Thus it is that we find our young heroine sitting alone outside on a warm May afternoon, propped up against one of the large columns that frames the Mansion's front doors, trying to finish the last chapter of a book in time for Dr. McCoy's literature class - the last class of the day before your regular time in the Danger Room.

Your friend Sam is nowhere to be seen - in the week since her parents' divorce became public knowledge she's made herself scarce - and as you look up from your at the peals of laughter across the lawn you see Megan react to the Frisbee flying at her by zapping it with an arc of white-hot electricity that melts the plastic disk into sludge. Getting out of her room seems to be doing her a world of good - in the week since events led her to swap her sealed room for a modified UMF suit* she's emerged from her cocoon of shyness and become quite the social butterfly!

"Hey, Aino!" Luke and Mary Ann wave and call to you when they see you watching them. Though the two students speak and act as one, they could not look more different - one is pale and red-haired while the other is nearly ebony. "Grab a new Frisbee and come join us!"

Fifteen minutes until class starts, mutie! What will you do?


[*courtesy of the Fantastic Four last issue! -Elucidating Ed.]

Unless it's a really BIG bubble, slowing time in a bubble around yourself is pretty much the most worthless power you can imagine.

"Oh look! While I'm slowed to a crawl in here, everyone around me is moving at normal speed! THIS SURE IS AWESOME!"

You'd be better off describing it as speeding UP time in the bubble since that seems to be what you're going for. Remember the girl in NYX with a similar power and how it caused friction and damage to things she touched because SHE was moving fast and they weren't? That sort of thing.

Though I guess slowing down time in your little bubble might be good for getting extra sleep or something. At least it explains why she'd always be late, what with everything around her in the bubble being so slow.

>>14788371
Most of the regular players already know how it works, but I'll post this diagram for new Marvelites.

Play frisbee, go to class together with everyone.

>>14788390
That's not a bubble, friend. Not even close. That would be a donut. Perhaps you should rework your description in the initial post rather than posting a flawed diagram that describes something that ISN'T what you said she could do?

Posting archived issues to bump for players' attention and to ward off rumors that the quest died without notice.

http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=mutant%20quest

>>14788424
Mere semantics!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L40E_DM_bWg

>link related

>>14788424

It's comic book science, closely related to magic in levels of 'Don't have to explain it'. I think it's fine by those standards.

>>14788292

Lets play. We won't even cheat with powers if they don't.

it depends, what book are we reading?>>14788313

Play, use timebubblehax because why not.

Using the multiple moments of leverage our timebubble gives us, ponder how we've gotten here and what should we do next.

(tl;dr: recap plox)

You figure that between what you read over lunch and what you can skim during the beginning of class there's nothing to worry about, and grab a new Frisbee from the cardboard equipment box sitting in the sun before joining the other three for some post-lunch exercise, leaving your copy of Kindred laying on the steps.

The game is obviously powers-on, which explains why Luke and Mary Ann are able to predict who the Frisbee is going to be thrown to, so it's no problem to slow down the timestream around you and grab the disk as it flies toward you in slow-motion. Tempting as it might be, you think using your control over the tachyon field to launch the Frisbee at hypersonic speed might not endear you to the others, but you still catch every toss that's thrown to you - a feat Luke and Mary Ann can't achieve despite their psychic awareness.

Ten minutes later the game breaks up, and as you head back inside (grabbing your book on the way in) the other students file back in, Sam with them. "Hey," she says as you walk into the room where Dr. McCoy sits on his desk.

"Good afternoon, all," McCoy says as you enter. "I've been looking forward to our discussion of this novel all week!"


...Roll a d100 to see how you fare at the arts, mutie! To roll, put noko dice 1d100 in the email field.

>>14788614
Forgot to add "Highest of 3 rolls determines it".

Braddock to compensate.

rolled 95 = 95

GO! DICE ROLL!

rolled 27 = 27

>>14788614

I bet we suck at them

rolled 42 = 42

>>14788614

>>14788677
MY DICE RULE
ALL OTHER DICE ARE BABIES

rolled 36 = 36

Throwin' bones...

rolled 78 = 78

Gratuitous Dice Rollan'!

rolled 26 = 26

Rollan' rollan' rollan ...

>>14788677
>>14788680
>>14788688

"And Aino, what do you think the loss Dana suffers at the end of the book reflects?" McCoy asks you. For a moment you're stumped - then, with a combination of strategic time-freezes and astute observation you deliver a response that makes your teacher think for a long moment before he can respond!

"My stars, I had never considered that," he says, closing his book. "I knew you would be able to offer unique input on this novel, Aino."

"Don't forget, everyone, your essay on the book is due tomorrow by this time," he says, looking up at the clock. Thanks to a month of steady practice your bubble of control can contort to avoid certain areas - like clocks whose asynchronous times might alert people to your power's use!

With your last official class for Thursday aced, you have a free period that you normally reserve for time in the Danger Room! Clarissa grabs your arm on the way out of class and says "Hey, don't forget, we're watching the last episode of Blossom tonight! You wanna go play some more Frisbee now?" she asks, gesturing out the window to the warm sunny lawn.

What now, Aino? More games, the Danger Room, or something else?

>>14788795
Lose yourselves in a passionate kiss.

>>14788816

>>14788816

Or whatever Clarrisa wants to do. Danger room sounds fun though.

>>14788795
Social times go! Friends are what sets us apart from Magneto's crew in the first place! Let's see how well we can do without using our powers, also.

>>14788827
What happened to your Comics Code Authority image? I wanted to save it.

>>14788849

Google has a million of 'em.

>>14788838
>>14788844

"About time you took a break from the Danger Room!" Clarissa laughs as she runs outside, dragging you with. A few moments later Ricardo, Caleb and Megan join you on the lawn, and the game begins!

"You sure you're not using your powers?" Ricardo says to you as he flings the Frisbee at you. "Because you're sure slow at this!"

"Hey, be nice, you jerk!" Clarissa yells at him. "Why do you even hang out with him?" she turns to Caleb and asks.

Caleb shrugs and grunts in response. "Whatever."


The disk is in your hand, Aino! Wat doooo?

rolled 87 = 87

>>14788922
Practice our aim without powers. Relying on them too much is never a good thing.

>>14788997
Oh my god, my dice rolls are amazing roday.

throw the disc to ricardo when he catches it yell smear the queer and run to tackle him

>>14788997
>>14789016

"Huh?" Ricardo asks as the Frisbee sails toward him - and as soon as he catches it you fling yourself forward at him, knocking him down!

Clarissa - no stranger to roughhousing - leaps on top of him as well, and though she drops with enough force to knock the wind out of anyone she lands like a feather! "Aww, no fair using your power!" she says, jabbing him in the ribs with one finger.

"Ahh, get off me!" he shouts, trying to roll over as Megan sits on his legs, pinning him. "Help me, geez!" he shouts at Caleb, who stands watching the melee.

"Dude, they're girls," Caleb chides. "Help yourself."

From where you're all piled on the lawn you catch sight of Sam sitting on the steps watching you! Underneath, Ricardo is starting to break free!

Wat now?

rolled 91 = 91

Look dejected while conceeding that ricardo's probably right. Half heartedly toss the disk aside and sulk off. Pray that clarissa follows to comfort me.

rolled 84 = 84

>>14789111

Stare back at sam

rolled 16 = 16

>>14789228
This while holding Ricardo down with as little effort as possible.

>>14789228
>>14789258

"What are you looking at- Oh!" Clarissa says, thrusting a hand up. "Sam! Get out here!" she shouts. Between you and Clarissa you manage to goad Sam to join you on the lawn, as Ricardo wipes grass off of him and scowls.

"You wouldn't have been able to do that if you hadn't caught me off-guard," he says, holding his ribs where you sacked him. "You ever try that again and I'll put that hit right back at you, got i-"

His threat is cut off as Clarissa grabs his arm. "Hey, quit being such a jerk! You asked for that!"

Sam stands and watches the exchange next to Megan - in the last week their roles have been reversed with Sam's normal chattiness replaced by dim silence. "Oh, whatever," Ricardo says, yanking his arm out of Clarissa's grasp and storming away toward the Mansion.

"Jerk," Clarissa repeats again as she watches him stalk off with her firsts balled, more to herself than anyone else. Sam raises an eyebrow at you.

The Frisbee lies on the ground between you all. Whatchu gonna do, Aino?

>>14789228
>>14789209
Stop wasting our good rolls! We're gonna need them when the bad guys show up!

Break the funky mood.

"You want some too, do you?"

Flying tackle Sam

hypersonic frisbee of death at Ricardo!

ask sam whats up if something is bothering her?

>>14789355
Option A: frisbee without jerk is fun.
Option B: >>14789422
Option C: Coax Sam into practice in the Danger Room, try to figure out if her power could be used for something else besides flight and bond.

>>14789469
Perrsonally I'm torn between B and C.

>>14789436
Yeah, not sure if that's a joke or not, but what does the CCA say about us going dark side?

>>14789469

A or C.

C

Lets all go to the danger room, and work off some aggression.

...and later if we have happy fun time while coming down from our combat high in the shower room, that is all the better. :)

>>14789507
This

rolled 35 = 35

Who needs that 'ricky-dicky' anyway, Game On! Toss the disk to sam.

>>14789422
>>14789436
>>14789440

You fling the Frisbee at Ricardo, accelerating it to a neon green blur, but as it strikes him in the back it simply falls to the ground! "I felt that!" he shouts, stomping toward the house even more dramatically!

"Why are you looking at me like that- OOF!" Sam starts before you tackle her to the ground!

"Ahaha- let me up, let me up!" she laughs as you try to keep her pinned. "OK, OK," she agrees, once you issue your ultimatum.

"I got a letter from my mom yesterday. She says she's thinking about moving out of New York City, and she doesn't want me to be too far away from her - so she might pull me out of the School," Sam finishes, staring up at the bright blue sky as the four of you lay on the grass.

"Did you tell her Mary Ann's from Mozambique?" Megan asks. "Or that Aino's from Finland?"

"She's not from Finland, dummy," Sam says. "She was just born there. Her family lives in America. Hey, where do they live, anyway?"

Good question! Roll a d100 to vote - highest of three rolls calls it!

rolled 28 = 28

Rollan' Rollan' Rollan'

>>14789529

The bible belt

>>14789545

rolled 32 = 32

Victoria B.C.

rolled 3 = 3

>>14789554

Forgot to roll

rolled 88 = 88

Dawson City, Yukon

rolled 77 = 77

>>14789529
Utah.

They're mormon.

rolled 5 = 5

Charlottetown P.E.I.

rolled 70 = 70

>>14789572
Dawson it is, Town where the Gold is literally paved with streets!

rolled 57 = 57

Skagway Alaska

rolled 69 = 69

Maui Hawaii

>>14789469
>>14789479
>>14789504
>>14789507
>>14789562
>>14789565
>>14789572

"Canada, huh? That's cool. I wonder if Mr. Logan knows where that is. So how come they moved there-" Sam starts to interrupt before she realizes what you said. "Danger Room?" she grins as her face lights up. "Oh heck yeah!" Sam says, floating up off the ground.

"You guys wanna come too?" she asks Megan and Clarissa.

Fifteen minutes later the four of you stand inside the blank metal walls of the Danger Room dressed in your UMF suits and ready for any simulations the room can throw at you. As Mr. Summers supervises the proceedings from the window high above the ground the walls fade away and are replaced by a jungle!

Huge trees soar overhead, dangling leaves and thick ropey vines down to the forest floor, and in a clearing in front of you is the jet plane that you rode in to Antarctica - the Blackbird - but it lies crashed and smoking in a stream...and though you've seen Jurassic Park it still takes you a moment to process that there are a pair of tyrannosaurs surrounding it! Inside the Blackbird's cabin you can see Ms. Grey slumped unconscious!

The four girls ready themselves in their own quarter-page panels as the audience is reminded of your powers!

* Aino: Tachyon manipulator
* Sam: Telekinetic flyer
* Clarissa: Technopath
* Megan: Bio-electric emitter

What dooooo?

rolled 90 = 90

>>14789761

After panel of power demonstration make noise and create a diversion to lead Dino's away.

Unless were skilled in CPR and other medic like stuff, if so, yell at flyer to do above and race to rescue of casualty!

rolled 41 = 41

>>14789761

Get Clarrisa to attempt to get systems online, perhaps any weapon turrets or something.

Slow time around our group, planning?

Note: We really need to get clarrisa a techy robot buddy or a weapon so high tech only someone with her skills can use it. Something to use in this sort of situation.

Time stop for intelligence gathering!

Anyone qualified for first aid? Check on the un-codenamed one.

Technopath the status of the Blackbird!

>>14789761
Time STOP!
"Clarissa, would you ask the plane if she's going to explode anytime soon"

rolled 31 + 0 = 31

>>14789857
ye gods

rolled 85 = 85

>>14789761
Remeber that this is a simulation and cheat by time stopping the generating computer to freeze the whole thing for a conference with the team.

Get repremanded by the instructor because you can't do this in a real emergency but complimented for thinking outside the box

>>14789810
>>14789835
>>14789857
>>14789870

You squint and grit your teeth, clenching your hands into fists to summon your will, and drag the timestream to a standstill around you, freezing the tyrannosaurs in mid-roar and revealing their steak-knife teeth! In the center of the frozen jungle you and the others stand inside your bubble of realtime and take in the scene!

"I can talk to the Blackbird - it's still online!" Clarissa says, holding one hand up to her temple. "It can't take off or shoot, but everything else works!"

The others look to you for guidance!

What now?

>>14789939
Tie the tyrannosaurs' shoelaces together!
What? Oh.
Fry them with electricity! Oh, and rescue Ms Grey.

rolled 63 = 63

>>14789939

We are not certain that lightning will take them down, or quickly enough.

Perhaps freeze the dinosaurs while our flyer rescues Jean, while Megan supports us just in case we can't manage it.

Does the blackbird have any systems we can use?

>>14790012
If you want Megan to get zappy, roll a d100 for her power!

rolled 67 = 67

Figure out who's got the best first aid training? Move time bubble to include Grey but exclude aggressors, extract casulty

rolled 61 + 0 = 61

>>14789939
Hmm, we can try tasering the Rexes but how good is Megan's control?

Does the Blackbird have holo-projectors? Can we scare up some Mapusaurus roseae or Gigantasaureses?

>>14790037
>Does the blackbird have any systems we can use?
Speakers, lights, ejection seats, etc.

>>14790052
>Does the Blackbird have holo-projectors?
Yes...

rolled 86 = 86

>>14790042
Rolling for lighting bolt.

rolled 91 + 0 = 91

>>14790077
Roll for full pyrotechnic barrage. Lights, phat beats, and Megan sparklers aimed to scare!

>>14790132
"Cover your eyes and ears!"

Explosions, animal roars, TIE Fighter screeches go!

>>14790132
But we didn't use the holos :(

Throw in some big scary beasts? Skyscraper penguin?

"Right, I'm on it!" Clarissa shouts, concentrating all her effort on controlling the Blackbird - and a moment later two equally large carnivores shimmer into view, backed by the electronic roaring emanating from the jet's external speakers! As the tyrannosaurs posture and roar at their ghostly interlopers Sam grabs you by the armpits and carries you across the stream to the Blackbird's hatch!

The two of you free Ms. Grey and begin to drag her back to safety, focusing your tachyon control over the stream to make it solid enough to walk on - when one of the tyrannosaurs lunges forward at its perceived enemy and charges through it straight at you!

*KZAP!* The tyrannosaur is knocked backward by the bolt of electricity Megan launches at it as the two of you rush for safety!

"Freeze them now!" Megan shouts as you make it to shore, standing ready to let loose another blast of white-hot electricity. You grab hold of the timestream and drag the tyrannosaurs to a stop as they bear down on you, halting everything around the circle of friends and the unconscious Ms. Grey.

"Oh, great," Clarissa says, looking up at the gigantic open jaws hanging motionless half a dozen paces from her. "Now we're in a standoff."

"Not quite," Sam says, holding up a first-aid kit and pointing it at the unconscious Ms. Grey.

With that, the jungle wavers and disappears, replacing itself with the blank walls of the Danger Room once again!

"Nice job, ladies," Mr. Summers says from the control room as Ms. Grey's body fades away with the rest of the simulation. "Time to call it a day?"

Well?

>>14790012
>>14790037
>>14790046
>>14790052
>>14790097

Could have sworn I had links on that last post. Anyway, if you're interested to see how well you or Sam can do first aid-y things, roll 2d100. Highest of 3 determines it.

rolled 56, 12 = 68

>>14790274

How skilled are we?

rolled 35, 68 = 103

We should help Sam practice, maybe she can expand the telekinesis field around her.

Time to start working on Pinguine...no, PRINGER X!

Inquire about Antimutant sentiment and the latest world news regarding Sentinels with prof. X

We can stop time, right? that ought to add a +20 at least!

rolled 94, 3 = 97

>>14790274
Sure.

rolled 22 = 22

>>14790274

Rollan' and offering to let Sam practice mouth to mouth with ourselves

rolled 90, 31 = 121

>>14790333

Helps to roll all the dice

rolled 62, 23 = 85

>>14790311
>>14790326
Oh, look at the failing the noko thing. Rollan.

All right, some conflicting ideas, so roll a d100 and decide what happens next:

>More Danger Room
>TV News
>Something else

Highest of 3 rolls calls it.

rolled 72 = 72

World news! Sudden Plot device Go!

rolled 3 = 3

>>14790358
Lose yourselves in a passionate kiss and mutual embrace.
Or the news, either is fine.

rolled 85, 98 = 183

>>14790358
Talk with Logan Re: Canada

>>14790358
See about investing in some stocks (as the Dow should be hitting record highs)

rolled 28, 10 = 38

>>14790408

Talk of Soviet Canukistan it is, Comrade!

rolled 8407, 5655, 6037, 3307, 75, 6673, 5187, 5820, 7875, 5785 + 876940 = 931761

>>14790433
THIS, THIS! With our mutant powers combined, we could have the fastest reaction times ever, be able to make the computers lie to our competitors, zap any speculators and save businessmen jumping out windows! we could the economy in no time!

144, dmingette

Is captcha asking me out?

rolled 60, 95 = 155

>>14790486
No, No, No. That would a) be using our mutant powers for Evil!(tm) and b) violate the edict that comic characters can intereact in a long term meaningful way. It's like Reed Ricards can't cure cancer.

>>14790372
>>14790396
>>14790408

Exhausted but invigorated from your workout in the Danger Room, you break from the others to clean up, then track down Mr. Logan to ask him about Canada.

"Heard about me, huh?" he asks, filling up a glass of water from the kitchen sink and draining it down in one gulp. "I been to Yukon before. Nice place. It was a while before your parents moved there, though."

"Tell ya what, kid, you gimme a call next time you're up there, and we can have a cookout or something. Chuck says I'm supposed to put on a good face for you kids' parents, after all."

That said, Mr. Logan seems unwilling to divulge much more about his life in Canada, so you take the hint and retreat back to the game room, where most of the other students have congregated to watch TV and eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in lieu of a formal dinner. "Hey, Aino, it's on in an hour!" Clarissa calls as you walk past the doorway. Lingering for a moment, you see a familiar sight on the television - a crowd of angry-looking people chanting and holding signs bearing slogans like "PROTECT OUR RIGHTS" and "MUTIE SCUM". The screen changes to a reporter who states that "Today's anti-mutant protest is reportedly the largest yet in the state of New York, with an estimated crowd of more than thirty thousand people. Speculation of a possible appearance by the outspoken Senator Robert Kelly has likely fueled these numbers. More on this story as it develops."


A video tape is worth a thousand words... still have anything you want to say to the Professor, or are you gonna plop down and watch some TV wasteland?

>>14790564

Lets just hang out with friends. Nice to be around them and we just had a perfect with in the danger room.

rolled 76, 76 = 152

>>14790564
Ask Logan who he thinks is going to be Prime Minister after today's election.

>>14790636

Date Fail! Not 2011, 1995!

If the space next to our special friends (Sam, et al.) is available, skootch up next to them, slip arm around likely looking waist.

anyone going to invite /co/ over?

>>14790626
>>14790636
>>14790708

"I don't care much for politicians," Mr. Logan says, folding his arms and leaning against the wall of the game room as he watches the news of the protest turn to the sports report. "One way or the other, they're all bad news."

Once the news is over and the sitcom block starts Mr. Logan makes himself scarce, just as Clarissa returns with a big bowl of freshly made popcorn. "Ohmygosh it's starting!" Clarissa says excitedly as she drops down on the carpet in front of the sofa in front of you and Sam.

Just as the title credits begin to play and you snuggle into a more comfortable position, the screen changes back to the news, as the reporter from before looks around nervously. "Hey!" Sam shouts at Noah, "Turn it back!" but he points at the remote control sitting on the table next to him.

"I didn't touch it!"

"Shhh, listen!" Luke and Mary Ann say, pointing at the screen.

"-within the last five minutes. Once again, the Brotherhood of Mutants, a mutant supremacy terrorist group, has taken more than twenty people hostage, including Senator Kelly. Their leader, the mutant known as Magneto, issued this statement: 'The world must choose whether it wishes to sacrifice its children for the sake of its elders, or whether those of the old order will yield gracefully to the mutants who will inherit the earth."


(cont. on next page)

Just as the reporter finishes reading the sheet of paper a fight erupts in the crowd behind him! You hear someone shout "He's a mutant!" and see a circle forming around someone as the crowd surges outward, knocking into the reporter and sending the camera reeling wildly, catching a dizzying view of the exploding chaos!

Just then, you hear footsteps running outside the game room, and see Mr. Summers and Dr. McCoy race by, followed quickly by Ms. Grey, Mr. Drake, and Professor Xavier!

The Professor is dressed in his usual suit and supported by his high-tech floating chair, but the other senior staff are all dressed in suits that bear a strong similarity to your own UMF suits despite their blue and gold colors!

"Children," the Professor says, addressing all of you. "We must ensure that this situation does not spiral out of the civil authorities' capability to contain it."

"Mr. Logan will remain here with you until another supervisor can arrive."

With that he turns to follow the rest of the senior staff!

What do you do now, Aino?

>>14790900
Well, we have little choice.
"I want to help. Shotgun!"

URGE OUR /b/ROTHERS AND /s/ISTERS TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE ARE, INDEED SUPERIOR, BUT THAT WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. and also, that indeed power corrupts. But is not the whole of human knowledge a giant deviation built upon a single lie; that the world is indeed knowledgeable and we can act upon it in such a manner that preserves what originally was. so start a debate about the merits of work division, I guess. And engage in a heated debate regarding the merits of Empirical Philosophy and Phenomenology.

>>14790900

Stay at the mansion, but be watchful. Magneto may be using this as a diversion so he can drop by the mansion to recruit us. I, for one, have no interest in the Brotherhood. If this does happen, keep an eye on Ricardo. He's the most likely to turn evil.

Yo prof, thread kinda died. It's 'cause the regulars didn't think there would be another one after the abrupt 2 week hiatus. It's gonna take a wile before it get's going again.

Also, how did the VHS switch to the news!? AND THEN WHO WAS PHONE!?

>>14791015
I maintain we should invite the /co/mrades over.

>>14790956
>>14791002
>>14790943

"I'm afraid that's out of the question," the Professor says, holding up a hand to ward off further arguing. "Your safety as my wards is my primary concern, and I will not allow you to accompany us when there is such a risk of danger."

"Listen to the man, kid," Mr. Logan says, appearing in the hall behind you. "Let these folks take care of this. You go on back in with your friends."

Sam pokes her head out into the hallway, only to duck back as the Professor and Mr. Logan glance at her. "Stay here, Aino," Xavier says, then looks at Mr. Logan. "The others are ready. Mr. Madrox should be here within the hour."

"Right, Chuck," Mr. Logan says sarcastically. "I'll let him know where the snacks are and make sure he puts the kids to bed on time."

"Logan, I'm putting you in charge of the Mansion because I trust you to protect them-" Xavier starts before Mr. Logan cuts him off. "Will you just go already?"

"Not you, kid," he says, putting a hand on your shoulder as the Professor's hoverchair disappears around the corner.

What now?

>>14791015
>Yo prof, thread kinda died. It's 'cause the regulars didn't think there would be another one after the abrupt 2 week hiatus.
I know. The kicker is, I made plenty of threads telling people exactly how long of a wait to expect before the next issue, but the threads died quickly and no one seems to utilize the easymodo archive to see if I posted anything :/

>Also, how did the VHS switch to the news!?
You were watching prime-time TV when they cut in.

>>14790900

Confident that doctor Xavier knows what he's doing, suggest using this time to get caught up on our homework to Sam and Clarrissa.

Maybe bio and the study of anatomy :P

>Mr. Madrox

I don't recognize this name.

>>14790943
I vote we try and do this.

I've got a bad feeling about this. Showing up at a rally in front of cameras all flashy like just screams diversion.

>>14791064
Agree that the prof knows best, disagree with studying. Before the sudden special report everyone was just getting ready for a TV marathon, don't be a spoilsport.

>>14791077
Says this out lound

>>14791043

Keep watching the news for any further developments, and just hang around with the others.

So...did they pull us apart for nothing? or is it sikrit conspiracy time?

Let's challenge Wolverine to a game of Mario Kart... better yet, to a game of X-Men the Arcade!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdAmkx8eAos

Captcha: Brother's ropage

Yes captcha, brobonding tiem.

rolled 13 = 13

>>14791043
Follow the Professor's orders. Tell the others to be ready, just in case something goes down here. Try not to think of it as being held back, but guarding our home against a surprise attack.

>>14791065
Multiple Man.

>can freeze tachyon to a standstill
>with enough control and pratice we could make armor and weapons out of the time itself

>>14791043
Organise ourselves into patrol teams and set it up to report to Logan while doing sweeps of the grounds as active home defence

Did anyone say MUTANTS?

>>14791189

go be GRIMDERP someplace else. We don't want your kind here!

>>14791064
>>14791077
>>14791088
>>14791095
>>14791098
>>14791100

The final episode of Blossom resumes halfway through, as the news finally takes a break, but even though you've grown to love Joey and his antics you can't help voicing what you think out loud.

"A diversion, huh?" Mr. Logan says, the only one in the room who isn't engrossed in the television. "Maybe. Can't imagine what, though. Magneto's all about flash - don't know if he's got the brains to pull that off."

Filled with sudden nervous energy, you pick up a copy of the house biology book laying next to the sofa during a commercial and flip through it, but quickly discard it when you can't focus on it.

Less than an hour later (including the five minutes you spent bothering Mr. Logan to play a game with you and Clarissa), the Mansion's computer system says "There is a black limousine approaching the gate."

With that, Mr. Logan's head turns to the hall doorway and his metallic claws slide out of his hands with a solid *SNIKT*.

"You kids stay here, I'm gonna go see who that is."

rolled 45, 79 = 124

>>14791189
Prof. X == God Emperor of Mankind

>>14791043
"Mr. Logan, a hypothetical scenario: Magneto waltzes through the front door. What should we do?"

rolled 86 = 86

>>14791205
"Mr. Logan, let me come with you. I can move faster than anyone here if things get ugly, so I can warn the others if things go bad."
Ooze charm from every orifice while asking this.

rolled 80 = 80

>>14791224
Additionally: "I won't get close. I'll stay inside and watch from a window. I just wanna make sure we have time to react if things go bad."

rolled 31, 33 = 64

>>14791205
Follow Logan with BfriendsFs, use time warp powers to 'teleport' from place to place so he can't hear our foot steps.

>>14791243
Hypothesis: The ripples of sound are already being created, when we release the tachyon field, what happens to these ripples?

Do they A)Harmonize and resonate with each other, giving us an ultimate Sonic at-will weapon? or B) do they reach the target at the same time, along with our voice. This cacophony of multiple sources would certainly warrant some Sanity damage, no? As such, we could stop time, scream from various points, retreat and see our enemies discombobulated!

Go with Logan, tell him we'll zip back if anything happens to him and get everyone to a safe room. failing that, ask him were said safe room would be.

hypothesis: Will Multiple-man pull a small-wagon many-clowns on us?

A moment later you hear someone shout "Hey Logan, easy, easy, it's me, man!"

As the voices approach you, you can hear the other man say "It was just a joke! Lighten up!" Suddenly he's propelled into the room thanks to a good shove from Mr. Logan, who barks "There's never a good time for your jokes, Madrox."

The man catches his balance and stands up, running a hand through his disheveled hair. "Um, hi kids!" he says. A moment later another man exactly like him walks in behind Mr. Logan and repeats the phrase! Just as Mr. Logan holds up his fist with the implication of extending his claws a third Mr. Madrox emerges from the hallway and says "Hi ki- yeesh, bad timing."

"All right, you kids do what Mr. Madrox here says. We'll be back sooner or later." As Mr. Logan picks up the bag he stowed at the edge of the room he looks back at you. "Don't do anything stupid."

With that, he departs, leaving you and the three Mr. Madroxes in the room with a rerun of the Fresh Prince.

"So... you kids like cartoons?" one of the Madroxes asks.

What now?

rolled 69 = 69

>>14791297
Breathe a sigh of equal parts relief and irritation. Go watch cartoons or whatever. At least we aren't in any apparent danger. Keep an eye on this Mr. Madrox, though.

rolled 6, 1 = 7

>>14791297
Test newly hypothesised 'sonic' (the hedgehog?) technich on new, but not nearly as cool as Logan prof.

>>14791297
>"So... you kids like cartoons?" one of the Madroxes asks.

Sounds a bit pedo...

Ask him, how many more of him he can make and if they are all connected, or if he just feel and knows, what the replicas felt, when they merge again.

Also, which one is the real one?

>>14791313
>>14791328

Half an hour later one Madrox is watching Beavis and Butt-Head with his feet propped up on a coffee table, while another is in the kitchen making a sandwich. As you slow down time and stealthily make your way through the room another Madrox emerges from behind you inside your bubble of realtime!

"Hey!" he says, immediately realizing what you're doing. "You're that time-control kid, Aino. Charlie warned me about you. No funny business, I'm supposed to make sure you all stay safe with this stuff going on. Don't make my job any harder."

What do?

>>14791385
Kill him, he knows too much.

>>14791382

"How many? Lots and lots. Like, dozens of mes," the Madrox next to you says. "We can't feel anything except dying, which sucks by the way. And yes, we know what happened when we merge back together."

"Yeah, I guess you're too old for cartoons. I don't know how to deal with kids your age, I guess. They just called me because I was in the state and the agency owed Charlie a favor."

"And I'm the real one," he says, grinning. "Honest."

shrink the part of the real space part of the bubble to only incompass us

>>14791385
Smile and nod. Play with friends, waiting for the inevitable brotherhood recruiter/executor.

rolled 13 = 13

>>14791385
Shrink the bubble to just around our skin. See if we can cut him out. Just an experiment.

rolled 91, 41 = 132

>>14791427
We appear to observe no shock waves. Ask Madrox how he detected us.

Ask him about Agency

>>14791437
>>14791443
>>14791449

"Uh, are you - do you have to go to the bathr- Hey, you're trying to freeze me!" Madrox says as he realizes what your strained face means.

"Computer, engage, uh - that thing where she can't do that!"

"Please clarify," the voice of the Mansion's computer responds.

"No time control!" Madrox shouts anxiously.

"That feature is only possible in the confines of the Danger Room," the computer says pleasantly.

Madrox's mouth twists up in irritation at the computer as he looks at you, exasperated.

What do?

if he can make copies of himself, perhaps they all perceive things at the same speed, regardless of local space/time conditions, can we expand the bubble to envelop all of the hims we can see?

>>14791506
"Ah, don't worry, I'm just messing with you. That little demonstration on the TV earlier had me on edge and I'm just unwinding a bit."

>>14791545
...Why does this matter right now?

>>14791475
>>14791501

"How I detected you? Oh, uh. I was in the bathroom," he says, gesturing with his thumb over his shoulder, "and when I came out I saw the other me was frozen, and you were right there."

"The Agency? Well..." he looks around, considering how much to say about it. "Let's just put it this way. The government likes having its own group of mutants it can call on when things get hairy and the local authorities are overwhelmed. It's not as glamorous as you might think."

"So are you gonna let him go or what?" he asks, nodding to the other Madrox who's been frozen in the act of slathering mustard onto bread for the last minute.

>>14791506
'Sorry, I'm just testing my power, I'm not going to leave the mansion or anything.'

Maybe we should see what the others are up to.

>>14791566
Might as well drop the bubble then. Really, the best place to test this shit out is the danger room, though I suppose at the moment it's not an option.

>>14791563
cause... uhhh... I don't like him... or... hims...

>>14791566

I say we go find sam... waitaminute, where did logan go? Did he dump us with madox and go to new york?

>>14791566
"just seeing how far I can squeeze the Time. Still can't make it go backwards, but I can lock down a pretty wide area. C'mon, don't tell me you've never wanted to prank yourself or do something the other you'd didn't know about."

>>14791614
madrox* >.>

rolled 46, 11 = 57

>>14791566
From this we infer that he was in our 'normal space' bubble. Go off with BFFs to quite corner and work on refining our control to shrink our normal space bubble to being skin-tight non ourselves for these situations.

>>14791548
>>14791588
>>14791597
>>14791621

"Plenty of sunshine, comin' my way, zippity doo d-" the sandwich-making Madrox stops as he looks up and sees you and the other Madrox looking at him. "What?"

"Nothing," you both say at the same time, prompting you and the Madrox closest to you to share a grin.

From the game room television you can hear the news interrupting the regular programming again - two groups of mutants are now fighting in the street!

I'm Daken. I have pheromone powers. I convince everyone to have an orgy. I rolled a 20 so it works.

Gotta cut it here, I'm afraid! We're getting to the time we normally wrap things up, and I have things I need to go do.

Not the way I'd have liked to end this issue, but most of the regular readers seem to have believed the rumors that Mutant Quest had been canceled! Yeesh. Well, I'll be around later if there's anything noteworthy in the Mutie Mailbag!

>>14791730
ahh, over already? when can we expect the next one?

>>14791782
>when can we expect the next one?

So far the only day I'm scheduled to work this week is Friday, but I might get called in before then.

>>14791818
Awesome. Hopefully the other regulars will pick it up. I'm sorry I missed most of this issue.