casey shrugged and nodded. "Pretty darn good, actually; I can see a few miles on a clear day. How about I fly straight up, look down and see what I can see?" And with that, the faux art student floated upward, her body outlined with the now-familiar golden shimmer; since she was essentially just levitating, it wasn't quite as bright as when she full-out flew. Miracle Girl peered down past her goofy sneakers and did a visual sweep, starting at her point of departure and gradually spiraling outwards, looking first for movement and then for visual confirmation.
  7. Grimalkin and/or Shrike and Miracle Girl could use more threads now; pretty much open to anything.
  8. Lynn eagerly welcomed Sakurako and put her to work on additional preparations; she would spend most of the day in the carriage house, showing excited neighborhood kids fun science tricks with her EM wand. - - - By the time Tona arrived around 6pm, things were pretty lively; the entire staff was present in costume, as were a few customers and their children, though most of them were paying ten bucks (five for kids) to head out to the maze and party room out back. Kiki was dressed like a Roaring Twenties flapper, Lance appeared to be some sort of post-apocalyptic cowboy, and Maddy and her fiance Christine were Rumpleteazer and Griddlebone from Cats. "Hi Tona! Glad you could make it!" Her boss waved a pale hand from across the room; Lynn was dressed as late stage Anna from Frozen, complete with white hair and intricate blue ice crystals, and just looking at her made you shudder. "I look like a doily." Kiki, Lynn and Maddy had all collaborated on Gretchen's outfit, transforming her into a lovely if unlikely Cinderella; though she was trying to hide it behind her usual wall of sarcasm, she was secretly delighted to be the belle of the ball.
  9. Okay, just in case we need it, I'm putting this here. Let's assume a time jump from the morning when Saku arrived (we will assume she helped out in the background) to the evening when everyone else gets there; I think that will make things smoother.
  10. Grimalkin/Shrike (21) Flying Into The Storm (6) Grim Demeanor (1) Mysterious Circumstances (1) Ounce of Prevention (6) Silberman's Books: Reprise (2) So You Want To Visit A Haunted Bookstore, Hmm? (2) The Little Shop Around The Corner (1) Two Duplicators and Grim, Too! (2) Miracle Girl (15) A Community Service (1) Beautiful People Doing Bad Things (2) Falling Star (2) Hit The Plane Down (5) No Place Like Home (1) Patriotic Gore (4) Guidebook Grimalkin All G/S points go to MG.
  11. http://orokos.com/roll/338744 Grim's attack roll: 1d20+12=21 DC 22 Toughness save if it connects.
  12. "Yeah, that's pretty much universal!" Lynn's voice sounded a bit odd with her nostrils sealed shut; Iit would be almost comical if they weren't in mortal peril. Without hesitation, the changeling jumped down the steps to get closer to the great snake, her claws slashing out towards its scaly hide.
  13. Casey checked Miss A's pulse and breathing, then pulled a flashlight out of her belt and shone it in the unconscious woman's eyes. "Pulse is steady...breathing is normal and her airway is unobstructed. Pupilary response...is good...no visible trauma." The super-strong Girl Scout shrugged as she got to her feet. "Other than being unconscious, she's fine; maybe it's a self-Induced trance or some kind of defense mechanism? I don't really know how her powers work." When word arrived of a civilian in danger, Miracle Girl nodded in agreement with Argonaut. "Sure, I'd be happy to help, sir." Then she turned back to the former Omegadrone. "If her condition changes, let me know. Radio me at one hundred twenty-one point five megaHertz; I always monitor that frequency." She pointed at her ear. "I'll hear it even if I can't respond." The blonde powerhouse then motioned for the red-faced man to lead the way.
  14. Just to clarify, horror movies are still happening (and everyone's invited), but it will be a bit later; store will probably close a bit early, say 8pm, for the 'after party'.
  15. I didn't tag you, King, since you hadn't stated if you wanted to be part of the modified thread, but you are still clearly welcome!
  16. Silberman's Books. Saturday, October 31st, 2015, from the Crack of Dawn to the Witching Hour. Originally Lynn was going to give Halloween a pass this year; not that she wasn't going to observe her favorite non-Jewish holiday (yes, she liked it even better than Thanksgiving), but she wasn't going to do anything special beyond having candy for trick or treaters and maybe conjuring up a few decorations. School was taking up more of her time, and since Gretchen had become her personal crime-fighting assistant she was actively hitting the streets again. In addition, last year's Pier 13/Autumn Court incident took a little wind out of her sails, and she still felt bad about how she'd treated Tona at last year's Halloween party. So this year, she planned to keep it low key. That is, until her sidekick saw how pitiful she'd looked all week, what with the sighing and the longing looks at every jack o' lantern or cardboard cut-out of Frankenstein's Monster taped to a window. She hated to see her normally effervescent boss all mopey like this, so she made a decision and confronted her. "We are doing a haunted house on Halloween, right here in the store," she'd insisted. "And you are going to be scary and inappropriately cheerful and have a great time." And that was that. Shaken from her funk, Lynn really went to town, staying up half the night on Friday to cover the place in cobwebs, skeletons and other ghoulish paraphernalia. Gretchen tweaked the store's sound system and ran cables out into the yard so she could set up hidden speakers in the spooky mini-labyrinth her boss had conjured between the back of the building and the carriage house. Lynn's dad Butch dug his vintage 70s haunted house LPs out of storage and lent them to Gretchen to upload and remix. And in the loft of the carriage house, Lynn cleared out all her conjured gym equipment to make a funky, freaky black light party room, where kids and adults could bob for apples, play scary games and make their own Halloween masks. Emails were sent and cryptic hints left on rooftops in the hope that some of Grimalkin's 'friends' might make an appearance. Not bad for a night's work, really! - - - In the morning before opening, the Silberman's staff was rather stunned; Lance wandered around the dusty bookshelves, slowly shaking his head "Uhh, boss lady? When were you planning to tell us about all of this?" "I know, I know, I should have; I wasn't planning anything, but then Gretchen got sick of seeing me all hangdog, so-" "No, it's awesome, I just-" "We don't have anything to wear," chimed in Kiki, who also seemed to be charmed by the whole affair. "We can make costumes; we can use stuff lying around the store, I can conjure more stuff-" "I have lots of makeup!" Maddy dumped out the contents of her purse and began digging through it. Gretchen grinned wryly, crossed her arms and bumped her hip against Lynn's. "See? Told you this would work."
  17. During their frequent training sessions, Lynn went over a lot of skills she'd learned over the years that kept her alive; some were tricks from her hero days here in Freedom, others were schemes from her long bounty hunting career with her late husband, and still more were guerrilla tactics she picked up during the War of Martian Independence. She even tossed in a few of her scams from her brief but colorful criminal career. Very few of them would be considered 'fair' by more upstanding heroes, but then Grimalkin had never been known for fighting fair; Lynn had always been a combat pragmatist, and she passed that philosophy along to her young protege. Which was why Gretchen was currently taking a bead on the woman refered to as Kite, crouching invisibly with her ring hand propped up some ten yards from her target. If you encounter a group, always take out the leader first, unless there's a communications guy; then the leader's the second. Take out medics (but don't kill them even if you're at war), clerics, spellcasters or anyone with a fancy hat. Taking out the head just leaves the mooks, who are much easier to spook or interrogate on their own. There was a sudden flash of red light, then Shrike flew to a new position some fifteen yards away before she even saw if she dropped 'Kite'.
  18. Okay, spending an HP to get the benefit of Sneak Attack; she's going to target the woman, since she looks to be in charge, and therefore probably has stronger willpower. Blast Sneak Attack! 1d20+8=24 http://orokos.com/roll/337942 Normally that's a DC23 Toughness save.
  19. Initiative: 1d20+2=14 http://orokos.com/roll/337936
  20. Lynn is pretty open about her secret identity within the superhero community, but respects others' privacy; Grim could invite Terrifica, assuming she has a way to send her messages.
  21. Yeah, we could do a compromise, with an event at Silberman's. I might just do a short FC Stories post about the 'after party', with just Lynn and Gretchen watching movies later.
  22. A more manageable idea has come to me: how about a Halloween movie marathon at Lynn's place? There would be food and drink, and everybody brings a favorite Halloween or horror-themed movie and just chills out. I think I could swing that.
  23. Sadly work and school are really kicking my ass right now, so I think running any threads is a bad idea for me at the moment. Sorry gang!
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