The flight in from EU was long.  It is always long.  You had woken with a fright only once, which scared your 'seat neighbor', but everything else was smooth. And with only one stop in Lisbon that allowed you to stretch a little, not too long.

Chicago isn't as bad as some had said.  O'Hare is busy, there are a lot of cars, but no smog and the street is clean(ish).

The little red Volkswagen Jetta pulls to a stop in front of you.  The window rolls down and Adam smiles from the drivers seat.  "Hey...I hope the car makes you feel like home."  He gets out and comes around to help with your bags.

[OOC]
Adam Founder...6'...red hear...network engineer...sorta goofy.  And your online friend for over a year plus now.  When you talked about coming to Chicago, he offered giving you a ride from the air port.

"Great to finally meet you in person." Cathrin smiles at Adam. "The car's certainly a bonus." Usually not caring all too much about cars, as long as she knows how to drive them, Cathrin takes a few moments to look at it before putting her bags in the car, making certain that her violin is stored safely.
"I'm glad that you offered me a ride. This place is a lot larger than I'm used to. And that's only the airport." She grins.


[OOC] had to look up the current VW Jetta, I only know the Jetta as a fairly old version

"Anything to make you feel at home.  O'Hare is huge...I like to use Midway.  You can actually get from one end to the other in a hurry, if needed, there.  Where to first?  You hungry?"

The car is clean, albeit maybe not the roomiest.  After you stow your bags, he pulls out into traffic and starts to head back into the city.

"Hm... something to eat sounds like a good idea." After the long flight she feels in need of something to eat, a shower and several hours of sleep in a real bed. In no particular order.

When Adam pulls into traffic Cathrin leans forward in her seat a bit for a moment. Noticing that it's only the placement of the traffic lights that seemed odd to her, she leans back again.
"Do I sound much like a tourist when I'm curious if McDonalds really looks like back home?" she asks grinning.

He chuckles.  "Well...let me say that McDonald's is not the fine dining experience here that it is in Europe.  The buildings are not as nice, there is no silverware (unless a flimsy spoon for ice milk counts), and thank heaven, no McHotDog.  Your discussion of that brings me nightmares."  He fake shivers when he says the last one.

"But, if the lady requests McDonald's, she will get McDonald's.  How was the flight?  Your sister waiting for you?"

"Fine dining experience?" Cathrin chuckles. "Not really. But something that's somehow familiar."

"No McHotdog for me, either."

Cathrin cursory glances out of the window, then turns back to Adam. "The flight was good. Just a bit long. Now I know that one can actually become bored of watching movies", she states with a smile.

"Hannah expects me to show up at her place at some point today. I texted her that I was here once I got my luggage."

"We can hit there first?  Would she need the McDonald's dining experience as well?"

As you are driving in, the radio station breaks in with a warning to stay away from Lake Shore Drive as there is a police activity and warnings of meta-human activity in the area.  Adams quips, "Consider us warned."

Cathrin chuckles. "I guess she would not like the idea at all."

"What's this about?" Cathrin asks curiously.

"I have not heard everything, but there was a police blockage of South Lake Shore about 10 or so minutes ago.  It sounds like it has moved north.  Let me change the station to all news.  Either way, we are a lot further north and west and won't have to worry about this.  Although it has been a while since I've heard of anything with metas in the news."

He changes the station to WBBM.  The answer immediately starts to talk about a chase involving meta-humans from the Museum of Science and Industry to Northerly Island.  As he is talking, an update puts Interceptor-X on the scene.  More details are not in at this time.

"What are they doing there?" Cathrin asks with a frown. "I get it that it's not a usual thing to happen?"


[OOC] I assume Cathrin might have heard of a few of the current metas in Chicago? Interceptor-X for example?

[OOC]
As to knowledge, I would say that you know what metas are.  You know that in general there are more in the US (and speculations of other countries) than other countries.  As to in particular details, I will are for a roll against a OV of 4 to get some RAPs of how much you know.

[IC]
"It happens, but not a lot in the open like this.  It seems that these things happen in secret a lot.  Abandoned buildings...construction site...but not in the street in daylight.  I think many of the heroes try to keep people safe, so it makes sense that they don't do it where people could get hurt.  The disaster at the pier was another of those exceptions.  I guess sometimes the where and when are picked for you."

"Seems as if Chicago is even more interesting than I thought", Cathrin says. "What happened at the pier?"


[OOC] 20:36, Today: Dichlan rolled 16 using 2d10 with rolls of 6,10.  metas in Chicago.
Don't know what to add to that, though

[OOC: You add nothing to rolls, but the GM will tell you what you use for the Acting and Effect Values for the roll. Most likely Int for this.]

[OOC] Int is 6

[OOC]
You received 7 RAPs with that roll.  If you want me to go over how that works, let me know.  For reference, when we do a 'knowledge check', I general use the table on 111 for guidance.

You actually know a lot about US metas (you may have geeked out one evening getting ready to travel and read way more than you needed to read).  You know any of the general knowledge in the Heroes & Villains post, and you know that Interceptor-X is super fast hero in Chicago.  If you ask a specific question, if it is general knowledge, you may know the answer.  This will be only for questions asked in this opening set of posts.

[IC]
The minute you ask about 'the pier' you realize he is talking about Red Monday (the event where Joe Public died and Nixx was put in a comma).  Adam grimaces when you ask about the pier.

Cathrin looks at Adam, then nods slowly. "Oh. I think I've heard about that", she then says. All of a sudden it feels a lot less fascinating - and more threatening.


[OOC] Thanks for the explanation.
I can imagine Cathrin reading and reading ... ;)
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