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  1. Avenger Assembled
    "That's great!" said Mark, waving vigorously at Alex as he caught sight of her in the increasing crowd. "Man, that is great." Mark's degree in International Relations was from online education, but he was no less happy for his friend. "Hey look, it's Mike and Alex! Over here, guys!" Mark hugged Mike and Alex as they joined their little group of Young Freedom alums, his lanky frame unusually tense as he squeezed his friends tight. When he stepped back, he had taken the liberty of refilling his own glass. Punch was easy, even if you spiked it. "Man, looks like the gang's almost all here. I think our other friends are having a private party tonight."
  2. Avenger Assembled
    Or so they thought. Fast-Forward could joke around when in combat with Paige, trusting her ability to fight and win better than he did any person on the planet.. But he didn't fool around when his son's life was in peril. He ran for the thugs on either side of the leader, striking among them like a man battering down a garden of statues. One he met with a punch to the face, then another, over and over again until he felt his knuckles ache. The second got sharp body blows, elbows and knees, to the midsection and belly, strikes to the solar plexus and abdomen that found the weak spots in body armor and ribs alike. The last man standing, Fast-Forward kicked directly in the crotch before winding up several dozen feet from where he started. "All right, you son of a bitch!" he called to the group's leader, "let's see how you like it!"
  3. Avenger Assembled
    Aquaria gave an outraged croak, leaping down from the ceiling where she'd jumped to interpose herself between Punchline and Adept. "How dare you!" she bellowed angrily, her voice a deep, booming bass that through her armor's vocoder didn't sound human at all. "He is an innocent creature from another place taking a disguise!" The idea of a creature of chaotic shape being attacked for that chaos struck her as deeply unseemly and fundamentally wrong, anger giving her surprise a particular edge. "We rescued him from that alien world - and he spoke to us of our dread enemy!" she added, gesturing wildly at the screen with her free hand. "Miracle Girl, is he well?"
  4. Avenger Assembled
    Aquaria hesitated, suddenly reminded of the circumstances that had sent her to the horrifically dried air of Surfacer prison. That was different - that was stealing from others, this is entering a sealed place because we are hunting apostates and firestarters! One who started a fire on the Surface was an enemy of all - at least those who could not take shelter beneath the waves. When she really thought about it, she wasn't at all sure that stealing to feed herself was worse than breaking into a dwelling place - but there was no need to dwell on the peculiarity of Surfacer laws right now. "Yes," she croaked seriously. "But you must tell that we are superheroes together." She stressed the penultimate word, an alien one that she'd nonetheless had great occasion to learn. When she and Temperance had made their plans, she opted to enter through the rear door of the firehouse, hopping through the alleyway and testing the back door's lock with her tongue, hanging from the rough red brick above the firedoor before grabbing the steel with a long, thick tongue at least as long as Temperance's arm.
  5. Avenger Assembled
    "Oh yes, thank you," said Nina, finishing a conversation with Beth's husband Trevor about her hijab. "I got it at the Miland un Nabi giveaway in Riverside, isn't it nice?" She patted the bright red and gold fabric, smiling. "The woman does the fabric herself on a loom her husband built, it's quite remarkable. You know," she went on, "if you're interested in Socotran crafts, I'd be happy to give you her card-" Mark, by now holding an empty glass, left Nina to her conversation and headed straight for Corbin, realizing quickly that Ultimate's presence there meant that Corbin himself had to be lurking around somewhere. "Corbin! Hey, buddy!" He reached up to clap Corbin on the shoulder. "Man, how's it going? You look good." "There are many children here today," Ultimate was commenting back in the group around Beth Walton-Wright and her twins, who by now had settled down on the floor to play with small stuffed toys recognizable as the Christmas Frog. "Is Santa Claus coming?" she asked, deadpan.
  6. Avenger Assembled
    "Emerald Spider, come in! Temperance is just upstairs getting ready," he said, waving his hand towards the admittedly small studio upstairs where Eliza usually stayed when she was visiting him in Emerald City. "And you as well, come in!" He knew Sun Walker a little - he'd made sure that all the invitations to the heroic community had gone out to heroes he actually knew something about. That was easy enough in Emerald City, with its far lower density of metahumans than Freedom City. His handshake was firm and his eyes bright, up close the android hero looked and felt almost exactly like a normal human being. "I don't know if you have any special dietary requirements," he apologized, "but there's vegetarian and gluten-free," he said, gesturing towards the full Christmas buffet and drink tables, "and I can probably go get anything special you need. Did you have an easy time getting here?" he said as he went around and made introductions to the Archetech staff already at the party. Archetech had recruited heavily from the northern 'cousin' of Emerald City, hiring almost entirely from people from Emerald City, Washington - as Citizen was the main hero of the northern version of the Jeweled Cities, most of them had never met Sun Walker or Emerald Spider before. "June Collins, nice to meet you. Are you a genetic hybrid?" asked one excited-looking young woman with rosy cheeks and thick glasses as she met Sun Walker. "I mean, uh, I'm so sorry!" she said, suddenly mortified. "I'm an experimental geneticist - oh I'm sorry, but you're magnificent!"
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    "Oh!" said Mark, looking briefly surprised as he clinked his glasses with Nina and Beth Walton-Wright. "Hi, Lynn!" He smiled brightly as he took a deep drink of his punch. "I already did my alchemy for the year, this year is Hey, nice to meet you," he went on, smoothly shaking Gretchen's hand. "This is my fiancee Nina al-Darsah, this is the hero Ultimate," he knew Quo-Dis did not use human names, "and Beth Walton-Wright is a long-time friend of the Freedom League." He figured Klara could introduce herself - he didn't actually know Warrior Woman that well. "I used to be their official in-house counsel," said Beth as she wrangled her twins, who now were running after each other around her feet with the alarming alacrity of two-year-olds who looked like they could fall over at any moment. "But now I'm just a part-time lawyer and full-time mom. These are my girls, Madison and Mary." They both looked much like their mother, twin girls with thick black hair and brown eyes, dressed in matching jumpers of red and blue. "A pleasure to meet you." Nina tore her eyes from the twins to shake the new arrivals' hands too, her Received Pronounciation accent sharp tonight. "It looks there'll be quite a party this year."
  8. Avenger Assembled
    "If I had planned to come nude, you would have known about it," Quo-Dis assured Corbin warmly, having chosen instead a form-fitting red dress that didn't quite touch the ground. Tall in her heels, she was a solid match for Corbin as she took his arm and headed inside Freedom Hall. Once there, she left Corbin's side to mingle, as usual moving freely through the room to better absorb human culture and their words. She met Nina al-Darsah and Klara by Beth Walton-Wright and her twins, towering over the one and coming in just a few inches in height below the other. "It seems children are in season these days," she commented with a look first at the twins, then at Klara's family. Nina shot Quo-Dis a hard stare at that and turned away to find Mark, just coming back with his punch and hers. "Quite," Nina replied. Glass in her hand, she spoke evenly as she raised her glass. "To families old and new," she said, indicating Klara and Beth both. "And a Merry Christmas."
  9. Avenger Assembled
    Same here!
  10. Avenger Assembled
    Aquaria bounded her way into the room, bearing a striking resemblance to The Christmas Frog, a children's character that had made it big a few years earlier. She accomplished this by means of wrapping a Santa jacket around her bulging torso, putting a Santa hat on her head (strapping it down underneath so it stayed on despite her crest and general headshape) and by means of personality. She leaped into the middle of the hall and boomed with an impressive bass rumble "HO HO HO! MERRY CHRISTMAS DUTEMPS!" Aquaria didn't quite rattle the hot cider and eggnog dispensers, but she came close. She was not a quiet Deep One.
  11. Avenger Assembled
    Mark and Nina had nearly skipped the party. After all, they had a lot on their plate these days. But after some mutual consultation, they'd decided to go together. Mark was looking dapper in his trademark suit and tie, his gold tie and blue shirt working as well as formal dress as they did in the field. (Thanks to his powers, anyway.) Nina had strongly considered coming in costume, but at the last moment had greeted Mark at the door of their house in a gold hijab and flowing blue abaya that largely hid the lines of her slim form. He'd told her she looked beautiful, and so she did, and the two of them had stepped through reality and come out just outside Freedom Hall. Mark had briefly hung close to Nina while they made their greetings to the assembled Leaguers, in this case Siren and Pseudo, the latter in the guise of a muscular man in his late fifties, but she'd soon shooed him off so she could have a quiet conversation with Beth Walton-Wright, who though she wasn't making public appearances as Lady Liberty anymore was back for a Christmas party with her old friends. While most everyone was saying hello to Beth's small twins, Mark took this opportunity to get himself a drink.
  12. Avenger Assembled
    As the local Archetech representative (albeit not the director - Gina had quite sensibly given that job to Jose Tyler, a mustachioed Argentinian man in his late fifties who had taken the night off to be with his family), Citizen had taken the lead in planning the party. And as he put the topper on the tree in the middle of the big lobby that served as the party venture, Sharl was content with the job he'd done. As much as Sharl's friends might have joked about his rationalist perspective, Sharl Tulink wasn't a bully - he understood that this was a holiday important to Terrans because of its symbolism of giving and charity far more (at least in his opinion) than its religious connotations. The stories about the magic man at the North Pole were silly, of course, but learning why and how they were false was a great way for Terran children to learn a scientific truth about the world where they lived, and to better understand how to find truth. Yes, Christmas really was Sharl's favorite Terran holiday. "All right, I think I'm ready!" He was wearing a Christmas sweater provided by a relative of Eliza's, a multicolored, vaguely abstract garment that somewhat resembled the large tree that stood in the middle of the converted lobby. The sign overhead bid visitors welcome, Archetech hired caterers stood ready to serve punch and various foods, and Archetech staff were already milling around below. "Let's give these people the best Christmas party they've ever had," he said with authority as he headed for the swinging doors to welcome in the guests waiting outside. It was cold outside, as befit this far north in the continent, but not as cold as a plankton tender on Tronik's frozen artificial seas.
  13. Avenger Assembled
    Actually, ah, now that I think about it, can I take 10 and hit them automatically as minions? If not, here's the reroll http://orokos.com/roll/460707 = 27 with the HP
  14. Avenger Assembled
    Aquaria looked down at the younglings, ducking her shoulders and upper body as she studied them with great black-and-gold eyes that seemed to stare into their very souls. She took a step back as she considered what those gills meant, what the clear signs of the blood of Dagon and Hydra meant cast among the watery blood of the Surface life of this world. "Sharp teeth, young ones," she croaked automatically before looking back at Kee'lee. "She's so old. How long has she been waiting?" "Three hundred turns beneath the stars," croaked Kee'lee in reply, "three hundred turns -" Deep One and hybrid finished together. "Until the stars are right." Aquaria forced herself to remember her pod, those who had swum with her through the Sea of Stars to this place. She didn't understand what had happened or how they'd come to be there, but she knew the song of a Dark Mother. "They are not lying, Ruby Voxx. There is no technology," the alien word sounded strange in her booming voice, "nor Surfacer trick that could make the song of a Dark Mother." She cocked her upper body towards the distant ocean and bellowed, "She's coming! Jessie, quickly!" Sea Devil and Singularity were soon bounding their way towards a startling sheer cliff that hung out over a finger of a strangely verdigris ocean. The waters were churning with waves that bespoke some activity beneath the surface of the sea. At the edge of the cliff, cyclopean statues of figures strange to the Voidrunner crew and their arriving Lor counterparts hung in carved native rocks. A small trickle of locals had followed Aquaria and Jessie, mostly those who had the mark of Aquaria about her, and some were murmuring, "She comes! She comes!"
  15. Avenger Assembled
    Neat - thanks, Heritage!
  16. Avenger Assembled
    Aquaria left the Surfacers to their talk and play, and bounded away for a few moments to take in the sea and its bounties again. She dived deep, making powerful strokes to take her underneath Leilani and her surfing lessons, watching from the sandy bottom with dark eyes peering upwards at the dark sky overhead. She hung there for a moment, then kept moving. She swam further out and lay in wait, her gills opening as she held perfectly still, waiting for nearby fish to swim too close to her recumbent form. This far down, away from the sound of Surfacer voices and the smell of Surfacer food, it was easy to imagine another party on the beach - one with skin drums played beneath the light of the moon, dancing and singing loud enough to make the King and Queen Below smile, fish and game roasting on spits or simply being gobbled up by those too hungry to wait, the fry dancing and hopping in the tidepools for treats thrown them by their elders... When she reached the surface, Aquaria stood on a sand bar and looked up at the skies overhead, blotting out the moon with one outstretched hand, a half-visible shape against the starry horizon to the people on the beach. Water on her green and white tattooed skin, gigantic eyes staring up in the dark, looking down at herself she could see little of the woman who lived in an apartment with Jessie White. - When Leilani returned from her time in the water, Dimitri was there and all smiles, ready with a bit of roasted fish for her. "Magnificent! That was, er, truly magnificent. Ah, if I could join you out there! But the view was better from here anyway. Come sit down," he encouraged her, "tell us tales of your prowess at sea!" Tarva waved a greeting as well, the shadow-witch focused on eating a fairly large hunk of meat she'd snagged herself from the fire. She'd always been a woman of strong appetites.
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    "We can watch them from afar," croaked Aquaria confidently. She looked unsettled by the encounter, or perhaps moved by strong emotion - it was hard to judge the emotions on that amphibious face. "Or even from above. I can hide from any Surfacer who has not gifts to see me," she predicted confidently. She wasn't entirely sure how exactly they'd go about this hunt - but she knew the gods themselves would be on her side. "Surfacers who worship the Ones Below And Above go mad from the strain," she added to Temperance as they made their way down the bridge pilings towards the littered grassy ground below. "They grow so downhearted with their place in the universe that they..." She croaked nervously, and added, "I do not mean to give offense."
  20. Avenger Assembled
    Go ahead and keep going - Aquaria is just watching and listening for now.
  21. Avenger Assembled
    Some math errors here and there. 15 just gives you +2, it doesn't flip over until you hit 16. I personally would take those points (which otherwise are wasted) and sink them back into Intelligence. That just costs 10 - I'd put an extra on it like Penetrating or Autofire.
  22. Avenger Assembled
    As it happened, it didn't take long for Riley and Robin to stumble across the awkward tableau between Fred and Raina. With a hunter's instinct for sensing trouble, and a teenage boy's recklessness, Riley walked over and plopped himself down between the two of them. "Peyton-" he made sure, with great care, to say her name, "is havin' it out with Summers. I think between her and, uh, Bombshell," he wasn't really sure what the story was with Raina's martial arts trainer, but she seemed to be the closest thing to a parent figure Sparkler had that wasn't in jail. Even that was more than Robin or Fred had. "they'll figure somethin' out." He crossed his legs. "C'mon, let's talk. Archer's gone. They'll have somebody else in the fall. What do you wanna do?"
  23. Avenger Assembled
    "You would not be the first to try," said Tarva, her voice calm and oddly detached as she looked at Kimber. "This world may loom large in the eyes of Nihilor, boon, but Nihilor looms larger still across the landscape of the multiverse." She made a little gesture, summoning tiny humanoid figures that beset an angry, spiked sphere - the figures were soon devoured by the mites of black that came erupting from the surface of the sphere like so many locusts. "There have been invasions, and liberation missions, and secret infiltrations, amid infinite combinations-" She made a little gesture with her hands, and planet and mites both blew away like so much dust. "Nihilor is a stinking cosmic sewer, one which renders its inhabitants forever mired in its filth. You are better off without its touch."
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    Aquaria glunged sympathetically, wondering if Punchline had been driven mad in its time in the other realm, or if perhaps it was simply a denizen of one of those lower realms where thought and action worked differently than they did in the fallen world above. If so, it had to be treated carefully - things from the lower realms were often touched by the gods. In any event, Punchline's hunger seemed sincere - and she knew of sincere hungers. Hopping over to Miracle Girl, she hissed, "When Punchline has fed, we shall ssspeak to it of the lower realmsss. It had many thingsss to sssay on the other sssside."
  25. Avenger Assembled
    Fast-Forward is going to go ahead and drop the following effect on these mofos. Damage 16 (stormy light of Arcturus; Extra: Area [Targeted, Shapeable], PFs: Indirect 2, Stunning Attack, Variable Descriptor 1 [any weather]) {36/48} Attack vs the chumps. http://orokos.com/roll/457091 = 17 I'll take the 17 if it hits the thugs but misses the shooter, if not I'll reroll with an HP.
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