01:07 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>**Begin Issue 6**</font><br>
01:07 <font color='#008000'>** (704) <font color='#400040'>Red Fox drapes herself on one of the least destroyed pews in the building.  She maintains her usual bored, aloof, expression.  The only hint of nervousness is her constant looking around.</font> **</font><br>01:07 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(aooo. have you taken anything for it aly?)</font><br>01:08 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>Talon checks his chronometer impatiently as he waits for the others to arrive.</font><br>01:08 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(4 excedrin)</font><br>01:08 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(foe fully repaired?)</font><br>01:08 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(damn. that should be working. O.O)</font><br>01:08 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>Mentacles is present, but not visible to those without superior augmented vision</font><br>01:09 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>he silently taps his foot on the floor</font><br>01:09 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( damn, what do you weigh? 400 pounds? ))</font><br>01:09 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(no, I have chronic migrains)</font><br>01:09 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>"This unit detects the one called Mentacles," the robot informs Talon, who nods sedately.</font><br>01:09 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>((eeek. sorry aly.))</font><br>01:09 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I am pretty well resistent to over the counter pain killers)</font><br>01:09 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( I'd think any amount of excedrin wouldn't work. ))</font><br>01:10 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(it has lessened the pain, but it is still there)</font><br>01:10 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( sorry :( ))</font><br>01:11 <font color='#008000'>** (703) Black Star landed roughly 25 feet or so outside the perimeter of the church and hesitated for only a moment before beginning his approach. He felt confident that he was ready for anything, he had his sister to thank for that. He covered the distance quickly, seeing no need to delay things. Within a handful of moments he was glancing around those gathered within. He was right on time. "Talon...Red Fox" He spoke their names as it was the most natural thing in the world. He could not see the others... **</font><br>01:11 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(it's alright.  I am used to it.  I have gone entire days with pain which is a 6-7 in a 1-10 scale.  RIght now, this is only a 3-4)</font><br>01:12 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>Wraith floats in the corner of the chruch, well out of the way of the others, for once looking serious, and contemplative, if anyone could see her.</font><br>01:12 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>((I am trying to shorten my posts considerably for this Issue. so you may rejoice and be saddened at the same time.)</font><br>01:12 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>Talon nods at Black Star. "I'm glad you came."</font><br>01:13 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"greetings" came a disembodied voice</font><br>01:14 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>"You asked so nicely that I did not have the heart to disappoint you." He spoke softly, his eyes darting about the inside of the church that he could see. "I take it that Mentacles and Wraith are present already?" A millisecond later, he nodded. "Mentacles." It was as much of an acknowledgement as the telepath was going to get.</font><br>01:14 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox supresses a look of relief when Black Star shows himself.  "Better late than never, Mr. Black Star."</font> **</font><br>01:15 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>"Greeted." a subdued voice says.</font><br>01:15 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He glanced over his shoulder towards the Red Fox, his eyes lingering on her face a bit longer than usual. A ghost of a smile flickered on his lips and he nodded his head. "Indeed." He would not easily avoid an opportunity to see her. His eyes finally leaving hers when Wraith spoke. "Hello Wraith." </font><br>01:16 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d8] -> [2] = (2)</font><br>01:16 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(oops)</font><br>01:16 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[1d4] -> [4] = (4)</font><br>01:16 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( balls! ))</font><br>01:16 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I thought it was 1d4 balls. ^_^))</font><br>01:17 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(dont make me do unspeakable things...)</font><br>01:17 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(!!!)</font><br>01:17 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(meanie. :()</font><br>01:17 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"Well, I'll get right to it. Our previous lead has turned to vapor. Now we need a new goal. Anyone got any ideas?"</font><br>01:18 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"I am always partial to a bid for world domination, but I think that may be a bit grandiose"</font><br>01:18 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He shrugged. "If we put our minds and talents to almost any task it would be achievable." That was the truth as he saw it. "But I have been feeling particularly...uninspired as of late." In all honesty, he had been preoccupied the whole week.</font><br>01:19 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>(scale on the map is 2 to 1)</font><br>01:19 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He arched a brow and glanced towards Mentacles. "Please, I am interested in hearing this and since no one else seems to be offering an alternative nothing can be lost from hearing your plan out." world domination was by definition grandiose and it was unlikely that they could achieve it. But maybe listening to Mentacles would bring with it inspiration...</font><br>01:21 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Of course, there is always a matter of scale... There are a finite number of individuals who can oppose us if say... we wanted to, for example, hold this city hostage in terror yes?"</font><br>01:21 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>Black Star himself had some ideas, some desires that he wanted realized but he could not involve the others in his goals. They were not only his goals, they were the goals of the family. He had to keep this little alliance of convenience seperate from his own plans and goals.</font><br>01:22 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>Black Star blinked. "To what end?" What would be accomplished aside from having every super of note in the city unite against them? </font><br>01:23 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Well, first thing is first, we get rid of that opposition."</font><br>01:23 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox contemplates what her future goals should be - wondering if there's anything this rag-tag bunch could do to compare with leading a lucrative black market.  She already had money and access to power, what more is there?</font> **</font><br>01:24 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>A preemptive strike against our foes does not seem such a bad idea.</font><br>01:25 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>Suddenly, the wall in the left hand corner of the church explodes inwards.</font><br>01:25 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Every last one of us wants power.  Yes? Well, there are two ways to achieve this power.  By either being too strong for those who oppose you to defeat, which is what we were previously attempti..."</font><br>01:25 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>"hmm, at this particular junction I would prefer to work behind the scenes if at all possible. I am not particularly interested to go out merely looking for trouble. There has to be a reason, what opposition are you suggesting?" So far, they had not met any heroes. He had a feeling that would not last. </font><br>01:25 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"That sounds good, but I wonder... what the?"</font><br>01:25 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>ERROR!</font><br>01:25 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>Mentacles goes incorporeal</font><br>01:25 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>Round 1</font><br>01:26 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He was looking over his shoulder towards Red Fox, considering her words when the wall exploded inwards. He almost sighed. Did everyone in this city knew where they met?!</font><br>01:26 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[1d10+66] -> [1,66] = (67)</font><br>01:26 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'> [1d10+57] -> [4,57] = (61)</font><br>01:26 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+22] -> [6,22] = (28)</font><br>01:26 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+28+18] -> [5,28,18] = (51)</font><br>01:26 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>crap</font><br>01:26 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[67-1d10] -> [67,-6] = (61)</font><br>01:26 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>"This unit will now render unknown suspects fit for transfer to the nearest correctional facility!"</font><br>01:26 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>[1d10 + 16] -> [7,16] = (23)</font><br>01:26 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>[1d10 + 16] -> [10,16] = (26)</font><br>01:26 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>[26 + 1d10] -> [26,5] = (31)</font><br>01:27 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+43] -> [10,43] = (53)</font><br>01:27 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+53] -> [8,53] = (61)</font><br>01:27 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>1. Red Fox, Wraith, and F3k</font><br>01:27 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(F3k?  when did this happen?)</font><br>01:27 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>2. Black Star</font><br>01:27 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>(I posted about it a while back)</font><br>01:27 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(ah... enemy)</font><br>01:28 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(this is what I get for not reading that stuff)</font><br>01:28 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(often)</font><br>01:28 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>3. F2k</font><br>01:28 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( tee hee! ))</font><br>01:28 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>4. Mentacles</font><br>01:28 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>5. Talon</font><br>01:29 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox shouts "Error!" without thinking, then attempts to telethrow the Ivan act-alike into the center of the church. [1d10+36] -> [1,36] = (37)</font> **</font><br>01:29 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>dammit to hell</font><br>01:29 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[37-1d10] -> [37,-1] = (36)</font><br>01:30 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16] -> [10,16] = (26)</font><br>01:30 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+26] -> [7,26] = (33)</font><br>01:30 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k will be teleported to the center of the church, but first...</font><br>01:30 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>Wraith looks up quickly, and stretches her new senses outward, hoping to gain a purchase on the creature's life force, though she is not optimistic, sensing the mechanical nature. (Asphixiation, 6 ranks.)[1d10+33] -> [2,33] = (35)</font><br>01:32 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k fires a cone-like blast that encompasses Red Fox, Talon, and Red Fox: [1d10+40] -> [6,40] = (46)</font><br>01:32 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(err, replace the second Red Fox with F2k)</font><br>01:33 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16] -> [8,16] = (24)</font><br>01:33 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( what do I roll to teledodge? or can I just "do it"? ))</font><br>01:33 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>(Roll opposed initiative)</font><br>01:33 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k gains three fatigue levels from the asphyxiation.</font><br>01:34 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[1d10+66] -> [5,66] = (71)</font><br>01:34 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>Talon's dodge vs. stun ray: [1d10 + 16] -> [4,16] = (20)</font><br>01:35 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Talon is paralyzed.</font><br>01:35 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(eeek)</font><br>01:35 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>F2K's dodge vs. stun ray: [1d10 + 16] -> [7,16] = (23)</font><br>01:36 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F2k is also paralyzed.</font><br>01:36 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+43] -> [5,43] = (48)</font><br>01:36 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Red Fox teledodges.</font><br>01:36 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(Put F3k's mini where you want it, RF)</font><br>01:37 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(r2!)</font><br>01:37 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Black Star's turn</font><br>01:37 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(yah, R2)</font><br>01:38 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>This was the second time that a power had discovered their location. He was getting very tired of it. There was no time to think, only to react. Red Fox seemed safe, but Talon and his pet were not moving. Shit. He had to make this quick...</font><br>01:38 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(6 attacks, -4 to all.)</font><br>01:38 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27-4] -> [7,27,-4] = (30)</font><br>01:39 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(first five are heavy overcharge)</font><br>01:39 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27-4] -> [4,27,-4] = (27)</font><br>01:39 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27-4] -> [9,27,-4] = (32)</font><br>01:39 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27-4] -> [5,27,-4] = (28)</font><br>01:39 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27-4] -> [6,27,-4] = (29)</font><br>01:39 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27-4] -> [6,27,-4] = (29)</font><br>01:39 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(there we go)</font><br>01:39 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16] -> [10,16] = (26)</font><br>01:39 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16] -> [6,16] = (22)</font><br>01:39 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16] -> [7,16] = (23)</font><br>01:39 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16] -> [1,16] = (17)</font><br>01:39 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16] -> [6,16] = (22)</font><br>01:39 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16] -> [9,16] = (25)</font><br>01:39 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+26] -> [2,26] = (28)</font><br>01:40 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>All 6 blasts hit</font><br>01:40 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>you rolled a 10</font><br>01:40 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>you reroll that one?</font><br>01:40 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(yep)</font><br>01:41 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(ok. 450/675 for the first 5, 300/450 to the last one)</font><br>01:41 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(BS has tapped out his power pack.)</font><br>01:42 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>The first two shots drop F3k's force field, and the next four slam directly into his metal exterior. Status: wounded</font><br>01:42 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F2k is paralyzed, so Mentacle's turn</font><br>01:43 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(with the asphyxiation, total penalty to all rolls for F3k is -5)</font><br>01:43 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>Mentacles goes scanner on F3K and slams down a fist of telekinetic force on him [1d10+22] -> [7,22] = (29)  (458 strength)</font><br>01:43 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He was suprised. It felt like he was in a dream, his arms moving and each time a star beam was born. He had never cut loose like this, not even when fighting the mailman. What was happening to him? More interestingly, something had changed about his beams. He could feel it, even as the runic symbols circled his wrists. But what?</font><br>01:44 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(translateding TK strength directly to damage)</font><br>01:44 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16-5] -> [3,16,-5] = (14)</font><br>01:44 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(is that how it work?)</font><br>01:44 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(According to Justin it is)</font><br>01:44 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(sweet!)</font><br>01:44 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I can either throw him, or treat it like a punch)</font><br>01:45 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I wanted BS to have very weak TK for picking people up and such.)</font><br>01:45 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(or throw something AT him...)</font><br>01:45 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( I'm in favor of the punching ))</font><br>01:45 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k takes the punch. Status: unchanged</font><br>01:46 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>However, he goes flying</font><br>01:46 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(knockback ftl! :P)</font><br>01:47 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k flies back 76 meters.</font><br>01:47 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>"ERROOOOOOOOOOORRRRRR!"</font><br>01:47 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>O.O!</font><br>01:47 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>jesus</font><br>01:47 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(458 pts of mental strength)</font><br>01:47 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(the map's not big enough to represent that)</font><br>01:47 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>"That was not helpful!" he hissed as his target flew off. </font><br>01:48 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Prevents him from stunning us though"</font><br>01:48 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>"prevents us from killing him too! Attack from the top down damn it!" </font><br>01:48 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k crashes through the wall of the church and lands out in the street.</font><br>01:48 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( is there an alcove of some kind so I can "hide" talon and ivan? ))</font><br>01:48 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(Hey, could I like... pick up the street and fold it around him with this?)</font><br>01:48 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Talon is paralyzed, so Round 2</font><br>01:48 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[1d10+66] -> [2,66] = (68)</font><br>01:48 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+22] -> [7,22] = (29)</font><br>01:48 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>[1d10+57] -> [3,57] = (60)</font><br>01:49 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+28+18] -> [10,28,18] = (56)</font><br>01:49 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+56] -> [3,56] = (59)</font><br>01:49 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+43-5] -> [3,43,-5] = (41)</font><br>01:49 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(because If I cant, that is one of my character goals)</font><br>01:50 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(no alcoves. There's just decrepit pews, which don't provide any protection against supers)</font><br>01:50 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( okee ))</font><br>01:50 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(so, about that street-folding?)</font><br>01:50 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(more strength would be required for that)</font><br>01:50 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(k)</font><br>01:51 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>1. Red Fox</font><br>01:51 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>2. Wraith</font><br>01:51 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>3. Black Star</font><br>01:51 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>4. F3k</font><br>01:51 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>5. Mentacles</font><br>01:53 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox says something under her breath before disappearing from sight.  She then takes the fight out to the street, blinking through the hole in the church.  Once outside she spies where the Foe-Matic landed and attempts to teleport him 100m straight into the air.  [1d10+36] -> [7,36] = (43)</font> **</font><br>01:53 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16-5] -> [4,16,-5] = (15)</font><br>01:53 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k gets launched straight up.</font><br>01:54 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox hopes he doesn't have rocket boosters like dear ol' Ivan.</font> **</font><br>01:54 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Wraith's turn</font><br>01:55 <font color='#008000'>** (706) Wraith gaze in astonishment as the energy flows into her body, flowing slowly at first, but then more rapidly from the machine. As it flows through her, it burns away the fog of coldness surronding her, freeing her from lethargy. Wraith flies outride, toward the machine, intending to drain it again. **</font><br>01:56 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>(I cannot act until next phase, correct?)</font><br>01:56 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(right)</font><br>01:56 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(note, my star beams have persistent 1. so at this round, FM3k will get hit all over again ne?)</font><br>01:58 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(umm, yes)</font><br>01:58 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(cool beans)</font><br>01:59 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( just don't make it turn into itty bitty robot bits.  Talon could use the materials for more upgradey goodness. ))</font><br>01:59 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>Talon and his pet were still unmoving and Red Fox seemed to have left as well. Could he afford to leave them back? Could he afford to not make sure that the job was finished with that attacker? he hesitated for only a moment before taking to the sky and rising upwards and out of the church. Talon's defenses were still present even if he could not move. He would be fine...</font><br>01:59 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I can't move and fire, so I am only moving.)</font><br>02:02 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Black Star's Star Beam effects linger on F3k. Status: downgraded to critical</font><br>02:04 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k's rocket boosters kick in when he is launched into the air, and he descends easily back to the ground. His round head focuses on where Wraith is, as if he can see her plain as day.</font><br>02:04 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He was flying in the air near the church, his eyes taking notice of his target when something happened. He felt it in his hands, a tug, a pull. It was hard to explain but at that moment, it was as if he and his target were linked. He saw ebon energy slither across FM3k as if a residue of his star beams still remained. It was impossible! Wasn't it? </font><br>02:04 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Mentacle's turn</font><br>02:05 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>Fuck.</font><br>02:05 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>mentacles Runs at full tilt until he has Line of sight, then attempts to take control of the droid's systems and bend it to his will</font><br>02:05 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(just let me know when that wouldn take effect due to the phase issue)</font><br>02:05 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(being last in the initiative order makes things wonky)</font><br>02:06 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(move your mini to the hole in the wall, which is in the top right corner)</font><br>02:06 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Next phase: Wraith is first to act.</font><br>02:09 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(I didn't get DCed, did I?)</font><br>02:09 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>As the droid looked at her Wraith dropped underground, intending to go around it, and attack from behind.</font><br>02:10 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>(I don't think so)</font><br>02:10 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(ok, so Wraith just moves behind F3K?)</font><br>02:11 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>(yes.)</font><br>02:11 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k's head tracks Wraith as she moves, and lets loose another cone-shaped blast. [1d10+40-8] -> [8,40,-8] = (40)</font><br>02:12 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>(So, do I need to dodge, or not since I am underground?)</font><br>02:12 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(well, no dodge or quickness, so roll a d10)</font><br>02:12 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>[1d10] -> [3] = (3)(So, the blasts penetrates the ground?)</font><br>02:13 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(yes, the stun ray penetrates the ground)</font><br>02:13 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Wraith is paralyzed.</font><br>02:14 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Mentacle's action</font><br>02:14 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(eeek! 3 down. o.O)</font><br>02:14 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(but look at the bright side wraith. you are underground. that stubby robot can't get to you. :P)</font><br>02:14 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>Mentacles attempts to take control of F3k's subroutines and make him stop fighting [1d10+22] -> [2,22] = (24)</font><br>02:15 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>The mind control does nothing.</font><br>02:15 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(damn.. how the hell can he be asphixiated?)</font><br>02:15 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(different system.)</font><br>02:15 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(he's immune to mind control, not status effects)</font><br>02:15 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I suppose)</font><br>02:15 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(ah)</font><br>02:15 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Round 3</font><br>02:16 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+43-8] -> [3,43,-8] = (38)</font><br>02:16 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[1d10+66] -> [1,66] = (67)</font><br>02:16 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+28+18] -> [7,28,18] = (53)</font><br>02:16 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[67-1d10] -> [67,-9] = (58)</font><br>02:16 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>(My explanation is that asphixiation disrupts the flow of electricity and fluids in a robot that's not immune instead of air and blood)</font><br>02:16 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(lordy is red fox something else or what? can you imagine her in a be..nvm)</font><br>02:17 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(ah)</font><br>02:17 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( keep it up and you won't be able to ))</font><br>02:17 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>1. Red Fox</font><br>02:17 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>2. Black Star</font><br>02:17 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(:P)</font><br>02:17 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>3. F3k</font><br>02:17 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+22] -> [5,22] = (27)</font><br>02:17 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>4. Mentacles (I assume, yep)</font><br>02:18 <font color='#008000'>** (704) <font color='#400040'>Red Fox searches the street for a large object to drop on the robot's head.  ( [1d3] -> [1] = (1) rounds to find that object)</font> **</font><br>02:18 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Red Fox may teleport an item of significant size onto F3k next round.</font><br>02:19 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(drop a house on his head)</font><br>02:19 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(O.O)</font><br>02:19 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(that'd work. Drop a builiding on him)</font><br>02:19 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( Well, I guess I could find a building in one round. ;) ))</font><br>02:20 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I can pick up and throw a 25 ton object... IE a whale)</font><br>02:20 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(assuming there's a whale in the area, of course)</font><br>02:21 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He could not unleash a barrage of similar fury once again. Even now he felt the core of his being diminished. He had expended that reservoir of power already and it would take time for it to return. Wraith had disappeared. He could no longer see her and that meant that she was either paralyzed herself or hiding. It was up to Red Fox and himself now, Mentacles had never been good dealing with machines. It was his fatal flaw...</font><br>02:21 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>His right arm was aligned with the target as he fired once more. Three seperate blasts of ebon manifesting into the air.</font><br>02:22 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27] -> [3,27] = (30)</font><br>02:22 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27] -> [5,27] = (32)</font><br>02:22 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+27] -> [5,27] = (32)</font><br>02:22 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(I'm not going to bother rolling)</font><br>02:23 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k takes all 3 blasts. His shield shimmers with the first shot, but the next two go straight into his cylindrical body.</font><br>02:23 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Staus: unchanged</font><br>02:24 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>F3k fires a cone shaped blast at Black Star's hovering form. [1d10+40-8] -> [3,40,-8] = (35)</font><br>02:24 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+26] -> [2,26] = (28)</font><br>02:24 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(boo!)</font><br>02:25 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>gurk</font><br>02:25 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(how long is this cone?)</font><br>02:25 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I think I can keep him from moving...)</font><br>02:25 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Black Star is paralyzed. He free falls back to Earth.</font><br>02:25 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(this thing has either 400 armor+ or 5000 hp)</font><br>02:25 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(50 meters)</font><br>02:26 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(he flew back 76 meters? how is it reaching me?)</font><br>02:26 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(Well, the wall impeded the distance)</font><br>02:26 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(my attacks don't have a 50 meter limiter.)</font><br>02:26 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(he had to crash though it)</font><br>02:26 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(okay. I am hovering near the hole atop the church.)</font><br>02:27 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Mentacle's turn.</font><br>02:28 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>metacles bends his mental strength to picking the droid up and keeping him from moving. In effect paralyzing him and keeping him from pointing that stun beam at anyone else [1d10+22] -> [10,22] = (32)</font><br>02:28 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+32] -> [3,32] = (35)</font><br>02:29 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>The droid is effectively paralyzed.</font><br>02:30 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Round 4</font><br>02:30 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[1d10+66] -> [1,66] = (67)</font><br>02:30 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>motherf</font><br>02:30 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+22] -> [4,22] = (26)</font><br>02:30 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>[67-1d10] -> [67,-1] = (66)</font><br>02:30 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+43-8] -> [2,43,-8] = (37)</font><br>02:30 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>1. Red Fox</font><br>02:30 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>2. F3k</font><br>02:30 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>3. Mentacles</font><br>02:31 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(Out of curiosity, can I telekinetically shred him?)</font><br>02:32 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox spies a tractor trailer slowing to a stop and thinks that'll make a good impromptu hammer.  [1d10+36] -> [3,36] = (39)  (Teleport 80,000lb object from 100m high)</font> **</font><br>02:32 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(you can do straight damage. If you want that damage to be described as shredding, sure)</font><br>02:33 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(sweet)</font><br>02:33 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>The tractor trailer crashes down onto F3k. The force field shimmers and disappears, but F3k is no worse for wear.</font><br>02:34 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(just keep pounding on him. Paralysis doesn't last forever)</font><br>02:35 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>Mentacles, still holding the droid in place if he can, begins to telekinetically pull him apart. [1d10+22] -> [4,22] = (26)</font><br>02:35 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>(make another roll to keep him paralyzed)</font><br>02:35 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(he is held in place... cant do much but scream ERRRROOORRRR)</font><br>02:35 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>[1d10+22] -> [2,22] = (24)</font><br>02:35 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16-8] -> [8,16,-8] = (16)</font><br>02:35 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>[1d10+16-8] -> [4,16,-8] = (12)</font><br>02:35 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(I hit him before I got KOed, so next round more of the same)</font><br>02:36 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Some pieces fly off of F3k.</font><br>02:36 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Black Star's star beam effects linger again, and the droid shuts down.</font><br>02:37 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>End Combat.</font><br>02:37 <B>(710) F3k</B>: <font color='#800000'>Talon and F2k regain use of their limbs almost immediately. Black Star shortly thereafter, and Wraith just after that.</font><br>02:37 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>Talon picks himself up off the ground groggily.</font><br>02:37 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>Jesus, Mary and Joseph!  Can't we go one meeting without inturruption?</font><br>02:37 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>ERROR! This unit has been shut down improperly!</font><br>02:38 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox blinks inside the church to check on Talon and his robot, finding them coming out of their slumber.</font> **</font><br>02:38 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>Are you okay?</font><br>02:38 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>F2K wheels over to F3K's smoking form. "ERROR! Unknown unit bears a strong resemblance to this unit."</font><br>02:38 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Note to self: Practice enough to be ableto fold the street"</font><br>02:39 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>"This unit will now transport unknown unit to the nearest correctional facility."</font><br>02:39 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"Belay that order."</font><br>02:39 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>"This unit awaits new orders."</font><br>02:39 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>Talon walks over. "Bucket of bolts is right..."</font><br>02:40 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>ERROR!</font><br>02:40 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"We could always dismantle it to upgrade Ivan"</font><br>02:40 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"...it does bear a strong resemblance."</font><br>02:40 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>ERROR!</font><br>02:40 <font color='#008000'>** (704) <font color='#400040'>Red Fox looks around, counting the number of people.  "Where is Wraith, and Black Star?"  She tried to keep her voice in check.  In the confusion of the fight she wasn't able to keep track of where everyone went.</font> **</font><br>02:41 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>His eyes slid open and he found himself starring rather groggily at the hole in the roof of the church. How had he gotten down here? His head turned, he was laying down on the floor of the church, an unlucky pew lying in splinters beneath him. His force screen had saved him as it usually did. His extremeties finally responded and he managed to sit up. For the moment, this would have to do...</font><br>02:41 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"We could, at that. This is a very advanced robot. Look at how many times it got hit by Black Star's beams."</font><br>02:41 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>She had felt the machine stop, ceasing to function, but not destroyed. Only the living affected her that way, causing the fog ... How had it seen her? Wraith had long thought that none could see here, but this machine obiously had. She needed to find out. Rising up through the ground, Wraith willed a body into existence momentarily, to look at the machine.</font><br>02:43 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'><i>There's the Wraith...</i>  Red Fox presses the button on the personal communicator, speaking quietly even though the others can hear.  "Black Star?"</font><br>02:44 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>It took a handful of seconds for the feeling of pins and needles to leave the muscles of his extremeties. Until that sensation was gone he had been unwilling to stand. With it gone however he managed to stand with little effort. Shit, he hated paralysis more than anythin else. The memory of Ilyana danced in his mind. Well, almost. He was about to move when he heard Red Fox's voice and he blinked. "I am still here." His tone was flat. A handful of breaths later he was making his way towards the others. "I can't help but notice a resemblance Talon." </font><br>02:46 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox sighed briefly, once she determined Black Star was alive and functional, her mood immediately brightened.  She gives Ivan a playful punch to his shoulder joint, "Just when you thought you were one of a kind."</font> **</font><br>02:46 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"I was thinking the same thing. Whoever built F2K must have been pretty upset that I reprogrammed him to be the opposite of what he was built for."</font><br>02:46 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(because he iss fulllly fuuuncctioonaalll, and anatomicallllyyy correeeccttt!)</font><br>02:46 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>ERROR!</font><br>02:47 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(you sick bastard)</font><br>02:47 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(fuck, what is the title of that song again?)</font><br>02:47 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(Data's something or other. I can find out.)</font><br>02:47 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>Do not fret, Ivan.  Your doppleganger is kaput.</font><br>02:48 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(found it)</font><br>02:48 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>ERROR!</font><br>02:49 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>( http://www.voltaire.net/mp3/Voltaire-The_Sexy_Data_Tango.mp3  )</font><br>02:49 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>"This unit is called Friend-o-Matic 2000, a mechanical crime fighting entity."</font><br>02:49 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He frowned. "I can imagine Talon, the question is how many more are they willing to send after you?" He stressed that part. His eyes slid towards the machine for a moment. It had almost got them...</font><br>02:49 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"well, at least they arent HK units"</font><br>02:50 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"I don't know. A better question is how it found us. F2K has never been good at sleuthing, and I can't imagine this one is any better. There must be a hidden tracking device that I missed."</font><br>02:50 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>"A better question is how it found us." she cast a heated look at Ivan.</font><br>02:50 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(feh!)</font><br>02:50 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>(ERROR!)</font><br>02:50 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox casts an accusatory look at Ivan.</font> **</font><br>02:51 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(hmm... android anti-freeze)</font><br>02:53 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>"I think that we should...deal with that pest as soon as we can." He said dryly. He considered for a moment. "But I grow weary of being surprised. I want to do the surprising. Has this...incident inspired anyone about what we should...attempt to accomplish?" His tone was soft. He had no desire to lead this group. An image dance in his mind, Red Fox walking alongside him his hand holding hers as he led her towards a bedroom. He blinked, the thought pushed aside as he made an effort to look anywhere but at Red Fox for the moment...</font><br>02:53 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>"Yes, that is a good question, Comrade Talon," she stares angrily at his robot.  "I think we should take him apart right now," her tone is strong enough, but there's just enough levity so that anyone would know she's kidding - except for the all-too-serious Foe-Matic itself.</font><br>02:55 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"I know exactly what to do with it. F2K, take this 'unknown unit' home and secure it."</font><br>02:55 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"well, as I was getting at before we were interrupted.  There are two ways of obtaining power.  Becoming so strong your opposition cannot touch you if they tried. That approach failed... or, divide and conquer your opposition in detail"</font><br>02:55 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>"This unit obeys."</font><br>02:55 <B>(715) Foe-Matic 2000</B>: <font color='#000000'>F2K takes off with F3K.</font><br>02:56 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"That's what I was about to say before we were interrupted."</font><br>02:56 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"Instead of doing something big and letting them come to us in force, we need to pick them apart individually or in small groups."</font><br>02:56 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>His eyes slid from Mentacles to Talon for a moment before he shifted his weight. "What do you propose?"</font><br>02:57 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"Most heroes have secret identities, of course. We'll have to root them out with some good old fashioned sleuthing, but I can think of one group off the top of my head who are quite exposed."</font><br>02:57 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Sentinel"</font><br>02:58 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"Exactly."</font><br>02:58 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>Mentacles just taps the side of his head and grin</font><br>02:58 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>grins</font><br>02:59 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>There was no overt reaction from him at the mention of Sentinel. None at all. His eyes focusing on Mentacles and Talon for a moment as he considered. There was a certain sense of symmetry involved. He would love to get his hands on Bill only for a few hours...</font><br>03:00 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>Sounds like fun.</font><br>03:00 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>And when we are all done with them, we can crucify bill in the park for all to see</font><br>03:01 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>Talon chuckles at the thought.</font><br>03:02 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>His eyes flickered as Mentacles spoke and for a moment, a singular moment he considered if the telepath was taking liberties with his mind. He did not feel anything and yet what were the changes? Paranoia sang her seductive song but he held it at bay. This group could not tolerate more dissension. Not after the last incident. Still...</font><br>03:02 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(spelling ftl. changes = chances.)</font><br>03:03 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Sooo... what say the lot of you?"</font><br>03:04 <B>(706) Wraith</B>: <font color='#000000'>Wraith smiled slightly at the thought of all the life she could drain. What she would do, to have the enegy flow through her once more, keeping out that fog. "Yes." she says, before relinquishing control of her body, and vanishing into the ether. </font><br>03:04 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Assuming that we can come up with a plan that is efficient and tasteful, I would be willing to work against Sentinel." It would satisfy his personal objectives and those of the family. Sentinel had a habit of interfering, maybe it was for the best they were dealt with now. </font><br>03:06 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"That's the rub, isn't it? Efficient and tasteful. A frontal assault could be a bad idea. They've got a lot of new members who are more or less unknown quantities and a lot could have happened to the existing ones in two years."</font><br>03:06 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"We'll have to do some checking into them."</font><br>03:06 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"Indeed"</font><br>03:07 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He found himself smiling and there was nothing pleasant about that smile. "Indeed. We will have to do some homework but the end result should be worth it." </font><br>03:07 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"who knows that Shning Staff has come up with since the last time I saw him fight..."</font><br>03:08 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>(I heard he went crazy and molested a bunch of kids)</font><br>03:08 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>He remembered Shining Staff. Word that he had survived their last encounter had been of great disappointment to him. He had no doubt that Sentinel had grown, but then again so had he. </font><br>03:08 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(O.O!)</font><br>03:08 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(Just because he is catholic eh?)</font><br>03:09 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>(If the glove fits, grease it up and... well you know the rest)</font><br>03:09 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(Okay Mentacles. If you fight Shining Staff, I have a request. Make him sing and dance Kelis- My Milkshake. :)</font><br>03:09 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(will do)</font><br>03:09 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(provided he hasnt invented some sort of mental defense helmet)</font><br>03:09 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(^_^)</font><br>03:09 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(indeed.)</font><br>03:10 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"Very well. Shall we all conduct our own independent investigations and report back in one week? We'll pick a new meeting place, since this one seems to be compromised."</font><br>03:11 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>(just a reminder: Talon and F2k, as well as Red Fox gained quite a bit of cash from the bank job. You could set up an HQ with that amount of cash if you wanted)</font><br>03:11 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>Please, this time, find somewhere nice.  All this dust gives me allergies.</font><br>03:12 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>(surveillance and the like)</font><br>03:12 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(pah! and use *my* money? money I can use to buy shiny things?! Are you MAD?)</font><br>03:12 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>"very well... I will scout out Shining Staff... "</font><br>03:12 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>(but you can steal shiny things. You can't steal an HQ. Unless you kill the inhabitants, of course)</font><br>03:13 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(he is my creation, I call dibs)</font><br>03:13 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>"In the mean time, I have a investigation to run and a robot to reprogram. I'll send info on the new meeting place in 6 days."</font><br>03:13 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox shrugged.  "I don't know any of them."  She never bothered to read the paper.</font> **</font><br>03:13 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>Talon calls his jetsetter.</font><br>03:13 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>"That sounds like an adequate time frame." He had hoped to spend more time with the Red Fox than this. But knowing that Fm3k had tracked them here, loitering in the premises seemed reckless. He hesitated for a moment, his eyes sliding from one super to another. So, he was really entangling himself with these people against Sentinel? It could work...then again. Nothing was certain but it would be something to keep his mind from his troubles as of late. It may very well be exactly what he needed. </font><br>03:14 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>When Red Fox spoke he glanced at her. "I know a few of them, if you are interested we can share notes." </font><br>03:14 <B>(713) Talon</B>: <font color='#ff0000'>Talon boards his jetsetter. "Chao!" He takes off.</font><br>03:15 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(what the f language is that? ;)</font><br>03:15 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>)</font><br>03:15 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(just like an italian...*rides by on a scooter* Ciao!)</font><br>03:15 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(a cookie for the reference)</font><br>03:15 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(ciao art)</font><br>03:15 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( ha ha ))</font><br>03:15 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( i keed, i keed ))</font><br>03:15 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(anyone?)</font><br>03:16 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>(so we'll end here, then)</font><br>03:16 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(does not ring a bell. :()</font><br>03:16 <font color='#ff0000'><B>(713) Talon</B>: Talon leaves smoking rubble behind...</font><br>03:16 <font color='#ff8000'>(713) Talon (exit): 15:16</font><br>03:16 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(savages)</font><br>03:16 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>(Eddy Izzard, the brittish transvestite comic)</font><br>03:16 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>british</font><br>03:16 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>(( you know, at some point after the battle, red fox does become visible again.  makes her more seeable. ))</font><br>03:16 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(( you invisibles. ~_~))</font><br>03:16 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>(( I swear.))</font><br>03:17 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>The group has defeated their robotic foe, and will now conduct an investigation into the whereabouts and abilities of the supergroup known collectively as SENTINEL. Will they have gained new powers since we last saw them? Will they have a new roster of members? We'll have to find out next time. Until then, true believers!</font><br>03:17 <font color='#008000'>** (704) Red Fox waits for everyone to leave before heading off into the (day?night?) herself.</font> **</font><br>03:17 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>**End Issue 6**</font><br>03:18 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>True Believers?</font><br>03:18 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>What the deuce?</font><br>03:18 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>Umm, he has been saying that since issue 1</font><br>03:18 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>80 SP and 40 XP awarded.</font><br>03:18 <B>(703) Black Star</B>: <font color='#000080'>:P</font><br>03:18 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>yay!</font><br>03:18 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>Yeah, true believers. Bitch.</font><br>03:18 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>550 sp total</font><br>03:18 <B>(705) Mentacles</B>: <font color='#000080'>mmm I like it when you talk dirty to me</font><br>03:18 <B>(704) Red Fox</B>: <font color='#400040'>270 xp</font><br>03:19 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>Um, I suppose?</font><br>03:19 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>275 XP</font><br>03:19 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>Dumbshit.</font><br>03:19 <B>(710) gerardpaloma</B>: <font color='#800000'>;)</font></body></html>