Thunder King

GM She sighed. "Okay, I can tell you're serious. There have been more disappearances than this, and they seem to be...supernatural? superpowered? In origin. We haven't ruled out a kidnapping because we haven't found one single solitary body. These incidences have occurred in some very public places, to include underneath cameras. One man just vanished after a sudden blur streaked across the camera feed. A big, black shadow came in and took off with him. It couldn't have been moving at human speeds." She handed him a business card. "That's my professional cell, it's used for police business only." She reached into her pocket and pulled out a notebook and jotted a few things down. "This is the list of addresses that the crimes took place at...we think. At least the few we can have actual locations for. If you want to take a look, be my guest, but try not to touch anything at the crime scenes, or we'd have to arrest you for tampering. Understood?"

She is now helpful and will give you what you need to know. Go ahead and post in the IC

GM The officer raised an eyebrow. "Well, I can't give you the exact details, but your friend is missing. We really have no idea where, and there seems to be a few cases of disappearances like this." She stepped outside and shut the door behind her. "Between you and me, it looks like something one of those villains or something is responsible for. There are a lot of strange things going on with these cases. If you really are a super hero, and if he really is your friend, maybe there's something we can do to help each other." She crossed her arms. "Still, I can't, in good conscience, release any other details about the case."

That was a success, but not a big one. She'll talk to you, but won't offer info voluntarily. You can try again later in the conversation, though.

GM The door opened to reveal, not Jack's wife, but a young woman of approximately thirty-two to thirty five years old. She was not an unattractive woman. She stood at a little over five and a half feet tall, with piercing gray eyes and a strong, confident stance. She sighed, apparently quite used to strange goings on in a city like this. "Who are you?" She asked. "I'm Detective Jeannette Renard, and this home is the home of a potential murder or kidnapping victim. If you know anything about the whereabouts of this man, please, let me know. If you don't, well, this is official police business."

Mali nodded. "I've been training in martial arts since I was a little girl. At first, it was for fun. Then it was for fitness, after that? I started training on my own to become a superhero. I've been training on my own for...four years now? Five? I can't remember. Either way, it's been intense, but, I like it that way." She shrugged. She was sure these guys had done some intense training before. She was also relieved to hear that nobody would judge her based on her lack of powers. It would still be a strange and interesting experience.

OOC for Shadow of the Evening

GM It was now completely dark, even the rich colors of the sunset having faded several minutes before. The stars above were hidden by the well-lit streets below. The chill of the night air was piercing now as night enveloped the city. Luckily, the Penitent had visited Jack's home before, or, at least, had escorted him home one night when the guys decided to make for the bar instead of the diner. He didn't live all that far away. The house was an older one, but still stood well. There were a few spots, here and there, where Jack had intended to do some repairs in the spring.

GM "Well, we tried calling him, but, we got no answer. He's got this condition, a minor one, but sometimes it lays him out for a few days. So we assumed that was the reason. Come to think of it, though, I don't know why he wouldn't answer the phone." Jim shook his head. Suddenly, it was as if a shadow had fallen over the group. Their friend was in danger, something was clearly wrong, very wrong.

GM "Jack, Jack's been absent from work all week." Jim said, sighing. "Don't know why, either. Maybe he's been sick? I hope he gets better soon." The other guys all nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I haven't heard anything either." Bob said, sipping his coffee. "Though there have been rumors about guys getting sick in the other shops." The others looked at him, surprised he'd never brought it up before. Missing workers? That was new to them. "Where did you hear that?" One of them asked. "From Ian, the night shift manager. He said two of his guys didn't come in for the past two days."

I agree, Ari. It's a really cool design, but it doesn't quite fit the non-techy people, like Quintessence, Stormbreaker, or Crusader. I think that, overall, I'd rather go with the other one.

GM April 6th, 9:00 PM Jane's Diner Jane, in this case, was the name of the 65 year old owner of the small diner, sitting a good mile and a half away from a group of factories and industrial facilities. It got good business from the regulars that came in from, or were on their way to, the shops. It sold all manner of comfort foods, from hamburgers to 24 hour breakfast. Every Friday saw the arrival of five guys; Jim, Bob, Jack, Ron and Steve. These five men had been coming to Jane's Diner for about ten years, week in, week out, every Friday night. It wasn't an especially cold evening, not for Freedom City. Still, the lights and warmth of the small diner were a welcome reprieve from the chill.

Crimson Tiger's eyes darted quickly around the area, before she spotted something very odd. Her bike? Here? This couldn't be real, had to be part of the simulation! Simulation or not, she took off running towards her bike, both to make sure she got to it fast, and to make sure the simulation didn't get the simulated bike wrecked in some sort of simulated riot situation. It was odd, how her same protective instinct kicked in, even though this bike wasn't real. It looked like hers, and when she put her hands on the handles it felt like hers. She reached in and, thinking, put her key. She started right up, and Crimson Tiger grinned. She revved the engine, turned the bike around, and headed over to where the other two were. Sitting there, on her beautiful red and black bike, she grinned and knew there was only one thing she could say. "Do either of you need a ride?"

Raveled, Arichamus, Blue Rose, Thunder King Four votes! The team name is Vanguard

Of all the things that could have happened, this was most definitely not one Mali anticipated. Attacking Christmas trees? What in the world? She didn't take the time to think about it, she saw one of it's tentacles heading for the mayor. Instantly, she drew one of her brand new chakram and hurled it at the creature. As soon as she saw that it had struck the beast, she ran and jumped in front of the mayor, drawing a second chakram and waiting for the beast's next action. She was sure it was going after the mayor, and that's something she just wasn't going to let happen.

Throwing a chakram at it, aiming for the arm that's going after the mayor, got a 29, if it hits it needs to make a DC21 TOU check After this, going to move over to the mayor and try to stick near him to protect him.

Voltage fired off one last blast and watched as Avetti slumped down, knocked out. With that done, he flew as fast and as far as he could to get away from Sam, and kept an eye on him. "Sir!" He shouted as loud as he could. "The man responsible for your transformation is unconscious. Please stop this rampage. I don't know if you're going along with him, but I can promise you will be protected from charges if you cooperate and calm down. We can get you shrunk back to normal if you want it! If you cooperate with the police, I'm sure they'll drop charges in exchange for evidence against Avetti and his gang Please calm down!"

So, is Vanguard the official team name? Let's put it to a vote, four votes is a majority and confirms. My vote is Yes for Vanguard As for the HQ, we can build it off of those who are able (and willing) to donate points, and expand later if necessary.

well, I'm flying as far as I can shoot from, not as far as I can fly, sorry for not clarifying it. If my blast is incorrect I'll adjust it when I submit my changes.

Rolled a 27 on Avetti Voltage is going to pull away from Supergiantboy, putting as much distance as he can, and then fire the above blast for a DC25 TOU save on Avetti

She chuckled, feeling a bit relieved. Apparently, my great grandfather was a superhero, and that's how I got here. It's kind of interesting. Does pretty much everyone else in the school have powers?" She was glad that he didn't seem upset or judgmental. Though, he could perform magic? That was odd. She'd never seen someone who could use actual magic. Then again, she'd only ever seen people with powers on the news. This was going to get interesting.

I respect that you don't want to drop points in a lair, and you don't have to. I also don't want the team dependent on your character to go to their lair either. In addition, I vote against making it bigger on the inside. I think that between Voltage, King of Suits and whoever else wants to put in, we can get enough points to build it without needing to ask Blue Rose to contribute to it.

So what are the rules on tied initiative, got a 26 EDIT: rerolled due to tied initiative, got a 22

As has come to our attention, the Sentinels name is attached to an existing, In-Setting team. Doesn't mean we can't use the word, we just need to come up with a way to work around that problem I give you a prototype logo (and a proposed name) the Vanguard

Crimson Tiger will also look around, specifically at the buildings and sky above them; 22