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2022-05-29, 11:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2014
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Thorn of the Scarlet Moon Empire
Conditions:
Potential: 1/5
Hold: 1
Sebastian removes his hand with a yelp though the smirk in response does little to offer any apology.
"Rune's just being modest. They do a very good job keeping my worse proclivities under control. I have a team to worry about now you know." He then produces the disk, offering it out to Rune. "That's one reason we took it here but not the only one. Warlords are hot for this thing. While Rune and the rest took care of the bank robbers they hired to run interference, I went to where I suspected their drop off would be. Jishin told me as much that they were hired hands, didn't take much to suss that out. Found Akari and her terrible twosome waiting for me. Princess herself told me some details, none of them good. I'm not keen on tangling with Akari, less keen on the team doing so. If we can get what we need, we might avoid a conflict in the long run."
Spoiler: MovesUnstoppable, Symbol of Authority, Are You Watching CloselyLast edited by Razade; 2022-06-09 at 02:10 AM.
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2022-06-04, 06:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2011
- Location
- England, Kent, Canterbury
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Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Daniel "Danny" Carter
Conditions: Hopeless! -2 to Unleash Your Powers
Potential: 4/5
Spoiler: LabelsDanger: +1
Freak: 0
Saviour: 0
Superior: +2
Mundane: 0
Danny winced at the clinical sterility of the lobby as he was led through. It was a quick change that'd come over the guard, and one he wasn't used to. Usually they got more angry as he tried to explain himself. Still...it was a change of pace that he didn't mind. He puffed out his chest a little, hoping to combat some of the negativity he felt earlier and replace it with pride, though it was like trying to stifle a fire with a thimble of water. The tapestries were interesting, a stark difference from the rest of the building, so he craned his head to try and get a better look at them, wondering why on earth they'd be here.
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2022-06-07, 12:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Kid Midnight
Conditions:
Potential: 1/5
Spoiler: Labels- Danger: -1
- Freak: -1
- Savior: +2
- Superior: 0
- Mundane: +3
Spoiler: MovesStraight. Up. Creepin': When you scope out a person or place, roll + Mundane. On a 10+, ask two. On a 7-9, ask one.
- What's my best way in/out?
- What happened here recently?
- What here is worth grabbing?
- Who or what here is not as they seem?
- Whose place is this?
On a miss, you find yourself in over your head. The GM will tell you why this is a bad spot.
Won't Let You Down: When you help a teammate, you can spend 2 out of the Team pool to add +2 to their roll.
Spoiler: DrivesChoose four drives to mark at the start of play. When you fulfill a marked drive, strike it out, and choose one: mark potential, clear a condition, take Influence over someone involved.
When your four marked drives are all struck out, choose and mark four new drives. When all drives are struck out, change playbooks, retire from the life, or become a paragon of the city.
- Kiss someone dangerous.
- Help a teammate when they need you most.
- Outperform an adult hero.
- Reject someone who tells you "you shouldn't be here."
While the three are left waiting in the lobby, Kid Midnight pulls out his phone, frantically refreshing all the various messaging systems he's got. After the third or fourth attempt and not getting even a single update, he realizes his phone is stuck on roaming. He sheepishly shifts his eyes left and then right, hoping neither of his teammates notice him being technologically-challenged. After a quick reset, he receives all of the team's texts during and after the fight all at once. They're a bit jumbled, but he's able to get the gist of things, and not a moment too soon.
Pushing past the researcher's gruff (lack of) introduction, KM introduces the group. "Hi there, I'm Kid Midnight. These are my teammates Calamity and Danny. You'll be happy to know that the lockbox and its contents were recovered and we have a team securing them as we speak." It feels weird being in charge when Thorn ought to be the one handling this. He's probably off somewhere eating a very important bowl of noodles while he "makes a copy". One of these days I'd like to see him stick around to clean up these messes he gets us into.
"Oh. And we're probably being tailed by a group of Warlord assassins. So if we could discuss this somewhere a little more secure than the lobby, that'd be aces."
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2022-06-07, 03:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2021
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Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Calamity
Conditions:Quirk (see Quirk on the Transfer playbook)
Potential: 2/5
Spoiler: Labels- Danger: +3
- Freak: -1
- Savior: 0
- Superior: -1
- Mundane: +2
Calamity looked around the interior of the building and got lost for moment. This was so much different than anywhere she had already been in this city, and yet very similar to every other lobby. It felt unnatural and oppressive despite feeling empty... and she felt real uncomfy in the environment. But! She reminded herself to hold her head high, and act like she knew what she was doing! Kid Midnight seemed to know what was going on, so she'd simply follow his lead!
As Dr Mackenzie steps out of the Elevator, Calmity does her best to seem important, and imposing, whole remaining friendly. She puffs out her chest and puts a kind smile on her face as Kid Midnight gives his introduction. She chimes in, after the assassin part, "But don't worry Doc, 'cos we're quite confident in our abilities to keep you and the employees of this fine company safe, if they try anythin' funny! You can count on us!" Even as she said it, she began to wonder if coming to Wukong Industries had been the right decision for her. A big building, full of people and God knows what else, where she had to try and talk Professionally with some of the more business-y folk... it was gonna be a challenge that's for certain... but isn't that what Heroes do? Face challenges?Last edited by Lillianapolis; 2022-07-19 at 02:54 PM.
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2022-06-08, 06:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Team in the Pool: 0
Thorn and Wyrd - Computer Consultations
Mother Bi raises an eyebrow at the mention of Akari, but opts not to comment. Once Thorn and Wyrd have finished speaking, she waves over one of her assistants. "I might be a little bit, watch this for me." And then, directed to the pair of young heroes, "Come on then, let's see what you're risking yourselves for."
Bustling to a back room, Mother Bi starts turning on an antiquated computer. "I'm willing to bet that you young folk will be faster than I ever could be with this thing," She glances over her shoulder, her face wrinkling into a grin, "So I'll just hover and let you two have at it."
She steps to one side, helpfully adding "You just have to press that triangle button to get the tray to come out. It doesn't always work at first, so try pressing it a few times. Eventually it'll come out."
With further unhelpful and obvious advice from Mother Bi being given, such gems as "Just double click it until it works." and "The little arrow always gets lost, oh, look, there it is." being freely given, despite her suggesting she was going to leave the other two to it. The disc is finally loaded up, information displaying on the screen for all to see.
Spoiler: Thorn and WyrdThe disc primarily contains data files, things like charts and spreadsheets. The files themselves have titles like 'Increases in Leyline Activity', 'Elemental responses to directed stimulus', and 'Energy output under controlled conditions'. Checking the files reveals a trend across them all. Wukong were seeking to use the Leylines as a directed power source and were experimenting to find the limits of what could be achieved. These experiments were repeated a number of times, but when the same parameters were used, increasing returns were observed in terms of both raw energy output as well as Elemental activity and hostility, with one of the last such experiments discussing how metahumans had to be called in to quell an assault on the testing grounds. The timestamp of the last test indicates it happened some ten years prior.
Danny, Calamity, and Kid Midnight - Laboratory Lounging
Luke looks between the young heroes, pinching the bridge of his nose at the mention of 'Warlord Assassins'. "..." He gives a sigh and turns, gesturing for the trio to follow him, "Follow me, we'll talk in my lab. Keep your hands to yourself."
Heading back into the elevator, he waits to allow the others in, then keys in a quick code. After a moment, the elevator jolts into life and descends, the panels giving a stylised overhead view of the elevator descending into darkness with its passengers. The panels then flow together, showing Luke leading the young heroes through a maze of corridors and doors, eventually stopping at an unremarkable door bearing the nameplate 'Luke Mackenzie, PhD'. Inside, the lab looks more like a large office room than anything else. A computer sits on a desk alongside a laptop, both powered on though currently on their screensavers. A microscope sits at a different desk, alongside a variety of mundane tools. Alongside these sit a few devices of indeterminate purpose, clearly mechanical in nature and with some kind of powered components, but unfamiliar. A few extra chairs are stacked in one corner, which Luke starts to pull free. Finally, light for the room comes from high-powered LED's in the ceiling, but also through a strangely reinforced window looking out into a wooded glade.
Gesturing for the heroes to sit, Luke takes a seat at his desk, leaning forward to rest his elbows on his knees. "Ok. No risk of Warlord interference here. You said your team were securing the lockbox?" He looks between Calamity and Kid Midnight, "Can you elaborate on that please..? The... Contents are sensitive and really need to be away from risk as soon as possible."Last edited by Comissar; 2022-06-09 at 02:04 AM.
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Spoiler: Alternate Avatars
Leah and Saura, Summer Rose, and Firebrand by me
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2022-06-09, 02:20 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2014
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Thorn of the Scarlet Moon Empire
Conditions:
Potential: 1/5
Hold: 1
Technical issues aside, getting the information was what they came for. Reading it made him wish they'd just destroyed the disk and been done with it. Exactly what he'd expected. Dumb people with too much money and power wanting more money and more power. An utter disaster in the making, one that they seemed to realize considering the time stamp. At least, on paper they realized it. Noting saying they haven't started it up again. He gave a look to Rune, shaking his head slowly.
"So this is bad, right? You're our resident expert on these sorts of things. It reads bad. I say we make the copy and get out of here. Nothing good'll come from getting anyone here involved with this. I don't even want to be involved in this."
He turns his attention to Mother Bi, offering a bow. "We'll be out of your hair shortly. How much to say you never saw us, or this, before we go?"
Spoiler: MovesUnstoppable, Symbol of Authority, Are You Watching Closely
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2022-06-18, 09:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2012
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Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Wyrd
Conditions: Afraid, Angry
Potential: 4/5
Power: 0
Spoiler: Labels- Freak: +2
- Danger: +1
- Saviour: -1
- Superior: +2
- Mundane: -1
Spoiler: Current FormMundane
Rune’s blood felt chilled as they went over the information contained upon the disk, and Sebastian’s feeling that the situation is bad is...perhaps an understatement.
”Bad, yes,” they affirm faintly. If you call weakening the boundaries between words and stirring up the ire of Those Who Lie Between merely ‘bad’. Other terms come readily to mind.
Disastrous.
Catastrophic.
Apocalyptic.
”Never having seen this information is an excellent strategy for personal safety,” they agree, eyes a bit wild as they stare through long, straight hair at Mother Bi. ”Our sincerest apologies for brushing you with it this day.”
They have no way of justifying this, but they wished they could blame this calamity on chaotic monkey luck....
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2022-06-23, 10:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Kid Midnight
Conditions:
Potential: 1/5
Spoiler: Labels- Danger: -1
- Freak: -1
- Savior: +2
- Superior: 0
- Mundane: +3
Spoiler: MovesStraight. Up. Creepin': When you scope out a person or place, roll + Mundane. On a 10+, ask two. On a 7-9, ask one.
- What's my best way in/out?
- What happened here recently?
- What here is worth grabbing?
- Who or what here is not as they seem?
- Whose place is this?
On a miss, you find yourself in over your head. The GM will tell you why this is a bad spot.
Won't Let You Down: When you help a teammate, you can spend 2 out of the Team pool to add +2 to their roll.
Spoiler: DrivesChoose four drives to mark at the start of play. When you fulfill a marked drive, strike it out, and choose one: mark potential, clear a condition, take Influence over someone involved.
When your four marked drives are all struck out, choose and mark four new drives. When all drives are struck out, change playbooks, retire from the life, or become a paragon of the city.
- Kiss someone dangerous.
- Help a teammate when they need you most.
- Outperform an adult hero.
- Reject someone who tells you "you shouldn't be here."
As he sits, Kid Midnight fights the urge to slump down in his seat. Sitting in the chair in front of the good doctor's desk makes him feel like a kid in the principal's office, as if somehow this whole mess was their fault. Despite the facade of professionalism he tries to maintain, there's probably nothing else of value he can provide. But maybe we should be the ones getting more information. Hopefully he can remember something from his AEGIS psych tactics seminar. They've already moved him, so he's been forced into a position of compliance. And they're the ones who control the value. That makes them more powerful than they might seem.
"Of course, Doctor, we understand. Hey, can we get some sodas or something? Danny doesn't do so well in the heat, y'know?" A rectangular box above Kid Midnight's speech bubble calls back lessons from his AEGIS training. Maintain their compliance by commanding a steady stream of small favors. "As I was saying, our other team is securing the lockbox, and we're here to arrange the transfer while the Warlords think we have it on us. But we need to know more about what's in that lockbox. To ensure... proper handling. Until we can turn it over to you, of course." Draw the connection between what they want and what you want.
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2022-06-25, 07:15 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2011
- Location
- England, Kent, Canterbury
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Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Daniel "Danny" Carter
Conditions: Hopeless! -2 to Unleash Your Powers
Potential: 4/5
Spoiler: LabelsDanger: +1
Freak: 0
Saviour: 0
Superior: +2
Mundane: 0
The next panel shows Danny, very clearly in need of a soda. He was sweating heavily, a clear sheen on his brow as he looked around the room wide-eyed. Secure. No escape. If they found out what he had...
If you want the soda, just demand it. He works for us anyway. Get lemon-lime. the voice in his head said, irritated. Danny managed to nod along to Midnight's description, absentmindedly, before quickly interjecting "So...so...how bad is uhh...stealing anyway...? Like I know it's bad, but...what if you didn't know it was something important and it was really shiny." He pauses, looking around and suddenly realising how crazy that must sound. Clearly, there was only one solution. "Theoretically." the boy adds, smiling and nodding entirely too much.
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2022-06-29, 08:41 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Team in the Pool: 0
Thorn and Wyrd - Disturbing Discoveries
Mother Bi lets out a low whistle as she reads over the pair's shoulders. She frowns at Thorn's question, "Hrmm... I'm not sure I can keep quiet on this one, Sebastian. You can take your copy, but... Hmm..." She leans closer to the computer screen, squinting at the file names present, "If Wukong Industries are digging into the leylines, that's bad news all round. At the very least The Weather Report ought to know." She deliberates for a few more moments, then nods to herself, "Yes. Alright, you two let me handle this, I'm sure the Finch will be able to talk some sense into those fools at Wukong."
Spoiler: Thorn and WyrdMother Bi is pretty clearly telling both Thorn and Wyrd that she thinks they're not well suited to handling something as sensitive as the data on this disc. She's shifting both of your labels. Freak Down, Mundane up, or Roll to Reject her Influence.
Danny, Calamity, and Kid Midnight - Searching for Soda
Luke gives Danny a bemused look, "How bad is... What? Why would you even... Just. Don't steal. You can grab a drink when you leave." He turns his attention back to Kid Midnight and Calamity, glancing occasionally to the kleptomaniacally inclined teen, "... Ok, look, it contains sensitive historic experimental data that's relevant to our current research. I really can't go into more detail than that. It's not dangerous as an object, but the data is very important. If you think you're at risk from attack during a handover, we can escort you to the Monsoon and have it happen there."
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Spoiler: Alternate Avatars
Leah and Saura, Summer Rose, and Firebrand by me
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2022-06-29, 10:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Mar 2011
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- England, Kent, Canterbury
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Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Daniel "Danny" Carter
Conditions: Hopeless! -2 to Unleash Your Powers
Potential: 5/5
Spoiler: LabelsDanger: +2
Freak: +1
Saviour: 0
Superior: +2
Mundane: 0
"Lemon-Lime!" Danny blurts out, before blushing bright red. "S...sorr..." he starts, before the his mouth begins to move on its own. "Look! I didn't spend years of my life building this company from the ground up just for you to keep secrets from... I didn't build this company, though." he claps his hands over his mouth. Then one of them grabs the other wrist and begins a large struggle with it, forcing it away. "We risked our lives for that disk! Don't you think we deserve a little more than a "thanks, we'll take it from here?" You could at least tell us what it was all for."
Danny takes a deep breath, then rushes "Sorrysirthatwasn'tmeihaveavoicethat..." he finally finishes, realising just how badly he might have screwed up.
Spoiler: Out of CharacterProvoke Someone: 5
"Danny, or rather the Monkey Spirit, is trying to get Luke to give them a little more "respect" as he'd call it"
Failure!
Added potential, that makes 5!
Advancement: Add +1 to any two Labels.
+1 Danger, as Danny is becoming more and more worried about the control the Monkey Spirit seems to be able to exert over him.
+1 Freak as some more of the strangeness of his situation is coming to the fore, especially in front of his teammates he's tried so hard to hide it from.
Last edited by Yoachuallathui; 2022-07-01 at 01:07 PM.
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2022-06-29, 04:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2014
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Thorn of the Scarlet Moon Empire
Conditions:
Potential: 2/5
Hold: 0
With a trill, the transfer is done, his phone giving a small jingle as well to note the transfer was successful. The words however seem to rouse him from his own thoughts, a few text boxes of run on sentences in block font cut short as the green haired hero looks between Mother Bi, Rune and then the disk that quietly slides from the computer.
"Yeah...that's not part of the plan." he finally says, snatching the disk up before sliding it into one of his pockets. "Was going to check with the team if breaking the disk was in our best interest and find a hole to bury the copy in, in case we need it but I don't think we need the vote. Already had two or three plans started just on what Akarai said on the way here. Already threw the Princess's scent off the trail, should have enough time to do that while the rest see why something so pants poopingly dangerous was left in a lockbox with no guards, just ripe for the taking. On that note."
Sebastian turns to Rune in full, a sly smirk sliding across his face. "You trust me?"
Spoiler: MovesUnstoppable, Symbol of Authority, Are You Watching Closely
Spoiler: OOCBuying out Symbol of Authority for I Don't Care What You Think from the Delinquent. Rolled it and got an 8
Marking potential by acting to prove them wrongLast edited by Razade; 2022-06-29 at 04:52 PM.
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2022-07-10, 03:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2012
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Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Wyrd
Conditions: Afraid, Angry, Insecure
Potential: 5/5
Power: 0
Spoiler: Labels- Freak: +1
- Danger: +1
- Saviour: -1
- Superior: +2
- Mundane: +0
Spoiler: Current FormMundane
Rune takes a deep, shaky breath.
”Trust you? Yes, of course,” they reply, but their expression makes it clear that they’re not confident about the situation. ”But...this is big. Like, seriously dangerous stuff, and we had our hands full dealing with some thieves,” they add, lowering their voice a little with an uneasy glance at Mother Bi.
”It was horribly unguarded, which means we should be concerned about why. It looks like someone was supposed to steal it, and there’s likely something big in the works because of that. Maybe...we should leave this to the Weather Report?” they suggest weakly.
Absolutely not something they would prefer to do, but sometimes one has to acknowledge when things are getting too big to handle.
Sometimes the consequences of trying and failing can be too much.
Spoiler: OOC:Rejecting Influence: 4
Marking Potential, Re-marking Insecure, adjusting Freak down and Mundane up
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2022-07-10, 05:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2014
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Thorn of the Scarlet Moon Empire
Conditions:
Potential: 2/5
Hold: 0
"All the more reason to feel this out. We can't be certain the Report are on the up and up either. I won't destroy the master copy just yet but things have certainly grown more volatile than we anticipated. You go meet up with Midnight and the others, tell them what we learned here and see how much that spooks Wukong Industries." Sebastian states even as he pockets the disk, offering a wry smile. There's a moment's hesitation, the teen turning to Mother Bi, then back to Rune, a glint in his already glowing eyes.
"While you do that. I'm going to Karakuri Town. You be safe."
Spoiler: MovesUnstoppable, Symbol of Authority, Are You Watching CloselyLast edited by Razade; 2022-07-10 at 11:55 PM.
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2022-07-15, 02:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jul 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Kid Midnight
Conditions:
Potential: 1/5
Spoiler: Labels- Danger: -1
- Freak: -1
- Savior: +2
- Superior: 0
- Mundane: +3
Spoiler: MovesStraight. Up. Creepin': When you scope out a person or place, roll + Mundane. On a 10+, ask two. On a 7-9, ask one.
- What's my best way in/out?
- What happened here recently?
- What here is worth grabbing?
- Who or what here is not as they seem?
- Whose place is this?
On a miss, you find yourself in over your head. The GM will tell you why this is a bad spot.
Won't Let You Down: When you help a teammate, you can spend 2 out of the Team pool to add +2 to their roll.
Spoiler: DrivesChoose four drives to mark at the start of play. When you fulfill a marked drive, strike it out, and choose one: mark potential, clear a condition, take Influence over someone involved.
When your four marked drives are all struck out, choose and mark four new drives. When all drives are struck out, change playbooks, retire from the life, or become a paragon of the city.
- Kiss someone dangerous.
- Help a teammate when they need you most.
- Outperform an adult hero.
- Reject someone who tells you "you shouldn't be here."
Taken aback by Danny's outburst, Kid Midnight looks at his teammate with mouth agape. After a beat, he turns back to the good doctor. "Like I said. The heat. Goes to his head." He taps his temple a couple of times to emphasize.
"An escort won't be necessary, especially if they think we've already handed off the disk," he says, hoping to paper over...whatever it was that just happened with Danny. "But the Monsoon is a good idea. Can you have a representative meet us there this evening? The sooner we tie this up, the better."
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2022-07-19, 03:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2021
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Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Calamity
Conditions:Quirk (see Quirk on the Transfer playbook)
Potential: 2/5
Spoiler: Labels- Danger: +3
- Freak: -1
- Savior: 0
- Superior: -1
- Mundane: +2
Calamity, who has been very quietly and carefully paying attention to every step, every movement, and every flex of her muscles in this tower, finally snaps out of her self conscious stupor and notices the polite smile still stuck on her face. [I]Well, at least I looked like a person and not a lost sheep...[/I] she thought to herself, as she looked over at Danny. "Like I said, Doctor, we can handle ourselves! Do you mind if I just..." and she trails off as she moves to Danny and motions to pull him to the side a little bit. As she nears him, she quietly whispers "Hey, you okay bud? That ain't... well I ain't heard somethin like that before from ya, and you seem as caught off guard as we were..."
Spoiler: OOC
Calamity is attempting to pull Danny aside to check on him, because she is concerned and it aligns with our relationship on my playbook, so I'm attempting to pull that in.
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2022-07-22, 02:05 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Team in the Pool: 0
Thorn and Wyrd - Karakuri Road Trip?
Mother Bi looks distinctly unhappy at Thorn's reaction, her face wrinkling into a deeper frown. "You should listen to your friend, Sebastian." She gives a discontented huff, "Not that I expect you to listen to me, but they at least seem to have their head screwed on straight."
With Thorn having already snatched up the original and keeping the copy on his phone, the elderly lady has to settle for turning her computer off and turning to face the pair, "And if you know what's good for you, you'll stay far away from Karakuri Town. But if you're set on this fool's errand and won't listen to sense, then I can't offer you anything more. Stay for food if you want, but otherwise I think it's time for you to go."
Danny, Calamity, and Kid Midnight - Monkey Business
Luke half rises from his chair, concern across his face at Danny's outburst. He lowers himself back into his seat as Calamity gets to him first, but the concern fails to leave his face. "I think you should take your friend to the hospital. At least get him looked at by a medic."
Behind Luke, and apparently unnoticed by him, the view of the wooded glade shimmers and ripples, the effect reminiscent of a pebble being dropped in a pond. A shape begins to rise from the middle distance, detaching itself from the grass and undergrowth and turning its attention toward the room the group are housed in. It remains stationary for the moment, content simply to watch.
"I can have someone meet you at the Monsoon, though, that shouldn't be an issue." Luke turns to his desk and scribbles down a number onto a scrap of paper, passing it over to Kid Midnight, "Call this number if you get into trouble before then. We'll be there, please make sure you are as well."
Spoiler: The Mystery Shape
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Spoiler: Alternate Avatars
Leah and Saura, Summer Rose, and Firebrand by me
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2022-07-24, 10:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2014
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Thorn of the Scarlet Moon Empire
Conditions:
Potential: 2/5
Hold: 0
"Haven't known what's good for me since I was blown up. Been one long stream of bad ideas from then to here. I'll come and eat here if I become a ghost though." Sebastian offers the old woman with a wink before glancing back to Rune. "Guess we've got ourselves another rain check, friend. Good luck with the others, I'll keep my phone on. If I don't come back in a week, fill my spot." With that Sebastian offers a bow and heads back into the city.
The plan was, for all intents and purposes, half formed. Karakuri Town wasn't a place you went to. It certainly wasn't a place you went to without a plan and backup. He had neither, nor any real way of knowing how to get there in the first place. Not, at least, without a lot of hiking and hiking was not on his list of preferred actions especially through Weather Report land. After a rail ride to clear his head however, he knew the best place to go. The Hikari Shrine...which meant he'd need a change of clothing. A sick costume change and a few transport panels later, and taking a few moments to send a copy of the disk data over to Rune's phone when he felt enough time had passed they were out from Mother Bi's grasp, he was off. Sebastian arrives at the Shrine, cleaned up and respectful as he moves under the long path of torii guarded groves to the main temple.
Spoiler: MovesUnstoppable, Symbol of Authority, Are You Watching CloselyLast edited by Razade; 2022-07-24 at 07:30 PM.
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2022-08-01, 12:24 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2011
- Location
- England, Kent, Canterbury
- Gender
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Daniel "Danny" Carter
Conditions: Hopeless! -2 to Unleash Your Powers
Potential: 0/5
Spoiler: LabelsDanger: +2
Freak: +1
Saviour: 0
Superior: +2
Mundane: 0
Danny is red as a cherry, looking between Luke, Midnight and then Calamity. As the latter moves over to him, he stands and moves to the side too, more than happy to leave the situation even if for a brief reprieve.
"Hey C...Cal..." He mumbles. "It's uhh...I dunno. This voice? I think. It tells me to do stuff. Usually it just sort of, listens, helps. Sometimes I feel, when we're fighting, I'm sort of on autopilot. Oh...uhh...anyway. It feels like he, it...is sorta talking through me and it's really weird and I don't like it."
I have a name... the voice in his head deadpans.
Danny lowers his voice even further "I think it might be the uhh...the Monkey."
He can barely make eye contact with her at this point. This has been the part he's been dreading. The part that they all think he's weird, call him a freak and kick him out of the group...he wanted to swallow but his mouth was far too dry.
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2022-08-02, 10:48 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Kid Midnight
Conditions:
Potential: 1/5
Spoiler: Labels- Danger: -1
- Freak: -1
- Savior: +2
- Superior: 0
- Mundane: +3
Spoiler: MovesStraight. Up. Creepin': When you scope out a person or place, roll + Mundane. On a 10+, ask two. On a 7-9, ask one.
- What's my best way in/out?
- What happened here recently?
- What here is worth grabbing?
- Who or what here is not as they seem?
- Whose place is this?
On a miss, you find yourself in over your head. The GM will tell you why this is a bad spot.
Won't Let You Down: When you help a teammate, you can spend 2 out of the Team pool to add +2 to their roll.
Spoiler: DrivesChoose four drives to mark at the start of play. When you fulfill a marked drive, strike it out, and choose one: mark potential, clear a condition, take Influence over someone involved.
When your four marked drives are all struck out, choose and mark four new drives. When all drives are struck out, change playbooks, retire from the life, or become a paragon of the city.
- Kiss someone dangerous.
- Help a teammate when they need you most.
- Outperform an adult hero.
- Reject someone who tells you "you shouldn't be here."
"We'll be there," Kid Midnight says as he takes the paper scrap. Pulling out his phone, he snaps a photo of the number, automatically logging it before crumpling it up and shoving it in his mouth like a piece of top-secret chewing gum.
Looking back up, he catches sight of something in the glade behind Dr. Luke. "Hey, Doc? Speaking of monkeys, what is that thing?"
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2022-08-07, 08:08 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Gender
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Wyrd
Conditions: Afraid, Angry, Insecure
Potential: 0/5
Power: 0
Spoiler: Labels- Freak: +1
- Danger: +1
- Saviour: -1
- Superior: +2
- Mundane: +0
Spoiler: Current FormMundane
Left behind by a Sebastian who is moving much too quickly for them to keep up with short of a display of power, Rune stifles a sigh.
”My apologies for Sebastian’s...precipitous behaviour,” they apologize to Mother Bi. ”We all know he means well, but...” They shrug – nothing more really needs be said, now does it?
Politely taking their leave, Rune makes their halting way out of the Underrail. The tapping of the butt of the axe being used as a cane carries through as a constant overlying several panels, passing stalls, mysteriously shrouded beings, and curious outcroppings of native stone.
And in the process of passing an open doorway, a hand reaches out unexpectedly to grasp Rune by the shoulder and yank them through.
Looking through the doorway, we see...nothing but an empty room.
-= * * * =-
A SHORT TIME LATER
A door creaked open in the pitch-black room, illuminated only by the dim light that filtered in through the now open doorway. A figure stumbled through, the door closing with a solid thump in their wake, plunging the panel in to complete blackness once more.
A blackness that was interrupted by a familiar cascade of magical energies as Rune resumed their mundane form once more. The darkness was pushed back for an instant by the light of those energies...and remained at bay, as the residual magical energies were caught up in numerous crystals set in holders on the walls, starting glowing softly with the same energy.
As did the door outlined along one wall.
Bracing themselves on their axe, Rune managed to regain steady footing and limped to the outlined door, placing a hand at the edge. With a cracking sound and a puff of displaced dust, the door swung ponderously inward as they moved out of its way, white light pouring in from outside.
Rune stepped out...into the stacks of a library. In fact, not unfamiliar ones, and Rune turned to see the segment of bookshelf close up once more to conceal the room behind.
Yes, as they had thought. 293.133, Norse Mythology.
Cute.
Their phone chirped with an arriving message, and they wondered just how worried the others must be after the number of days that—
About to unlock their phone, Rune was confronted by a time and date display that indicated minutes, not days.
Okay then.
Unlocked, the message proved to be a copy of the data sent from Sebastian, and Rune shook their head as they recalled how things had been left before all of...well, before it had all happened.
Opening the group chat, they quickly shot off a message confirming that everyone was doing all right, as expected?
Not that any of the most recent events had been expected, but that...that, is another story entirely.
Spoiler: OOC:Taking Advancement: Gain two choices from the Mentor’s Resources from the Protege Playbook
Hidden Base, Teleportal
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2022-08-12, 02:48 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Oct 2021
- Gender
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Calamity
Conditions:Quirk (see Quirk on the Transfer playbook)
Potential: 2/5
Spoiler: Labels- Danger: +3
- Freak: -1
- Savior: 0
- Superior: -1
- Mundane: +2
We see a small panel of Calamities eyes closed, and then another of the confused look on her face as she blinks slowly, trying to take in what Danny just said. "Right… so there is a Monkey in your head that helps you fight, and sometimes says weird things to you, but its never talked For You before… is the Monkey some sort of metaphor? Cos like an Old Girlfriend and I used to use codes and such for like… anxiety and such. Is this one of those things? Cos if it is, we all have our own Monkeys, Danny. Yours is just a little more active, I guess." Calamity puts a hand on Danny's shoulder, and attempts to make eye contact. "Just because you've been on your own a while, doesn't mean you have to be anymore."
Unbeknownst to her, her concentration slips just a touch, and the sound of her hand clasping Danny's shoulder creates a sonic wave that ripples through the room, and through the window pane, all the way towards the looming shape…
Spoiler: OOC
Calamity is doing her best to Comfort Danny, although she is confused. She rolled a 7, so things are gonna get Weird. Firstly, Danny can open up as per the move. Secondly, Calamity still has Quirk marked! So I think Calamity has become too focused on Danny, and keeping her powers under control, that the situation escalates.
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2022-08-12, 05:14 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Team in the Pool: 0
Thorn
Spacing
The Hikari Shrine is, despite being a tourist hotspot, a relatively tranquil location. Red-leafed trees provide shade over an enclosed courtyard. Visitors, devotees, and priests intermingle in various huddles and clumps of people. A warm, gentle breeze creates the soft rustling of the canopy, providing an auditory backdrop to the sedate but irregular noises of conversation. In a busy city, the Hikari Shrine offers respite to those who would seek it.
For Thorn, the tourists are easy to pick out from the regulars. Even leaving aside the clear differences in behaviour, and sometimes even dress sense, Thorn has certainly frequented the Shrine enough to have learned many of the faces that form the human element of the Hikari Shrine's charm.
One face in particular stands out amongst the rest, though its familiarity comes not from frequent visits to the Shrine but instead from the fame of its owner. Studiously ignoring whispered comments and surreptitious attempts to take his photo, the panels focus in on a man kneeling within a quiet alcove. Dressed in unassuming street clothing, an introductory text box using a strange mix of oranges and shadows labels him as Sangha, the Tiger.
Sangha's apparent serenity comes to an end as he gets to his feet, motions that must once have come naturally now stiffened with age. He fixes Thorn with an irritable expression, "Half the afternoon I've wasted waiting for you here. Well? Let's hear what you've got to say for yourself."
Spoiler: Sangha
Spoiler: ThornQuite what Sangha's referring to is unclear, there's many things that have happened just today that he could be referring to, after all. What you do know is that he has a soft spot for Danny, the Monkey-powered boy working part time at his shop. He also has far less love for the Warlords and those that would associate with them, something that could be particularly problematic for you. Whatever's drawn the Tiger from his Pavillion, there's a good chance it has something to do with either yourself or Danny.
Wyrd
Recent events aside, Wyrd is at least able to recoup somewhat within the confines of the library. The mundanity of the building provides a grounding presence, the physicality of the books and shelves perhaps providing a pleasant certainty of the order of the universe. The studious quiet is briefly broken by the sound of an alert as Wyrd receives a message during their check-in on current affairs. It would appear that Dr. Martin is enquiring about their availability for the next therapy session.
"Hey, excuse me..?"
Wyrd finds they're given scant time to respond to their therapist's request before they're approached by a shorter youth, notable for their slightly wild appearance and monkey-tail. "I'm looking for the section on the Zodiac, can you help?"
Spoiler: WyrdIn case it's unclear, the person approaching you is Rowan, last seen preparing a restaurant for a busy night.
Danny, Calamity, and Kid Midnight - Window Stressing
Luke's bemused expression refuses to shift as Kid Midnight opts to eat the phone number he'd been provided with, and Danny appears to deepen into his mental break. He shifts in his chair, however, at Kid Midnight's question. As he does, Calamity's inadvertent sonic shock ripples through the room. The window warps and ripples in sympathy to the sound waves. The monkey-creature's head tilts, and then it begins to move toward the window frame.
As it approaches, a sense of pressure begins to fill the room as though the occupants were diving into deep water. The frame of the window begins to fracture and pop under the increasing pressure, plastic and wooden casing flaking away only to float in mid-air just a few centimetres from the now-exposed circuitry embedded within. The air itself also develops hairline fractures, brilliant white light shining through the mid-air cracks.
Luke gets to his feet, alarm in his body language and voice as he turns to the trio, "Go, get out! I have to contain this before it ruptures!"
Spoiler: Danny, Calamity, and Kid MidnightWell, that's not great. Whether or not the monkey is hostile, it's approach is having some seriously concerning effects on the room you're in. Luke doesn't look like he's ready to leave, but he's clearly expecting you three to run. The question is, do you leave him to it? Or do you feel somewhat responsible for catching the creature's attention in the first place?Last edited by Comissar; 2022-08-12 at 05:16 PM.
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Spoiler: Alternate Avatars
Leah and Saura, Summer Rose, and Firebrand by me
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2022-08-13, 04:40 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Sep 2014
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Thorn of the Scarlet Moon Empire
Conditions:
Potential: 2/5
Hold: 0
A few panels follow Sebastian as he makes his way through the various observances at the temple, greetings to the various maidens, an offering of onigiri and a few coins at several alters, before the panels are arrested by the presence of such a big named hero. Sebastian slides into the final panel like ones slides onto their back foot when making sure a distance between themselves and something dangerous is maintained, his back practically leaning against the boarder of the panel.
"Did someone replace my day keeper? Tiger doesn't go too far out it's range, what'd you want to wait that long? Danny's not with me, don't think he'd be here at all so that's not it...is it?
Complications on complications if he had to guess. It was true, Sangha didn't generally step out from his shop so this wasn't just a social call.
Spoiler: MovesUnstoppable, Symbol of Authority, Are You Watching Closely
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2022-08-20, 07:18 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Gender
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Wyrd
Conditions: Afraid, Angry, Insecure
Potential: 0/5
Power: 0
Spoiler: Labels- Freak: +1
- Danger: +1
- Saviour: -1
- Superior: +2
- Mundane: +0
Spoiler: Current FormMundane
Distracted, Rune barely takes note of Gohan as they approach and ask for assistance.
”Uh, should be somewhere in the one-thirties, Parapsychology and Occultism,” they reply absently after a moment to recall. ”This is the two-nineties, World Religions.” Navigating a library’s resource section isn’t particularly onerous once you get the task of memorizing the basics of the classification system out of the way.
More importantly, when will they have time for their next session with Linda? It’s not the kind of thing that can be just blown off because something important is happening; truth be told, something important is always happening, and therapy doesn’t work if you don’t actually do it.
It also doesn’t help that they don’t exactly know how important the current situation is yet.
stuffs going on as usual; can we say 2morrow at 4 and ill try not 2 cancel?
Thankfully, their therapist understood that stuff does indeed happen when one is running around trying to be a hero....
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2022-08-30, 05:47 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Team in the Pool: 0
Thorn
Sangha gives a grunt in response to Thorn's quip. "Do you talk to all of your elders this way..?" He grumbles, "If I wanted to speak with Danny, I'd wait until he came by my shop. I'm here because you're courting one of the Warlord's grandkids. And I don't trust that you're not going to sell the rest of them out when it suits you." He folds his arms in front of himself, fixing Thorn with a challenging glare, clearly expecting some kind of response.
Spoiler: ThornSangha is definitely attempting to shift your labels here. Shift Danger up and Mundane down or roll to reject as he tells you that he considers you to be a potential threat to the harmony of the team you've found yourself on.
Wyrd
"And that'll have books on Zodiac hosts, right..?" Rowan presses, apparently eager to lean on Wyrd's expertise rather than wanting to try and sift through the section by themselves, "Like, maybe some history on Wukong?"
Wyrd's phone pings while their knowledge of the library's collection is tested, a quick glance at the screen showing it to be a response from Linda Martin.
Spoiler: Linda's ResponseTomorrow works for me. Saw there was a bank break in not far from you, make sure you're staying safe at work.
Spoiler: WyrdRowan's request for more specific knowledge is something that Wyrd can answer. There are indeed books specifically about those that have wielded the powers of the Zodiac, but most of the books are couched in legend rather than being more modern tellings of their stories.Last edited by Comissar; 2022-08-30 at 05:49 PM.
GLaDOS Avatar and Pokémon Sig. by me
Spoiler: Alternate Avatars
Leah and Saura, Summer Rose, and Firebrand by me
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2022-08-30, 06:29 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Sep 2014
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Thorn of the Scarlet Moon Empire
Conditions: Angry, Insecure
Potential: 3/5
Hold: 0
The glare, and the text boxes, make arrows that puncture right into Thorn's chest.
"This would have been a lot better if you were just here looking for Danny." Sebastian sighs, tucking his hands into his pockets and meeting Sangha's glare with one of his own. Anger was a good mask, and one to shield from the fact that the words hurt something awful. It was true, after all, that he'd already sold out plenty of people to get where he was so what were a few more? They'd been actual villains though and in a lot of cases people needing put away. Not heroes and certainly not friends. The idea of selling poor, hometown Calamity out to get out of a dime made his stomach turn more than what brought him to the Shrine in the first place. So did the idea, he feared, that many on the team probably felt the same way given his general attitude and they were all just too nice to say it out loud. Only way to prove them wrong was to act though. For all the bravado, for all the look of turning over a new leaf, regardless of how much either of those were true what was a foundational fact was he was 100% behind the team.
Convincing them would be hard, but that was part of the mission. It would be harder with a battle hardened old man and everyone in town knew that Sangha was about as hard and battle tested as you could get. It didn't surprise him that Sangha knew about Akari but it sure concerned him on the how. "My relationship with the Princess isn't related to the team, liable to be what breaks the deal really. Would be a shame though, I do like her. Could see a future with her if the con goes well. Add a big name to the ol'hero side. Not much I can say that'll ease your concerns though I wager. Think that's us sorted? You don't like my dating habits and you think I'm going to throw my team under the bus when it suits me. Happy to disappoint on the first, more than happy to prove you wrong on the second."
Spoiler: OOCRolled a good solid 4 on my Reject. Can't shift my Labels because my Mundane is already at -2 so that's two Conditions for me. Insecure, Angry.
Spoiler: MovesUnstoppable, Symbol of Authority, Are You Watching Closely
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2022-09-10, 02:01 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2011
- Location
- England, Kent, Canterbury
- Gender
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
]Daniel "Danny" Carter
Conditions: Hopeless! -2 to Unleash Your Powers
Potential: 1/5
Spoiler: LabelsDanger: +2
Freak: +1
Saviour: 0
Superior: +2
Mundane: 0
"Wait...what is that?" Danny asks the question, despite the very real possibility that no one would, or could answer. He looks between his teammates...there was no way Midnight could have done this...unless it was a Magic Phone Number!... but no, that was too farfetched. Calamity? She had done something and the pressure certainly felt like her...but she had nothing to do with monkeys...as far as he knew. If only he knew someone who had powers related to...
Then it hit him! How could it not have sooner, it was so obvious! Something bad was about to happen!! And he'd just admitted to having a monkey living in his mind in front of them. They were totally going to blame him!
Then he hears Luke's words and glances over, the realisation seeming to ripple through him. "Co...contain it? Wait, but you'll die!" And I'm a hero! I can't let that happen he finishes the thought internally.
Danny dives forwards, hoping to use his agility to hook a hand around Luke and throw him backwards out of the room, before following after with his teammates.
Spoiler: Out of CharacterDefend: 3
Danny is trying to defend himself and the others from the unknown threat
Failure!
Added potential.
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2022-10-01, 07:02 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2012
- Gender
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Wyrd
Conditions: Afraid, Angry, Insecure
Potential: 1/5
Power: 0
Spoiler: Labels- Freak: +1
- Danger: +1
- Saviour: -1
- Superior: +2
- Mundane: +0
Spoiler: Current FormMundane
Attention currently being split in two directions, a smile flickers briefly across Rune’s face at their therapist’s concern. They responded a bit vaguely to the posed questions even as they typed another response.
”Uh, yeah, but it’ll be more mythology than biography,” they say, thumbs flickering.
doing my best! just had sum weird stuff that i should probs talk about Isn’t that the truth?
Rune frowns, focusing their full attention onto the young knowledge seeker.
”Wait, Wukong? What’s this about?” they asked suspiciously. Seems hard to believe that this would be a coincidence of timing, what with most of the rest of the team off on the Island at this very moment....
Spoiler: OOC:Pierce the Mask: 3
Marking Potential
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2022-10-11, 08:09 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2012
Re: Strife in San Fransapporo [Masks: A New Generation]
Team in the Pool: 0
Thorn
Sangha spends a long while scrutinising Thorn's expression following his statement. At last he nods, seemingly satisfied with the short conversation. "I hope you do so. It can be nice to be wrong about someone."
Taking a moment to watch the increased foot traffic milling around the pair, Sangha looks back to Thorn and adds in a softer tone, "I heard about the bank break in on the radio, are you and your team ok? Danny's got the devil's luck, but he's not indestructible. Nor is that boy in black."
Spoiler: ThornDespite his misgivings on Thorn specifically, Sangha's concern seems genuine. That said, after his critique, this may not be much of an olive branch.
Wyrd
"We-ell..." Rowan gives an awkward grin, rubbing the back of their neck as their tail swishes behind them, "It's kinda embarassing but... I heard that the Zodiac spirits look for like-minded hosts. And, well, I figured since Wukong's, y'know, passed now. Maybe it'd be my ticket to fame and fortune if I could, y'know, persuade the Monkey Spirit I was the right person for it..?"
Rowan gives an awkward laugh, looking embarrassed at the admission, "That must sound real conceited to you. But, yeah, I want to try and research if it's even possible first, and I figured I've got a bit of time before my shift starts, so I could grab some books to read during my break."
Spoiler: WyrdWyrd may not know for sure if their own teammate is possessed by the Monkey Spirit, but they may know that the Zodiacs do indeed hunt for worthy hosts. If Rowan is looking to claim the Monkey Spirit for themselves, would that leave Danny de-powered?
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Spoiler: Alternate Avatars
Leah and Saura, Summer Rose, and Firebrand by me