Superheroes Wanted (IC)

[AvatarVecna]

Your government contact provided you with this address, saying you'd be meeting several other super-capable employees here. May as well make your way inside and acquaint yourself with the place...and with each other.

[JNAProductions]

Undyne saunters up, looking around for the other supers she's here to meet.

[Illven]

Selena stretches as she enters the building, wondering what exactly the building's normal purpose was.

[GnomishPride]

Nova cheerfully strolls in and plops down on a couch, grinning brightly.

[JNAProductions]

As Selena and Nova arrive, Undyne heads in with them. She says So what's your names?

[Illven]

I'm Selena. Yourselves? Selena said smiling as she extends a hand.

[JNAProductions]

I'm Selena. Yourselves? Selena said smiling as she extends a hand.

Undyne, she says as she takes the offered hand.

[GnomishPride]

Nova waves a hand lazily.
Hey there. I go by Nova. I assume you're the other supers?
*winks and smiles*

[Illven]

Well yes, but that's probably something to keep on the downlow for now, don't you think. Selena questions.

[JNAProductions]

Nova waves a hand lazily.
Hey there. I go by Nova. I assume you're the other supers?
*winks and smiles*

What're your powers?

[GnomishPride]

Nova turns to Selena.
Don't worry about it; we're probably as safe here* as we can get.
*here being the parahuman agency place, I assume.

Then Nova turns to face Undyne and points a finger, which emits a laser pointer that changes in color, then size, and finally twirls itself into "Lasers!" in neon cursive before vanishing. All the while, Nova is smiling winningly.

[JNAProductions]

A showman, eh?

[GnomishPride]

I prefer 'Laser Extraordinare', but most of my more impressive tricks are a tad too destructive to use inside safely, so little more than a showman for now. What're your powers, if you don't mind me asking?

[JNAProductions]

Undyne conjures a spear and chucks it casually over his head, thunking it into the wall. I fight. And I fight well.

[GnomishPride]

Nova ducks, startled, but quickly regains his composure and nods appreciatively. Impressive. And you, Selena?"

[5ColouredWalker]

Lucy frowned internally despite her serene face. There were better things she could be doing. Even better wastes of time. Hell, even a PR stunt would be preferable to them taking her away from work to say hi in a manner that took her away from finalizing Elnarn's Song's ritual preparation...
Hell, even if they took her away for singing somewhere she could have internally justified it as practice.

Teleportating just past the door to arrive, Lucy arrives suddenly and silently... And despite all convention she appears to be playing the role of naked supermodel or pornstar in order to show her annoyance despite having a cherubic look on her face. She floats several inches off the ground, but her movement is a little off to be magical flight. In her hands appears to be a solid white rod.

"Hello. It's good to meet you all."


Taking 10 on stealth, so DC 27 perception to hear she's actually flying using wings... This will of course alert you to the illusion.
Those that can see through illusions can tell she's actually a 6'2" devil caricture covered with bony plates etc. DC 11 Will save for interacting will allow you to see through the illusion, otherwise she's taking 10 on disguise for a DC 41 perception to see where her disguise is wrong.

[GnomishPride]

[roll0]
Nova gawps, stunned.
Uhh... He blinks a few times, then shakes his head and reassumes his composure.
Hello, there. What's, er, your name?

[JNAProductions]

Lucy frowned internally despite her serene face. There were better things she could be doing. Even better wastes of time. Hell, even a PR stunt would be preferable to them taking her away from work to say hi in a manner that took her away from finalizing Elnarn's Song's ritual preparation...
Hell, even if they took her away for singing somewhere she could have internally justified it as practice.

Teleportating just past the door to arrive, Lucy arrives suddenly and silently... And despite all convention she appears to be playing the role of naked supermodel or pornstar in order to show her annoyance despite having a cherubic look on her face. She floats several inches off the ground, but her movement is a little off to be magical flight. In her hands appears to be a solid white rod.

"Hello. It's good to meet you all."


Taking 10 on stealth, so DC 27 perception to hear she's actually flying using wings... This will of course alert you to the illusion.
Those that can see through illusions can tell she's actually a 6'2" devil caricture covered with bony plates etc. DC 11 Will save for interacting will allow you to see through the illusion, otherwise she's taking 10 on disguise for a DC 41 perception to see where her disguise is wrong.

Whoa-hello nurse!

[Illven]

Perception [roll0]


Selena seems to have no reaction to the naked supermodel in front of her simply raising an eyebrow.

I didn't realize this was a clothes optional party. She simply comments.

[5ColouredWalker]

"I am Lucy. And of course it is, think about it. Almost all social mores are purely so a nebulous 'other people' don't disaprove, a group most dispise, with the main consequences being either a 'black mark' or those enforcable by the group... I'm now quite beyond what other's think, and I doubt you want to enforce such meaningless rules."
Suddenly Lucy's smile becomes much larger.
"Besides. I've been told it's good for morale, and it helps me identify those who are so weak to be unable to control their urges." Lucy's eyes turn on Undyne.
"But yes. You're correct, I'm a skilled healer, how did you know?"

[Illven]

Meh. You're right, as long as this doesn't become a clothing banned party, I couldn't really care less. Do you have other abilities besides healing? Selena questioned.

[Feralventas]

The drive out to the military base property was fairly uneventful. A little cab pulled up to the drive-way and dropped off a relatively short woman in casual civilian outfit, jeans and a comfortable shirt and coat along with a duffle bag, looking fresh from the airport. She takes a few moments after seeing to the cab fare to look over the facility; a disarmingly welcoming piece of real estate with an open lawn ring and what looked to be the beginnings of a small garden around the large house that stood imposingly over the property and from this angle concealed the larger hangars and structures of the air-force base that stood as its neighbor.

She carried herself and her bag down the drive-way after a moment's contemplation and up the steps to the door, considering a knock at the front door it seemed as she raised a hand up in a fist, then thinking otherwise of it, perhaps more certain of her arrival. She then grasps the handle and lets herself in...to pause at the sight of some bare broadside and several strange...strangers.

"Um....Hi," she says, only letting a beat pass in shock. "Going to hope this is the meta-human program, otherwise I'll just see myself out," she adds, closing the door for privacy behind her.

Taking a 10 for 41 perception.

[JNAProductions]

"I am Lucy. And of course it is, think about it. Almost all social mores are purely so a nebulous 'other people' don't disaprove, a group most dispise, with the main consequences being either a 'black mark' or those enforcable by the group... I'm now quite beyond what other's think, and I doubt you want to enforce such meaningless rules."
Suddenly Lucy's smile becomes much larger.
"Besides. I've been told it's good for morale, and it helps me identify those who are so weak to be unable to control their urges." Lucy's eyes turn on Undyne.
"But yes. You're correct, I'm a skilled healer, how did you know?"

Hey, I can control my urges just fine. But when I see pretty, I see pretty-'sides, not like we're in a fight right now or nothing.


The drive out to the military base property was fairly uneventful. A little cab pulled up to the drive-way and dropped off a relatively short woman in casual civilian outfit, jeans and a comfortable shirt and coat along with a duffle bag, looking fresh from the airport. She takes a few moments after seeing to the cab fare to look over the facility; a disarmingly welcoming piece of real estate with an open lawn ring and what looked to be the beginnings of a small garden around the large house that stood imposingly over the property and from this angle concealed the larger hangars and structures of the air-force base that stood as its neighbor.

She carried herself and her bag down the drive-way after a moment's contemplation and up the steps to the door, considering a knock at the front door it seemed as she raised a hand up in a fist, then thinking otherwise of it, perhaps more certain of her arrival. She then grasps the handle and lets herself in...to pause at the sight of some bare broadside and several strange...strangers.

"Um....Hi," she says, only letting a beat pass in shock. "Going to hope this is the meta-human program, otherwise I'll just see myself out," she adds, closing the door for privacy behind her.

Taking a 10 for 41 perception.

Yeah, this is the place.

[5ColouredWalker]

Lucy turns on the spot, smiling at Deadlift.
"He is correct. Also not necessarily weak willed. I could test such though."
With a shrug Lucy drops to the ground before stretching out.
"As for my personal abilities... Consider me a jack of all trades and you won't be far off. My specialties though are ritual, social interaction, and magical combat."
Suddenly, Lucy stops stretching, hands dropping fast, and a roar of sound comes from Undyne, with a single word being audible among the cacophonous scream generated by magic filling the room... Kneel, her stance suddenly becoming dominant, but not aggressive.


Slight of Hand vs Perception: [roll0]. If you fail, you can't tell Lucy is the source of action Action 2.

Multitasking Action 1: Using Poltergiest (Already Active) to create a ghost sound effect, equivalent to a 'Dire Lion' roaring in volume, being the word 'Kneel' being shouted. Will end immediately after finishing.

Multitasking action 2: Roaring Hammer Affliction vs Undyne.
Undyne takes [roll1] Nonlethal Sonic Damage, will save (29) halves, no SR.
Also, Reflex save vs being reduced to a single standard/move action (29) and another will save vs Command (29), with the command being 'Fall'. Failure results in Undyne falling prone and having to remain so for a round/six seconds if this doesn't escalate/become full blown combat.

Regular action:
Though it doesn't work on PCs, Lucy also attempts to diplomance everyone using Wordless Allure to take no penalties and do it wordlessly. She's specifically 'demanding' everyone to kneel without offering reason or offering actual threat.
Diplomacy: [roll2]

[Feralventas]

[roll0] Perception, posting after results.

Deadlift hurriedly slings her bag over her shoulder, hands going over her ears as noise fills the room, scarcely noticing the subtle shifts in Lucy's pose, seeming to look aside at empty space for a moment before letting her hands fall to her side in a gesture to match a much more agitated mood. "Getting-to-know-each-other exercises are great and all but maybe Not without some warning? Or inside? I've got some sensitive equipment coming and I'd rather not see it all get messed up by a stray magic boombox spell or whatever the hell that was."

"Looks like most of you are a bit more old-fashioned when it comes to these things though, so," Deadlift says, offering a slight bowing incline out of deference. "I'll stick with pseudonyms if you don't mind; mine's Deadlift and I'll be your computer technician if we need one. If we need any more examples I'd bet you'll get away with them outside. Otherwise maybe you ought to talk to each other."

[JNAProductions]

Will save [roll0]

What the hell? Undyne says. We're supposed to be allies-not at each other's throats.

[niw18]

Zook had arrived late as the small sized hero walks into what one can say is chaos and wonders why this was going on. The hero would stand to the side and watches for a little bit before raising his voice and using a very intimidating tone "stop this before I reach into your guts and pull out your intestine and use it as skipping rope" he would say not even showing any concern if one of them did not become intimidated by him.

The small hero stood only three and a half feet tall but he had a wild look in his eyes with his hands stained with the blood of a villain he had attacked before coming to meet the other heroes.



to intimidate his teammates to stop them

[roll0]

[5ColouredWalker]

What the hell? We're supposed to be allies-not at each other's throats.

Lucy laughs "Oh don't be a baby. The bruising will start fading soon as will the command. If you really want I can heal you, but I'll need to touch you for it." Lucy speaks completely unconcerned, and certainly laughing internally.


-Snip-

"My apologies, I should have considered that, I've more than a few experiments scatterd about myself. I am however well and truly up to date-" Lucy sounds rather apologetic as she talks before shifting to defend herself.

DC: [roll0]

She's not at all apologetic. Still amused.



"stop this before I reach into your guts and pull out your intestine and use it as skipping rope"

Suddenly interrupted, Lucy spins on the spot to face Zook, and then smiles like someone who just saw a particularly cute puppy.
"How cute! I want one! Probably a better trained one though, someone suffering dwarfism should be able to sound more threatening for a hero. That said, stop what exactly? Enjoying my charade or entertaining myself with 'strong will' here?"

[Feralventas]

[roll0] sense motive check.

Deadlift sighs, hand going to hold the bridge of her nose in a gesture of consternation, but manages to compose herself enough to respond. "I don't imagine threats are going to go over well for any of us. No one was solicited to come here for collecting stamps."

"...getting too preachy here anyway aren't I? Sorry." the comparatively mundane woman realizes in a moment of awareness. "I'll be back in a few moments, going to set this stuff down," she adds with a twist of the bag in hand and a motion to the stairs toward the upper levels.

[JNAProductions]

Lucy laughs "Oh don't be a baby. The bruising will start fading soon as will the command. If you really want I can heal you, but I'll need to touch you for it." Lucy speaks completely unconcerned, and certainly laughing internally.

I don't give two flying ***** about the bruising-I care about the fact that we're supposed to be a team, and your first action is to screw me over! Undyne says, standing up.

[Illven]

Gals, Gals. How about we calm down. Selena says getting in-between the two and holding her arms up.

[5ColouredWalker]

Lucy's eyes slowly turn from Zook over to Undyne.
"Testing. The spell has worn off, and the bruising will fade in a couple of hours, or I can fix it now... Besides, I now know we have to worry about you being afflicted mentally, and can look into fixing that in the long term, so that I'm not forced to reduce you to mush in the heat of combat... That said, Torogor and Odin might like meeting you personally."

Lucy takes a step back before hopping back and up, smiling wickedly the whole time, the sound of wings flapping faintly reaching the ears of those beyond human senses... Tucking her legs under her nice and tightly a solid steel plate with some rubber matting on top materializes under her and between her hands. Slowly Lucy descends to the floor, sitting on her 'mat' with a loud clang, but one much quieter than if she was pulled down by gravity...
That said, it looks like it might have dented the floor slightly anyway.

"Non-the-less, I offer my apologies, as much as you likely don't care for them."

[JNAProductions]

Lucy's eyes slowly turn from Zook over to Undyne.
"Testing. The spell has worn off, and the bruising will fade in a couple of hours, or I can fix it now... Besides, I now know we have to worry about you being afflicted mentally, and can look into fixing that in the long term, so that I'm not forced to reduce you to mush in the heat of combat... That said, Torogor and Odin might like meeting you personally."

Lucy takes a step back before hopping back and up, smiling wickedly the whole time, the sound of wings flapping faintly reaching the ears of those beyond human senses... Tucking her legs under her nice and tightly a solid steel plate with some rubber matting on top materializes under her and between her hands. Slowly Lucy descends to the floor, sitting on her 'mat' with a loud clang, but one much quieter than if she was pulled down by gravity...
That said, it looks like it might have dented the floor slightly anyway.

"Non-the-less, I offer my apologies, as much as you likely don't care for them."

Screw off, jackwipe.

[5ColouredWalker]

Lucy shrugs, before likewise pulling a bag from nowhere, drawing a phone from it, and then sending the bag back to nowhere, lifting it up just before it disappears with a rush of air.

"Can't, legally bound not to under threat of as many explosives as they can throw at me should I break contract... As you can imagine, I'd rather not be a smear."

[GnomishPride]

Nova steps back in the room, obviously shocked at how things have degraded (i.e. people scowling and being grumpy).
Nova 'took a phone call' which is why he wasn't speaking.:smalltongue:
Whoa whoa whoa now. You guys need to learn to chill. If we're going to be a team we need to cooperate.
He pulls out a deck of cards and grins.
Anybody up for a round of Go Fish? As, y'know, an icebreaker or something.

[Blinkbear]

Outside, a stereotypical black car is pulling up in front of the mansion. A young woman gets out, looking similar to:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/3e/06/7e/3e067e51e2cf704845feb917fa6d4285.jpg


Someone else gets out and retrieves a backpack and a one-person hoverboard/glider from the trunk. Upon receiving her luggage, the woman shakes the person's hand, and approaches the mansion's entrance. Once she's through the front gate, the car leaves. She walks on, identifies herself to whatever security mechanism there is in place, and opens the front door, walking through to the group of those remaining in the foyer area.

"Hiya, I'm Fury." Fury says, puts her luggage to the ground, leaning the hoverboard to a wall, and takes off her sun glasses. Immediately, her appearance changes to the one that those with illusion-ignoring sight have seen from the beginning.

http://orig08.deviantart.net/bb73/f/2010/343/a/f/sieze_the_initiative_by_steveargyle-d34j2zi.jpg


"Where can I put my stuff?"

[GnomishPride]

Slightly crestfallen, Nova pockets the deck of cards. However, he perks up a bit as Fury enters.
"Pleased to meet you! I'm Nova, by the way. I think stuff goes upstairs; I'm not sure, as I haven't been up there yet, but some fellow by the name of Deadlift went up there a couple minutes ago. I'll accompany you, if you don't mind. Everyone down here is so grumpy," he says with a winning smile.

[Blinkbear]

Fury looks into the round, seems a bit surprised about grumpiness and no-one-really-knowing-where-stuff-goes, but warmly returns the smile. "Sure, delighted." She waits for Nova and then goes upstairs. "So... you like playin' cards?"