You both got on the same trolley, followed by May and Shauna.

"So, excited? Nervous?" Lori asked Meg. "Both?"

"...Nervous, more than anything," said Meg.  "But it's about time that I did this, so there's not really time to let myself get slowed down by worry."

"It shouldn't be long now," May said, her and Shauna managed to get the seats behind you two.

Meg waited, tense and alert.

Eventually the trolley came to your stop and the four of you exited.

"We should probably transform before we head out," May said.

"Makes sense," Lori said.  She held up her right arm and exclaimed "Aqua Regia!" A wavy shimmer flowed down around her body, and when it disappeared she was wearing an athletic top, shorts, and headband in a light blue color.

"Onyx Aranea," said Meg, and spiders seemed to come from everywhere around her, crawling, leaving trails of light, and then scuttling into shadows and vanishing, leaving a spun costume around her.

May began to spin around in place like a ballet dancer and soon was in a green and red frilly costume that matched her hair and she paused as some bright golden bands appeared around her wrist and a large satchel around her shoulder.

Shauna pose with both her arms out and a leather jacket appeared around her, before moving to a different one and a punkish outfit appeared on the rest of her body, with the shirt having an Anarchy symbol on it.

"All right," said Meg, as spiders piled under her feet and rose her into the air.  "Let's go."

As the group went to their designated spot, it seems you had a small plateau and a small forest next to it.

"...all right," said Meg.  "Let's do this."

She slid forward, borne by spiders, and began to look around.

Lori shot forward as well, gliding as if on a water slide.

You can hear noises coming from the forest. They almost seemed animal-like, but there was something off about it.

"That's our trouble spot, probably," said Meg.  She slid in that direction.

Lori followed.

The others followed as well.

Inside the woods, you see several black birds sitting in the trees that go quiet when you approach.

"Any ideas?" Lori said. "Attack, or hold off?"

"Go forward, be watchful, but let them make the first move," said Meg.  "I can't tell where the real threat is, and this could be a lure."

As soon as you both moved closer, the birds took to the air, letting you see that there were places on their bodies that was missing flesh. They began to swoop.

(OOC: Initiative time)

5

In reply to Meg Wilson (msg # 105):

[OOC:  Lori Morris rolled 5 using d6+d6 ((3,2)).]

(OOC: Both of the PCs may go first.)

Meg slashed out with her arm, and a swarm of spiders formed of strange energy shot out at a bird!

21:07, Today: Meg Wilson rolled 9 using d8+d6 ((5,4)).

Lori propelled her baton from her hand with a jet of water, trying to hit a couple of the birds from the air.

[OOC:  Lori Morris rolled 2 using 2d6 ((1,1)).  Spending a hero point to reroll: Lori Morris rolled 8 using 2d6 ((2,6)).]