SNAKES STILL MENACE!
Reports are still pouring in of people wearing "snake masks" being sighted, with a couple muggings and robberies following the "Snake Riot."  One was even reported menacing a local church!  The FBI is now claiming that those apprehended were just afflicted by cancer growths, and any resemblance to snakes is a combination of hysteria, and hallucinations from sewer gas.  The damage done to the Asian markets were from explosions of said gas as well according to Agent Made!  Sewer worker Jackie Saadson says there's no gas there, they check!  Dear readers, we know these are really mutated sub-humans from beneath the city! Report any sightings and call the police immediately, these snake-men are dangerous and may even be contagious.

ALIENS REAL!
Several people that were held hostage in the "Snake Riots" claimed they had a young boy's voice talk in their head offering words of comfort and solstice.  Was this a guardian angel, or really the voice of a telepath at the scene?  No, it's an alien!  One man described a menacing presence looming over him with large eyes, invading his mind, but he heard the real voice talking in pictures of an alien world with strange colors, unimaginable alien animals, and the joy of inflicting pain on him.  Guard your mind readers!  Parapsychologist Sheldon Mandrake suggests reciting a well known psalm or song such as "Row Your Boat" to protect yourself from mental invasion.

HOMELESS ABDUCTED!
Local homeless advocates have reported an entire encampment on the strip median disappeared overnight.  Locals reported seeing weird lights at night around the area.  This picture was captured (just a burry mess of rainbow colors on the road)  Is it more aliens?  Snake people?  The necromancer "Tremor" from the future that attacked my very own self at the Rally to remove the Mayor?  Devil-women? or more "Sewer Gas?"  Report any information you have to The Mystery Times!

This snake business was getting out of hand. Considering what he should do, Manmirror remembered "begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will."
Sun Tzu coming through again! But what would his 'opponent" hold 'dear'? Maybe the answers to that could be found in Dr. Cobra's lab. Now if he could only find the lab, he could take a look, there. Well, someone would know something. He would just have to ask around.

After a frustrating day with no leads undercover Manmirror takes a walk through the park to clear his head and sits with a chess hustler friend Chester.  He's smarter than most and knows how to keep a secret maybe he'll have some insights, it'll cost him a buck to be trounced though.

After listening and beating Manmirror Chester says "Hey, you know, I saw that broadcast on the Chaze bank robbery.  The reporter said the snake guys fled down a manhole near there, I'd think that'd be a good place to start.  Criminals usually start near home, that was their first appearance I think."

Front Page Exclusive! Snakeman Caught on Camera with Snakewife!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0...399872/?ref_=tt_ov_i
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Max sighed. He knew Chester was right. Darien had mentioned the snake-men retreating into the sewer and there were several eye-witness accounts of the snake-people exiting the sewer. He just didn't like the sewer. All the poor alligators that had to be repressed when you're walking through. Plus, if you're not careful you hear things from people's bathrooms. No one wants what they say in the toilet to be public. Well, if he was going to do it, he would find the entrance that was nearest to the most recent attacks.

ooc: the link doesnt work for me

Looking at the best investigative reporting newspaper on the planet, "SNAKEMEN".

Thinking out loud to herself It has to be real because hallucinogenic swamp gas excuse. Well I haven't punch anything yet today.

Heading home to change into something more appropriate before checking out the homeless vanishing in the beam of light.

Interface is cautious, she orders the forklift to raise it's fork once more, to be ready for whomever might be coming closer, but keeping an eye on the hatch. She might need to open it to get away, or to block it being opened by 'reinforcements'. In either case, she stands behind the forklift, waiting for the voices to come into view.

(OOC: Waiting for Manmirror - and possibly Destiny Dame to post here as they approach.)

Manmirror walks through the sewers, searching for a clue. Of course, anyone that knows anything about Manmirror knows he's always trying to get a clue. When he comes into view of the equipment, he directs a statement over his shoulder, "I think it might be Towmotorman, but he usually works East St. Louis."
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Destiny Dame keep working her way through the sewers, slowly coming up on someone also walking though them.  Seeing a non lizard looking person.


Hello?

Interface steps to the side of the forklift, and you can see a female figure, dressed in a white and black spandex suit and mask, with red over the palms of her hands, and around the eyes. "I am not Twomotorman, but if you, and your snake man friend, make another step, I might be forced to take action. Who are you, and what are you doing here?" Her tone clearly saying that she has a dislike to snake man.

Rather than stop, Max walks forward. He appears to be a guy wearing jeans, work boots, and a t-shirt, except every surface, even his eye's whites and pupils, is perfectly reflective.
"No, no, no. It's tow-motor-man. He was struck by some kinda freak lightning while moving castings around at a foundry. Fused 'im right to the machine, which was a forklift. On the floor they're referred to as towmotors, because that used to be the company that made 'em."
"I can see you're not him. I'm Manmirror, and Larry isn't dangerous. Didja know some of these snake guys got changed to escape the big 'C'? As long as they're not provoked, they're just tryin' to live as normal a life as they can. Larry thinks he could work in professional wrestling, and I think he might be right."
"So, your power is a pet towmotor? Cool. I'm going to assume you're down here lookin' for the snakemen that've gone bad. I'm just down here tryin' to figure out what the deal is with all the snakemen. I'm not sure, yet, what I'm finding."

I might disgree with you some, as the one i ran into just attacked me while i was looking around on the street.   Lucky i guess, as that would have easily killed anyone else.

So i guess like many things some are not as nice as others.   Nice fork truck btw, though a tad hard to get around in all places.

The snakeman, Larry isn't to be seen. Interface is sure she heard one, and with this construction work explaining he's cool, even more sure he should be with the construction worker, but doesn't seem to be.  The hatch that also shouldn't be there, but is, through which the computer Interface thinks is the one she's searching for beckons.

Destiny Dame and Manmirror aren't exactly sure what's going on here but clues (or Larry) led them this far.

Interface smiles "This is a nice forklift, but while it wasn't easy bringing it here, it served me well, as my physical skills aren't very high. But, what led me here is that someone, or several someones, amongst these snake men, have been using a computer situated beyond this hatch, which isn't even in the plans of the sewers, to try and hack some sensitive computers. If I can get to the consoles, I believe I can neutralize whatever their plans are, and to uncover what they planned to do. My body might not be the greatest, but my mind is sharp."
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Well since we are all here maybe we should pool up some effort.   I had one of these lizards attack me on the street while i was looking around, had a nasty venom bite.   I would suggest that you not get bitten.  Other wise the trail lead me down here so I guess we could just poke around some more and see where they might be hiding.

What do you guys think?

"I think maybe we should open that hatch, but... I'm pretty sure this would be hemmed-in ground. 'In hemmed-in ground, resort to stratagem.' So before we even try to pass through there we should get ready for attack from the enemy on the other side."
"Now, I've been bit at by the snake-dudes before. When I get serious, it just kinda chips their fangs. So, I'll just prepare myself and stay in the front when we open the hatch. That's about all I can say, I don't know enough about you guys to suggest any other strategies."
Manmirror's surface has been, as his name suggests, mirror-like. Upon making his statement, the mirror-like surface dulls a bit, and he seems to sink a little deeper into the muck in the tunnel.

"Looks like you two have got the physical side covered, so I'll deal with any machinery and/or computes they might have. I'd rather not get bitten, so if you're willing to risk it, and can take care of it, I don't see the need to step on your toes. If you will please step forward, I will have the hatch opened."

She looks at the hatch, assuming Manmirror and Destiny Dame step forward, and sets her mind to open it, without touching, her mind working to move it just right to make it's mechanical pieces move to unlock it.

Destiny Dame hops down the man hole cover.

I hate sewers, always get that nasty water in my boots, so hard to get out.

Just as she opens the hatch someone's coming up from the direction Destiny Dame came from. "Whossse there?" it says.

From the room beyond the issues the reply "Friendsss."

The hatch fully opens to reveal a medium size maintenance room, cramped with extra tables, lab equipment, and a few computers, a red and black striped snake-man stares at you, his seat the edge of the desk another hooded person sits at, back toward you, you can't see his face or hands from this angle.
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Manmirror grins, then starts motioning to Interface and Destiny Dame to hide. To make sure they understand, he taps his own chest with the first two knuckles of his right hand. It sounds like a jackhammer bouncing off concrete. He quietly states, "I'm at maximum hardbody stage, now. Haven't met a snake guy yet that can hurt me when I'm like this."
Shouting back towards the voice that demanded who was there, Manmirror says, "there's me, too. We haven't met but friends would work out best for all of us, here, too."

Interface moves to the side, and closer to the hatch, in such a way that the snakeman inside will not see her, and attempts to see if she can reach the computer with her mind, so she can at least ascertain what they are doing with it.

Destiny Dame stand aside to let manmirror talk since it seems that he did it before.   Just exactly how many have you met?
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The hoody'd man at the desk says "Coral, keep them off me I'm almossst through!"  in another more feminine voice the same person says "I can not stop him. He's so strong now, you had ..." cut off by a hiss from him.

The red and black snakeman slides off the edge of the desk and starts spinning faster and faster, soon he's a blur, and interposes himself between the superheroes and the figure at the computer.

The snakeman down the sewage pipe comes into view "I'm not doing ssso hot, I don't know if I can help."

Blackthorne courses through the tunnels, relying heavily on his other-than-sight sensor suite as he follows his snake-man quarry through the sewers. He pauses near a side path when he hears conversation from that direction. Recognizing Manmirror’s voice, he gives a glance at the snake-man’s path and decides to find his fellow hero.

Entering another chamber, he finds Manmirror before a hatchway, with two other heroines - a computer nerd and Dazzling Debbie or something with two Ds - he recognizes from media and internal company reports. They seem to be talking with someone on the other side of the hatch.

Not one to interfere, he leans up against a wall and watches the proceedings.
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Manmirror's voice loses a little of its good humor as he says, "ok, how about this? I'm going to assume you're up to no good because you won't stop and talk about what you're doing. I'm going to grab this, uh..." and Manmirror abruptly addresses the snake-thing in front of him before continuing, "Coral, is it? Pleased to meetcha."
"I'm going to grab this Coral and hurl it at you with all my might. Many, many things will be broken. Not the least of them the possibility that Coral can find a good tag team partner and become a hit on the circuit, I think the coloration will show nicely through the TV camera."

Hoping that Manmirror's banter will distract the snakemen, Interface quickly lets her mind wander to the code, and starts putting roadblocks to the snakeman operating the computer, cursing under her breath, hoping that Manmirror will move this into a fight, so she can actually get on a computer, and use her skill at computers, since she can then do much better that at a distance.

Today: Interface rolled 10 using 1d100, unique dice.

The red and black blur bounces over to block the hatch.  Like speaking under a helicopter it says says "I don't/ want t/o hurt/ you fr/iend, b/ut you/ can't c/ome in."

The man/woman? at the computer mutters talking to itself
Male "A few more sssafeguards...
Female "This course of action is counterproductive."
Male "Ssshut up, you're dissstracting me!"
Female "Is not Manmirror you're friend?
Male Acquaintenccce at bessst. Two more.

Manmirror says. "ya know, I don't wanna hurt you either. To prove it, I'm going lighten up and take a more non-violent approach. But this won't last. You should know by now that I'm reasonable and won't cause you trouble unless you're truly stepping beyond the bounds of decency."
Immediately afterword, Manmirror's surface suddenly becomes almost perfectly reflective. This covers more wavelengths than normal humans can see, but even the visible ones can be useful. Minmirror attempts to be flashy, and make it hard for Coral to remain in front of him as he gets through the hatch. Even so, each time the shiny one starts to go through the opening Coral is in front of him and Manmirror doesn't make any headway.

20:46, Today: Manmirror rolled 29 using 1d100.  agility feat to dazzle Coral.

Well clearly you are not that good of friends

Destiny Dame extends her arm and attempts to dazzle the male lizard instead a few puffs of wind seem to do nothing.


OOC: rolled 11...

Well, that proved less than useful, Henry thinks as he straightens up. He draws out his boom gun and adjusts a setting. Snakes are ectothermic, and brumate in cold weather; perhaps a blast of cold will slow the blur down.

Careful to aim between the two heroes, Blackthorne releases a blast of frigid energy at their interposing foe.

OOC: Today: Henry Elias Blackthorne rolled 89 using 1d100 ((89)).

Silver result: HIT

Damage is Great Gt [20], Cold Energy
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Manmirror and Destiny's dazzling only effect is to light the otherwise dark underground up.

15:13, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Coral, rolled 25 using 1d100.  Reflect Cold.

While hit by Blackthorn's cold blast, Coral seems unaffected (resist 20) Coral says "None ssshall passsss! I alwaysss wanted to sssay that."  Coral tries to become more of a wall (dodge)


15:40, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Coral, rolled 32 using 1d100.  Dodge. White - no effect


15:37, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Snakeman, rolled 23 using 1d100.  grapple Henry's gun.

The Snakeman who came ahead of Blackthorn turns and looks at him, "How'd you get here hollywood?" He's unsure of what to do, having been totally ineffective against him before, but at last tries to take Blackthorn's gun, but is equally ineffective.

Coral says "There's no point to thisss, just go home, humansss, before sssomeone's hurt."

The person at the computer continues muttering.

male: Stop interfering.
female:  What's the matter, finding it hard to type?

Destiny Dame starts up spin as she speeds over the one of the lizards and delivers a solid strike.

Clearly this is going no where.

ooc:  18:26, Today: Destiny Dame rolled 69 using 1d100.  fighting punch.  - 75 damage
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Manmirror steps back a few paces and says, "I made it perfectly clear that I wasn't going to jump to conclusions, so if there was nothing wrong with what's going on in there you could've just told me. You didn't."
"Coral, my apologies."
As he sets himself into a football stance, the flooring beneath his feet buckles a bit. Then Manmirror charges Coral in an attempt to get through the door.

OOC: Pushing his density back to maximum gives Manmirror Astounding Strength.
Using a charge maneuver (the lesser of fighting or endurance)
00:47, Today: Manmirror rolled 64 using 1d100.  Charge Coral (Fighting FEAT).
This is a bronze result, slam possible (Astounding Strength means fifty damage).

Interface concentrates not on the code, so much as the keyboard itself, willing to act in defiance of the snake man's attempts. She need ed to get her hands on the computer, to find out what exactly they were looking for, and what else they might have hacked in, so she can alert the rightful authorities


OOC: Spent 100 Karma to upgrade her Machine Control to Astounding (40)
Today: Interface rolled 73 using 1d100, unique dice ((73)).

Henry looks down at his gun, and reconciles himself to reality that he has some more work to do to make it an effective weapon.



"It doesn't take much to follow someone as careless as you, Spitter," Blackthorne quips as he pulls his gun away from the snake-man's grasping hands. He attempts to follow it up with a quick strike, but their close proximity gives him little room to maneuver and he ends up only be able to swat his opponent's arms away.

OOC: Holster boom gun, Blunt Melee against "Spitter" (Fighting Fa[40]; Strength Wc[30])
Today: Henry Elias Blackthorne rolled 14 using 1d100 ((14)).

15:50, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Coral, rolled 100 using 1d100.  Resist slam. Gold - resisted.

16:14, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Coral, rolled 18 using 2d100, unique dice with rolls of 15,3.  Reflect Destiny and Manmirror's attacks. Both White, unable to reflect.  (OOC: I'm not sure if you should be able to reflect melee, but it just says physical and energy attacks, so going with being able to for now.)

Bam!  Pow!  The spinning Coral gets double-teamed hard by Manmirror and Destiny Dame, their strikes breaking some of his hard scales, but he stands - or spins his ground.  He says stumbling his words "Quiksss... a... coot... Dar, I can't hold them muccch longer!"

16:10, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Coral, rolled 5 using 1d100.  Bite Destiny Dame. White, miss

He says to Destiny Dame "Sssorry new girl, but you're clearly more dangerousss." then bites at her, snapping his fangs mere inches from her.

The person at the computer says "What'sss going on, the keyboard isssn't working?!" as he starts smashing the keys.

He spins his chair around, revealing a horifying two-headed snake man, one head is green and brown patches and looks oddly somewhat familiar to the heroes, especially Manmirror, can he place it?

The other is the size of a child's, purple and and has extremely large entirely black eyes even for a snake, and a very small mouth.  It doesn't even remotely resemble a human, but seems to be half-snake half something else.  The purple head says in a female voice "Manmirror, please stop him, he is not himself!"

The green and brown head says in a young masculine voice to Coral "It's Quetzzzalcoatl now! How hard isss that to sssay?  Nevermind. I'll ssshut them all up." and starts to put his claws up to his head in the classic mentalist pose.  (OOC: I'll wait until the next round for his attack as he was busy fighting the keyboard this round.)


16:24, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Spitter, rolled 98 using 1d100.  grab Blackthorne's \armor'. Gold - full hold and crush (Henry takes -2 RS to any action other than escaping (feat of fighting) or breaking out (feat of strength) silver required to end.) 20 str not sufficient to break through armor on the crush, but it's close!

Meanwhile Spitter yells at Blackthorne "I'll rip you out of that fancy armor!" throws himself at Blackthorn and wraps himself around him somewhat like a boa constrictor while ripping at the back of his armor with his claws, his armor starts to flex near its design limits.

OOC: Escape via Fighting (Fantastic Fa[40])
Today: Henry Elias Blackthorne rolled 71 using 1d100 ((71)).
Silver Result. (Escape a Full hold)

Thankful for the engineers he hired to design the ADLAR* material, Blackthorne takes a brief moment to assess how the snake-man has him held.

A little pressure here, a twist there, and the hero works his way out of Spitter's grasp. He takes a step back, grinning broadly, throwing his arms out in a cheesy ta-da! pose.

*ADvanced Light ARmor - Davy
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Destiny Dame tries to knock out the lizard, but the lizard manages to duck the swing easily.


17:21, Today: Destiny Dame rolled 10 using 1d100.  fighting punch. – 10

Manmirror's eyes narrow when the snake starts to act 'mental'. The solid one mumbles "Darien" before backing up and charging a second time... straight at the wall beside the doorway blocked by the aforementioned Coral.

OOC: Not sure what else to do, but spend 100 karma to get through
00:51, Today: Manmirror rolled 66 using 1d100.  smash through wall.

When the snake man stopped touching the keyboard in rage, Interface made herself known , looking into the room, trying to spot any piece of machinery, other than the computer, that she could take over, and strike the two-headed snake man.

14:48, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Spitter, rolled 8 using 1d100.  Haymaker. White, miss

Spitter fumes, hissing at Blackthorne.  He winds up a haymaker but telegraphs the move so badly Blackthorne has only to step slightly to one side to completely avoid it.  Spitter breathes hard from all the exertion and pain he's already in.

Manmirror blows through the concrete corner, getting him past Coral and into the two headed snake's face, both heads looking momentarily surprised.

15:14, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Coral, rolled 18 using 1d100.  Bites at Manmirror.

Coral says "What?!" spinning and biting at his back, but the cloud of concrete dust blinds him long enough to bite at only air.

The bigger head of the two-headed snake says "I'm Quetzzzalcoatl now!  How many times do I have to explain thisss?"  He stares at Manmirror intently

15:11, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Quetzzzalcoatl, rolled 5 using 1d100.  Sleep vs. Manmirror.  White

Manmirror feels a slight urge to yawn.

Interface glances around quickly, she sees a couple of wheels, behind a chickenwire fence, it looks like a manual train car - the ones that look vaguely like a see-saw.  What's that doing here she wonders? Pulled from some nearby connection to subways perhaps?  In any case it's heavy and iron, and will make a good target, her mind grabs hold of it.

15:21, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, on behalf of Interface, rolled 81 using 1d100.  Control Train Car. Success.

Destiny Dame still locked up with the lizard lands a punch again.   Hopefully enough to drop him this time.

07:38, Today: Destiny Dame rolled 67 using 1d100.  fighting punch : bronze [75damage]
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Interface smiles at the two-headed snakeman "You might be Quetzzzalcoatl, but you might want to look to your right." Just as the train car rushes him, and strikes a solid blow.

OOC:
Today: Interface rolled 71 using 1d100, unique dice. Possible Slam

Fighting and Agility WC (40)
Strength equal to Material Strength

Henry watches the snake-man nearly exhaust himself from the effort. It really isn't sporting to beat him down like this, so, he instead just nudges him with a push. "Come on, man, put some zeal into it!"

OOC: Today: Henry Elias Blackthorne rolled 9 using 1d100 ((9)).
I figured that 9 just means Henry isn't trying at the moment. ;)

Manmirror says, "yep, sure aren't Darien. Darien would've been WAY too angry if something tried to mess with his mind. Plus, you barely made me yawn. Nope, you were never Darien. No way he would've done less than knock me out."
Then the solid one tosses a backhand at Quetzlcoatl.

rolled a bronze feat, astounding strength

Destiny Dame's slams Coral one last time, he's laid out like roadkill, and doesn't move besides a thin hiss.


14:56, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Quetzlcoatl resist slam, rolled 10 using 1d100 ((10)) white, knocked down.

15:03, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Quetzlcoatl, rolled 24 using 1d100.  Sleep - area. white, no effect.

Manmirror's backhand knocks back Quetzlcoatl more fully into the train car's path, he's run over lying on the floor too, but he lets out some half-hiss half-scream sending a wave of weariness out, but again it it has no real effect.

Both of it's voices say "Help... me."

Spitter hears, looking over his shoulder and spits at the closest target, Destiny Dame, but hits only the doorjamb as she instinctually spins away from it.

15:07, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Spitter, rolled 2 using 1d100.  spit at Destiny Dame. White - miss

Manmirror grabs the edge of the train car and desperately heaves it away so he can get to the downed snake-twin. "If that IS Darien, maybe he can be saved," he says.

karma spent to guarantee success (if applicable) is either fourteen points or ten points if athletics is also applicable
07:18, Today: Manmirror rolled 12 using 1d100.  heave train car feat.

Interface looks at Manmirror. He seems to be a contardictoty in terms, but she shakes her head, and orders the train car off the snake man, if Manmirror doesn't force it off.

And she heads to the computer, to see about preventing his software from hacking, and to find out who and what else they hacked.

OOC: For the purpose of using computers when she physically using them, she has a Reason equivalent to Single Shift (150)
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Destiny Dame speeds over to the one that spit at her, Didn't your mom ever tell you it isnt nice to spit at people?


07:29, Today: Destiny Dame rolled 98 using 1d100.  fighting punch. – gold result [stun?] for 75

It's a nice hit. Really nice; proper form, good technique. There's a lot to appreciate in Destiny Dame's punch, without delving into the visceral realm of thought. (Or, non-thought, as it is.)

It'd be a shame if he didn't express his appreciation, so Henry does.

"Oh, very nice. Do you use a specific art, or just good ol' red-blooded American brawling?" he asks of the heroine.

OOC: In the (unlikely?) event that Spitter is still conscious, he'll add a strike of his own (mid-conversation) to try to finish him off.

Henry Elias Blackthorne rolled 57 using 1d100 ((57)). Fighting Fa[40]
Bronze Result, Strength Wc[30] damage.

If Spitter isn't conscious after Destiny Dame's strike, he'll instead use his R5SI suite to see who from the team most needs their help. If a roll is required for Spatial Awareness Gt[20]...

Henry Elias Blackthorne rolled 98 using 1d100 ((98)).
Gold Result

While the handcar is sturdy heavy steel, it still only weighs about 500 pounds and Manmirror casually tosses it aside. He wasn't paying too much attention to where he was tossing it and it ends up breaking the majority of the chemical lab equipment to the right where the room opens up.  The chemicals start mixing, some opaque sickly green cloud coming out of a portion of it that starts filling up the room.

15:43, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Quetzlcoatl, rolled 57 using 1d100.  sleep vs Manmirror 2.  Bronze, it's feat of psyche vs. psyche, his is higher so it succeeds.

Quetzlcoatl says weakly "fool" as the other head dangles from his neck unconscious.  At last his mental power unimpeded by his other head overcomes Manmirror, who yawns and lies down for a nap.

Interface thinking he's entirely out has started looking through the computer finding evidence of trying to also break into a Foresite Cancer Center's computers, but they don't seem to be up.  The attack on the FBI had already found information on Agent Made and her whereabouts, but were searching for the high security facility, but had not succeeded.  There's also encrypted files that appear to be names such as processes for the 'cancer treatment' though they hadn't been successfully accessed since Dr. Cobra was apprehended.

Destiny Dame creams Spitter so badly he slides up the curved tunnel opposite the hatch and falls again from the top splashing in the thin stream of sewage and not moving.

Blackthorne finds no damage among the heroes, besides Manmirror's bad timing for a catnap - and readings consistent with being in REM sleep.

Destiny Dame zips over to the last lizard standing Guess its like the cops, not sure whats going on but well just knock everyone out and sort it out later

Her punch was clearly thrown off by the dangling head as it misses.

07:54, Today: Destiny Dame rolled 29 using 1d100.  fighting punch. – 29 - white

With Destiny Dame taking on the twin-headed snake-man, Henry rushes over to where ManMirror is napping. He crouches down and gives him a more-than-gentle-nudge.

"Come on, M, wake up. This doesn't reflect well on you," he quips.

Interface bends her mind to crack open the files. Whatever security they might have, She was confident they are no match for her enhanced knowledge of computers.

OOC: Today: Interface rolled 25 using 1d100, unique dice ((25)). Bronze result

14:37, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Quetzlcoatl, rolled 5 using 1d100.  Sleep Blackthorne. White - fail

Quetzlcoatl Hisses at Blackthorne "I have him, there'sss no bringing him back, and you're nexsst." seeming to have regained some composure he slithers up to standing, and makes the mental gesture at Blackthorne, just as Blackthorne wakes Manmirror.

Quetzlcoatl's boast proven false says "No, there'sss no essscape from the dream realm!  Thisss can't be!" 

Interface finds the files are notes on how to produce the anti-cancer snake concoction and experiments results, and various 'improvments' there's nothing there about this Coral or Quetzlcoatl, nor information on a way to reverse it.  The oldest files seem more coherent and mention that Dr Cobra wishes he could retrieve his research files from Foresite Cancer Center, as he had to recreate the formula from memory, and it wasn't as effective as it originally was on him.

Looking up from the computer, Interface looks at the snake man and shakes her head "Getting up and trying to put my friends to sleep is rude."
And then she sends a mental command to the piece of machinery to ram into him again.

Quetzlcoatl's foot steps in a small hole losing his balance just long enough to dodge destiny dames punch again.


Miss again ... 15:36, Today: Destiny Dame rolled 20 using 1d100.  fighting punch. – 20

Manmirror pushes himself erect, and glowers at Quetzlcoatl before calmly stating, "I'm going to hurt you, now. You'll need aspirin."
He steps deliberately up to both heads, and says, "so do I get Darien back or do I grab your tail and play 'crack the whip'."

With "DD" already on top of the self-proclaimed Aztec god and "MM" delivering his ultimatum, the non-alliterating adventurer draws out his boom gun as he follows Manmirror forward, and points it purposefully at the snake-man. Henry stands so he's clearly visible, a bit behind and offset from Manmirror, hopefully adding a little extra emphasis to his fellow hero's words.

OOC: I can't find anything in the RAW about assisting others in their actions...which, I suppose, is reasonable, since the MSH rules that inspired FASERIP predated codifying roleplaying concepts such as aiding another character.

The train car runs into the dual-headed snake again, hurting him mildly, but not running him over, he stands his ground. He says overdramatically "Darian wasss weak and without the parasssite holding me back, I'm a full God now! Tremble before me!  I will be mercssiful, kneel and beg for your livesss!"

15:42, Today: R. Race Rasmusen, for the NPC Quetzlcoatl, rolled 66 using 1d100 ((66))

He picks up the train car as it flails at him "I do ssso hate to get physssical, but I will if you persssissst."

Well clearly things just got serious..

With her recent streak of dodges she puts a little extra effort into it and gets something to land.


OOC:
08:17, Today: Destiny Dame rolled 21 using 1d100.  spend karma fighting.  (world class + martial arts) – 21 +10 karma = 31
just barely a hit [75]

Interface is focusing on the computer. She copies all of the files she can, and tries to crack open the encrypted files, bending her intellect to the task, and it's proving hard even for her.

Today: Interface rolled 13 using 1d100, unique dice ((13)). Bronze!

Manmirror returns to his mirror form, and after a quick sprint leaps atop the streetcar being held by Quetzcoatl and continues moving towards the creature as he says, "Darien knows pain makes you stronger...tears make you braver...heartbreaks make you wiser... soon as I knock him out of you he'll thank me for a better future."

Agility 40, 23:31, Today: Manmirror rolled 77 using 1d100.  leap onto streetcar., SILVER result

Aster Man emerged from a tunnel and took in the situation. He saw the snake thing lifting a streetcar and realized that it was trying to kill some people. He flew forward and tried to push the streetcar back, out of the thing's hands.

03:54, Today: Aster Man rolled 75 using 1d100.  Shove streetcar out of monster's hands.

ooc: And apologies, all, been a rough couple weeks! Things have slowed a bit, so hopefully I have time to flesh out AM a bit and get to know my fellow heroes.

"Serious, indeed," Henry notes, adjusting the settings on his gun. He knows these things' hides are too tough for his gun to harm them, so he figures he can at least draw his attention away from all the other crazies. Distract him with a little razzle-dazzle, maybe?

07:07, Today: Henry Elias Blackthorne rolled 32 using 1d100.  Boom Gun Agility Wc[30]. - White.

Something's off in his settings, and the gun doesn't respond. He really needs to get this thing back on the bench.

Destiny Dame's strike lands a glancing blow, but still knocks the wind out of the snakeman, though he recovers with a hissing intake of air.

Interface has drops of sweat dripping from her brow as she furiously hacks the computer.

Manmirror lands on the traincar, forcing it to the ground, it and his own weight being too much for Quetzalcoatl to hold up.  Aster man knocks it away into the lab equipment again, Manmirror keeping his balance on it, but knocked away from his target.

Blackthorn fiddles with his strange gun.

Quetzalcoatl scans the area quickly and finds a service door behind the broken cage the train car was in.  He sprints to it and rips the door off the hinges tossing it behind him, and turns around backing into a long concrete corridor. It's not terribly tight, but enough that only 3 humans could get at him, or the train car.  He says "I've rigged the placsse to blow, ssso you'd bessst go out the way you came!" 

Well then we had better get you out of here  practically over extending her arm again leaves it just a slug.


OK gonna try and "aim" the knockback toward the exit..  spending karma...   well glad i spent karma or else this would be yet another miss..

17:21, Today: Destiny Dame rolled 17 using 1d100.  Karma punch, i'm do.. – 17 +14 karma for 31. hit for [75]

yea so dice roller...

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Interface smiles when he issues his threat. He seems to have done a lot of computer work, so it's likely that his bombs are connected to the computer, and she delves into his computer to find the files to undo the explosion.

OOC: Today: Interface rolled 46 using 1d100, unique dice ((46)) Silver!

AM wasn't sure what to do, so he looked to the others for guidance. They seemed to know what they were about. "Who was that asshole?" he asked no one in particular.

"Lies, damn lies, and the internet," Henry quips. "It helps to actually have the rigging in place before you threaten folks with it, Q-ball."

The adventurer moves over to Interface. "Find anything useful? Can I lend a hand?"

Interface speaks without even looking from the screen "If you think you can help, sure, but don't second guess me, I have found some files, and decrypted them, and am now trying to find where in this maze of files he hid the control for the bombs, so I can diffuse it."
The tone isn't a condensing one, but that of a mind clearly focused on the task at hand.

Manmirror leaps from the train car at the door Quetzlcoatl has decided to use. He is determined to pursue the snake-man if only to get some answers. He charges down the corridor slamming through any debris in his way.

"Nothing within my sensor range shows any type of explosives, and certainly no detonator on the snake god wannabe. Unless he's talking about something computer related, I doubt anything around here is going to 'blow.'"

Destiny Dame hits Quetzalcoatl with a desperate glancing blow as he sprints to the door, it doesn't seem to slow him down considerably, on the other hand the blood and crunching of bone seems to indicate a solid damaging hit.

Manmirror keeps on him and ends up in his face after opening the door and backing into the corridor.  He says "I really don't want to hurt you, but your girl isss hurting me."    He stares past Manmirror at Destiny Dame and she passes out instantly like a sack of potatoes.

(Ranked feat of Psyche for sleep, his Psyche is more than one rank higher so automatically succeeds.)

Destiny Dame ...  clairify.

Manmirror says, "that's 'cause I've been holding back," and tries to grab Quetzcoatl. Unfortunately his efforts avail him not as Quetzlcoatl slips through his hands.

When Manmirror failed to grapple the villain, AM moved in. he wasn't sure about the rest of the situation but there was a bad guy who was hurting people and he was supposed to stop him. He grabbed the snake guy!

07:45, Today: Aster Man rolled 84 using 1d100 ((84)). Silver.

ooc: Sorry for being scarce, folks. A rough week piled onto a rough week last week but things are looking up, should have time to pursue games as I would like soon.

Henry trains his suit's sensors on the legacy equipment in the area. Is any equipment active? Could any of the old train cars nearby potentially have anything that could cause widespread damage? Is there an old boiler anywhere?

OOC: Just in case I need to make a roll for this...

Henry Elias Blackthorne rolled 17 using 1d100 ((17)).

...it won't be helpful. Maybe it's time to use the Mk I eyeball...

With the files on the computer all checked, Interface looks around the room, to try and figure out where would be the best places to hide the explosives, so she can try and neutralize at least some of them.