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...