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Mike took one of the glasses of schnapps hoping it would be more palatable than the bubbly beverage that preceded raising it towards Erin in silent salute as he'd seen mostly on TV. He took carefull sip and winced slightly before setting it aside as subtly as he could manage. 'That tastes awful.' he silently warned or complained to Alex attempting not to let the opinion color his features. Turning back to Mark he inquired, "So any thing we should know not to do once we touch down?" the last thing he wanted was to cause accidental offense though why he expect mark to know more than encyclopedia albright on his other side was anyones guess.

Mike laughed lightly at the revelation though it wasn't really a surprise all things considered. "It seemed like the right time with," he sighed and gave a small shrug, "Everything." He ran one broad hand down her back contentedly, "I think more than anything all we've done and been through has taught me that lifes too short to spend waiting." he said with new found self assurance.

Mike beamed as Alex slipped into the room and slid in to the water beckoning her to join them. If he noticed Trevors surprise he had the good sense not to show it. So really he probably hadn't noticed his eyes being only on the eyebleeding brightness of his fiance. He gave a quick nod of agreement to mark and took up a glass of the champagne, "To Young Freedom." he said firmly showing once more there was a reason why they left the speeches to Mark. He drainded the glass and screwed up his face blinking as he stiffled a sneeze when the bubbles tried to invade his nasal cavity.

Mike wrapped long arms around her in a deep hug and returned the kiss with more fervor than he usually allowed himself. "I love you too Alex." he whispered as he held her close. The gap of seconds had seemed like months to him as he waited for confirmation that her answer was what anyone else knew to be obvious. As he broke the embrace a cloud of concern crossed his features in a flash, "Its not to soon?" it was unclear if he was asking in general or if he had broken up her planned sequence of events in some fashion.

"No no I'm fine." Mike assured her with confidence he did not feel. As the Jet accelerated to take off his hand clenched down on the armrests however leaving small indentations of his fingertips. Once they reached cruising speed and the others stood he carefully unfastened his belt and shot an uncertain glance at Alex and Erins retreating backs. The need to egress to one of the other rooms didn't occur to him and in the blink of an eye he had changed to his own black trunks though they were slightly over-tight given that they preceded his most recent growth spurt and willingness to wear not black. He shrugged slightly, "Well if tradition states..." he trailed off still not certain this was wise.

Mike plopped his bulk down in a chair next to Alex and glanced over at Trevors question. Eyes flitting between him and Erin as he froze up for a moment having forgotten all about Erins birthday in the excitement. 'Erins birthday is coming up?' he silently inquired to Alex as he tried to nonchalantly settle into his seat mind racing as he tried to think of what to get her and wondering if a souvenir from the trip she was on with them was entirely lame or just slightly lame. He carefully buckled himself in and let out a deep breath oddly enough flying, in a plane at least, made him a bit nervous.

"Good to have you here." Ouroboros said with warm familiarity to the reverent that had likely only met him in passing if at all. He listened with half attention to Avengers plan snapping his head from his other reveries at the mention of Eldrich, "Elrdich can not help, He's in service to the Modros as a whole bound from interfering I'm certain." he said plainly not wanting to see what his father would do in trying to force his sometime mentors hand. He wandered with as much false casualness to the desk in the corner scouring its surface for family photos but uncertain if any that he found should have Jack Junior in them that did not. As he made his search he spoke absently, "We'll have to go through the dimension of doors." he explained absently, "Its the only place that might have a direct gate to the void that has not been severed by its withdrawal."

Ouroboros winced slightly, pearly fang tips revealed for a moment in the shadow of his hood, at Avengers choice of words as he had his doubts taken was entirely accurate given his own ... problems. "Ah yes. Taken." he said quietly not sounding at all convinced. With a wave of his hand he murmured words of power, "ostendo sum occultus" his eyes glowing beneath the heavy cowl with a otherworldly light as he surveyed the room confirming his fears as his eyes fell upon the shard of the Eye. Reaching out gingerly he raised the shard examining it seeming lost in its fractured facets for a moment, "that can't be.." he murmured almost silently though his companions were no mere mortals. "Things have changed." he said still trying to search for words for the uninitiated. "The void is retreating, shrinking." he paused to see if they comprehended the consequences, "Already I am unable to reach it." the distress this severing caused him clear in his tone, "Though that may be due to my own existence being somewhat in flux at the moment." he dropped the last almost as an offhand joke despite the very real fear that he soon would cease to exist.

Ouroboros Inside Out, Upside Down +Vingette Phalanx Kill A Man Shall We Dance + Vingette

"No no no no no no." the mystic said in near panic, "I've been so careful." He pulled himself to his feet and banished the small ritual accoutrement and meditation rug with a gesture of dismissal. Wincing at the ease of it. Too simple to undo his small marks upon this world and this time. He glanced to his hand once more as he willed himself to cross the barrier into the void and blinked in surprise as his environs did not change. Something was going very very wrong. "eo occultus mores." he murmured opening the ways with a gesture guiding open the slash of light and stepping through emerging from its match miles away in the library and private study of his mother stumbling slightly as the power still throbbing in the room assaulted his mystic senses.

Mike nodded vigorous agreement at Alexs jostling jarred from his surprise at the offer and seemingly incredible events they were to be part of. To the young freedom native that had not seen the outside of the state until only a year ago the thought of actually going to storied Dakana was unheard of. "That is a most generous offer Sir." he rumbled respectfully. "Its a great honor for us all to be given such an opportunity." the clearly awed boy replied and glanced quickly to his cohorts to gauge their reactions.

Ouroboros 2pp to spend 1pp on Ritualist Feat 1PP on Equipment 5ep to HQ Feature - Self Repairing (BoM 67) [1 ep] Feature - Personnel (BOM 66) [1 ep] Feature - Living Space [1 ep] Buy up size to small [2ep] Phalanx Split Quickness and Speed into two Dynamic alternate powers adding 1 Alternate Power Feat and 1 Dynamic Feat to the Paragon Array. [2pp] [b]Paragon Array 10[/b] (20pp; [i]Power Feats:[/i] Alternate Power 5, Dynamic 6) [31pp] [u]BE[/u]: [b]Flight +10[/b] [u]AP[/u]: [b]Quickness 20[/b] [u]AP[/u]: [b]Speed 20[/b] [u]AP[/u]: [b]Space Travel +20[/b] [u]AP[/u]: [b]Super Strength 10[/b] [u]AP[/u]: [b]Immovable 10[/b] ([i]Extras[/i]: Unstoppable) 2pp on skills 4 Ranks of notice (9 Total) and 4 ranks of Sense Motive (8 Total) Ace Danger Please Archive I may be bringing in a replacement at some point but am not going to be playing him. Doktor'd. Ouroboros actually had 2 ep free, though one was needed to buy the Dual Sized feature which you indicate his HQ has but did not have actually listed.

So as if it has not been excessively obvious AW and I are not around much/at all. Probably not gonna change anytime soon as the real world has seen fit to make life a bitch lately. Anyway fun playing with you all and hopefully things will calm in the future enough for us to manage to get back to things.

Unfortunately it looks like the decision has fallen on the side of no roll over. So you can make her as a PL10 150 but we are going to let you have your contribution awards so 1pp for a vingette and 1 for Divines Rep. you have 2pp from NPCs that can go on Faith like you asked or on this character. (You can also still get all the contribution rewards for this character as normal Rep, 20Q, Questionaire, wiki page)

I'm interested in the inside job. I'll post an IC tomarrow probably I was givign others a chance to post.

Yea goss is up. though we can play a little fast and loose with round since we're not in real combat and I want this to end so if one of the rest of you wants to jump in go ahead.

Fluff looks good I can see her fitting in well with some of the more modern mystic types we've got in the city right now. As for the math the refs still are discussing if your Divine PP are going to Roll over or not. For skills she seems a very spiritual person and has the skills to "make a living" as a shaman with the profesional skill. Knowledge Theology/Philosophy might be a better fit than life sciences or history.

Ok I'll just go over my thoughts on these real quick before I delve into the math. Summon: Without the Type extra you summon one type of spirit so with out a power stunt you won't be able to summon forms other than the snake. Thematically why snake? City spirits are generally things like Rat or Dog or Cockroach or Pigeon. Snakes are pretty uncommon in cities really. *Edit* Also non animal totems could work as well though might be harder to physically represent. Comprehend: This makes a bit of sense so is this a linked effect where she has to go into the spirit realms (And vanish from most senses) in order to talk to the spirits of things directly or two separate "spells" sharing an array slot? Create object: This descriptor sounds more like a Transform effect than a Create object effect. Some clarification of what you see this functioning like on a metaphysical level would be helpful. Damage: Perception attacks weren't shunned the combination of Perception attacks and high trade off attacks was questioned. So this is in effect her summoning a hoard of spirits to attack the target? Enhanced strength: This seems a little out of place. Most of your effects seems to be summoning the spirits of hte city to do something on your behalf this is like some kind of transference of power? Fatigue: Same as damage but the spirits attack the spirit rather than the body leading to fatigue makes sense. Healing: I'm wary of healing in general as it can easily suck the drama out of many scenes. This once again seems a little more like a transference of power rather than a variation on summon. Move object: Summon spirits to move things for you makes sense. Teleport: Seems to tie in with the entering the spirit world thing right? You use that connection to transverse distances? So the read I get on the majority of your array is that she's a medium of sorts the barrier between this world and the spirit world is thinner around her and she can pierce that barrier calling spirits to her aid or crossing over in part herself? I Questioned a few of those AP's as not really fitting with that theme as thats what I've interpreted it to mean. You might consider replacing some of those with and insubstantial/dimensional movement array slot to fit in with the thinned barriers kinda thing. Maybe a second Summon AP thats many minion level spirits you can send to do your bidding? Magic (and Science!) are very broad descriptors. As Ecal points out in his Mystic archetype rebuild focusing on a type of magic and sticking to a theme is what we like to see. Like Nick Cimiterie who themes all of his effects off of deathly energies or Phantom who basically manipulates dimensional energies for her effects. So as that applies here I think that you have a good core concept of a summoner type mystic that could be pretty entertaining in play with just a few things that are kinda outside that theme. Another note on the Perception Range discussion. I think really its perfectly valid given your descriptors it was the combination of perception and regular ranged attacks that were questionable as it seems the spirits either don't need your guidance to hit(Perception) or do need it(Ranged).

Alright i'm gonna try and get to a full audit of this for you soon RL has been kinda kicking my ass lately. I'd just like a rundown of the magic array though what each of those AP's are supposed to represent IG.

Ouroboros inclined his head in return well aware that for many contact with other supernaturals had unintended consequences making the handshake less than optimal. "Greetings Miss Cross." he replied his voice clipped with clear annunciation the byproduct of years of speech therapy, "Ouroboros, I have heard word of your establishment it is good to have such places watched over by those who know to keep true power out of the hands of amateurs." Despite the depth of his cowl it was hard from this distance to disguise the fangs emerging from his upper jaw though he kept his lips curled down in an attempt to cover the most obvious tell as to his true nature.

The bots who were flying in are now lining up for a strafing run on a cluster civvies who are snapping out of the effects on the next building over. Also a young woman a few buildings over has stumbled and is about to fall off.

You all get an HP for the "Its a Decoy!" setback. Also need a DC 20 Notice check from everyone. Phalanx does not have his speed up so has to roll 1d20+5=7 He don't see crap

Archeville looked down just in time to see the faceplate of HAVOKs suit spark before a small explosion from one of the damaged systems knocked it aside to clatter tot he ground at his side. As the smoke cleared it was not the visage of the unconscious villain revealed but rather the damaged electronics of some kind of android the mechanized visual sensors pulsing with a dull red light in time with a quiet beeping that slowly built in tempo and volume. Phalanx's enhanced hearing picked up the sound and he took his attention from the hostage s who now seemed to be coming too in shock and confusion as to why they were on the roof. "That can't be good." the invulnerable youth intoned.

The smoke was no impediment to Phalanxes enhanced sight and he watched in satisfaction as Knievals ranting was cut short by the well timed barrage of arrows. He swooped out of the smoke making a bee line for the marauding mechanized menace, "Time to put away your toys boys." he quipped as he rapidly looped around the robot and wrenching its limbs behind it with herculean might to slam the robot to the ground pinning it helplessly.

As it failed by more than 5 its actually Bound and therefore helpless.